Department of Veterans Affairs (381), Austin Automation Center, 1615 E. Woodward St., Austin, TX 78772

R -- MAIL PRE-SORT SERVICES SOL RFQ 1125-0003 POC Albert Villalpando, 512/326-6027 Contracting Officer, Johnnie Braswell, 512/326-6132 Technical POC E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via, albert.villapando@mail.va.gov. R6: This is a combined Synopsis/solicitation for commercial items 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 invitation for bid document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-17. This is a Full and Open procurement. The Standard Industrial Code is "7389". The small business size is $5.0 million. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Austin Automation Center (AAC), Austin, Texas (AAC) intends to procure the following pre-sort mailing services. The AAC will print, fold and insert the DMC letters then meter them with the required postage. These letters will be ready for pick up by the pre-sort house driver no later than 3:00 PM central time, Monday through Friday, excluding any federal holidays. The contractor shall havea driver pick up the DMC letters in their vehicle on the same day they are notified and deliver them to their place of business for inclusion in bulk mailing for the best discount possible. These letters shall be delivered to the US Postal Service entry unit the same day as they picked up but no later than the meter date. The average amount of letters per day is around 5,000. Of these about 45.4% will be a letter and reply envelope, 20.3% will have a letter only, 32.3% will get the reply envelope and a form. The last 2% will be handled by the AAC, as they are Certified mail. Total for the year will be about 1,200,000 letters. The letters shall be pre-sorted by zip codes and barcoded with 11 digit delivery point barcodes. The mail pieces shall be metered with pre-sort slug. The contractor shall provide a per piece cost to the AAC and the most current postage data pricing for 1 oz and 2 oz presorted mailings. Due to the turnaround times for mailings, this procurement is restricted to providers in the Austin, Texas area. Period of these services shall be from October 1, 2000 through September 30, 2001. Pickup Address is: Austin Automation Center, 1615 Woodward Street, Austin, TX. 78741. The following FAR clauses apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, Commercial Items with the addendum FAR 52.216-1 Type of Contract -- "The Government contemplates award of a firm fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation". All Offerors will be required to provide a completed copy of the provision FAR 52-212-3 Offeror Representations and Notifications-Commercial Items and with addendum, VAAR 852.219-70 Veteran Owned Small Business; FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; and FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Order-Commercial Items. Offers shall be submitted within 30-days from the publication of this notice and should be addressed to the attention of the Contracting Officer. Offers can also be faxed to 512/326-6028. Technical questions shall be addressed to Johnnie Braswell at 512/326-6132.***** Posted 07/12/00 (W-SN473861). (0194)

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