Digital Mailing System
SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE (CONT.)
This announcement constitutes a Sources Sought notice for the Department of Veterans Affairs Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center (WBVAMC) located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The following information is provided to assist WBVAMC in conducting Market Research of Industry to identify potential business, Service Disabled Veterans Owned Small Business or Veterans Owned Small Business, Small Business, Women Owned Business, Large Business contractors to provide the requirement as stated in the Statement of Need below. The applicable NAICS code is 333318 and size standard 1000. The Government does not intend to make an award on the basis of this Sources Sought notice or otherwise pay for the information solicited herein. This notice is for the purpose of identifying potential sources and does not commit the government to make an award and/or issue a solicitation. Interested and qualified firms shall submit their capabilities to provide all items listed below. A solicitation will follow the closing of this Sources Sought Notice only if the Contract Specialist determines the need to issue said solicitation.
STATEMENT OF NEED
Automated Mailing System
Salient Characteristics
1. Handling a large range of envelope sizes or postcards;
2. high-capacity envelope feeder
3. Customizable imprinting
4. Memory for storing a minimum of 12 jobs
5. Multiple speed settings with a minimum feed rate =/> 200 letters per minute
6. Mixed mail feeding
7. Differential weighing scale
8. Adjustable envelope sealing capability
9. Powered conveyor mail stacker
10. Positionable label dispenser
11. Long lasting print head (approximate life span of system)
12. Large capacity ink cartridge/tank capable of delivering a minimum 75,000 imprints before refill
13. Able to print in either portrait or landscape orientation
14. Minimum 15 inch adjustable position touch screen monitor with customizable screens and large
15. Easy to read display and full keyboard
16. 110V AC, 50-60Hz
17. Meter funding capability (download now, pay later postage) fully compatible with the currently used NeoPost DS-90 mailing system
18. Should be ergonomically designed and allow easy configuration if all available options are not initially purchased.
19. Capability of tracking postal use trends by Service line/Department (minimum 25 service line/department capability).
The system must include the following components: Digital Mailing System, conveyor stacker, dynamic weighing platform, dark main sensor kit, remote label dispenser, thirty pound platform scale, Express Mail Service- United States Postal Service based software only, interface to dynamic scale, differential weighing, platform scale (149lb.) with display, wireless barcode scanner, 21.5 inch touch screen monitor, a HP6700 Win Pro 732 bit 8USB, 104 inch workstation, plate to mount pole, and a 24 inch pole to mount arm on.
One year maintenance is required on the following components: Digital Mailing System, conveyor stacker, dynamic weighing platform, remote label dispenser, thirty pound platform scale, platform scale (149lb.) with display, and the HP6700 Win Pro 732 bit 8 USB.
Logistics Service wishes to keep the currently used NeoPost DS-90 mailing system as a backup for emergencies. Should the newly acquired automated mailing system be other than NeoPost IS-6000 compatible, trade in and removal of the existing NeoPost DS-90 automated mailing system is required.
Automated Mailing System shall be NeoPost IS-6000, Brand Name or Equal, and shall be the most recent model available at the time of purchase.
" Please address your firm's capability of providing the required supplies and services above.
" A formal publication that identifies the salient characteristics of the products you could provide is requested in addition to your entities' socioeconomic status, contact information, and FSS contract holder status.
Questions may be sent to Stephen A. Clabough NLT 12:00 PM EST, 11 July, 2014. Email: [email protected]. All responses to this Sources Sought Notice are due NLT 14 July 2014 at 4:30 PM EST.
STEPHEN A. CLABOUGH
570-824-3521 X. 4266
[email protected]
