U.S. Department of Education, OCFO, Contracts & Purchasing Operations, Support Services Group, Room 3616, ROB-3, 7th & D Streets, SW, Washington, DC 20202-4443

V -- PARCEL SERVICES SOL ED-98-R-0011 DUE 051298 POC Tony Williams, Contract Specialist, (202) 708-8602, or James Hairfield, Contract Specialist, (202) 708-8529 Parcel Services. The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education has a requirement for bulk mailing services that must offer expedited delivery (3-8 working days) on all orders, must be able to track the packages and report status while the packages are in transit, and must obtain a signature upon delivery. Orders range from shipments of less than 100 copies of forms to shipments of 90,000 copies in boxes of 100. During peak periods, the contractor must be able to pick up as many as 15,000 boxes a day. The contractor must pick up packages at the ED mailing warehouse (Eckington Place, NW, Washington, DC) and deliver to addresses provided by ED from the ED ordering system. The contractor must be able to deliver packages to all street addresses in North America, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, the Pacific Islands. In addition, the contractor must be able to deliver to street addresses in foreign countries open to U.S. trade. In the event the address on the ED ordering system is a P.O. Box, the vendor shall deliver at the appropriate street address for the entity that maintains the P.O. Box. The contractor must obtain the recipient's signature at the point of delivery and make the signature or the image available to ED and mailing contractor staff for immediate retrieval in the event that the entity that placed the order calls to inquire about the status of the order. For the same purpose, the contractor must also provide on-line access to its tracking system, for use by ED and mailing contractor staff. The contract shall have a base period of approximately four months. An additional four option periods consisting of twelve (12) months each may be exercised. The total possible period of performance of the contract is fifty-two (52) months. This is a combined synopsis /solicitation for commercial items (services) prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Solicitation number for this contract action is ED-98-R-0011. This combined document serves as the synopsis/solicitation and is issued as a Request for Proposal. The solicitation document and incorporated provision and clauses are those in effect in Federal Acquisition Circular 97-3. The associated standard industrial classification codes for this acquisition is 4215 and 4513. Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The addenda to this provision is that the SF 1449 will not be used or accepted. The offeror should submit a detailed Capability statement that certifies that it can meet the requirements of the Government (which will serve as the technical proposal) and a list of references who can verify that the offeror has performed similar work for their organization. Also, a price list and total estimated cost based on the price schedule that can be viewed on the Internet at the followingaddress (http://ocfo.ed.gov/Coninfo/PARCEL.htm) (which will serve as the business proposal). The proposal must be signed by an official authorized to bind the organization. The offeror must submit and original and 9 copies of your technical proposal and an original and 8 copies of your business proposal. Provision 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items is applicable to this acquisition. The specific evaluation criteria to be included in paragraph of the provision are (i) technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement and (ii) price. The Technical proposal will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis (i.e. meet government requirements or don't meet government requirement). The Business proposal will be evaluated on the lowest total estimated cost. An award will be to the offeror who is technically acceptable with the lowest price. Offerors must submit a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certification -- Commercial items with their offer. Provision 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Provision 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Also, under paragraph (b) of the provision items 6, 7, 8, and 9 are also applicable to this acquisition. Offerors for Solicitation number ED-98-R-0011 are due on May 12, 1998, by 2:00pm. Please submit proposals to U.S. Department of Education, OCFO, Contracts & Purchasing Operations, Support Services Group, 7th & D Streets, SW, Room 3616, ROB-3, Washington, DC 20202-4443. Please contact Tony Williams, Contract Specialist on (202) 708-8602 or James Hairfield, Contract Specialist on (202) 708-8529 for information regarding this solicitation. (0126)

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