Response to Vendor Questions - NASS Courier Svcs 05092023.pdf

May 9, 2023

NASS – Courier Services Response to Vendor Questions

1. How many pickups and deliveries per day?

Usually just one but it is not every day. It can be just once a week but could be multiple days.

2. Delivery Destination?

U.S. Post Office, 1720 Market St., St. Louis, MO 63155

3. Weight of boxes or trays?

Trays weigh normally about 15 pounds, we typically have everything palletized, unsure of weight of pallets maybe 500 lbs.

4. Type of vehicle needed?

Most days a box truck because we will have several pallets.

5. Can we use more than one driver? Yes

6. From your experience, will box trucks be the primary source to haul the mail?

Yes. Sometimes a cargo van will work.

7. Do you supply a pallet count or tote count per shipment? Yes

8. What US Post office address in STL is the mail being delivered?

U.S. Post Office, 1720 Market St., St. Louis, MO 63155

9. How much in pounds is the mail?

Varies by job. 150 lbs up to possibly 5,000 lbs.

10. Is there an historical weekly, daily, or monthly number of trays or tubs of mail from this facility?

No historical available.

11. Are the trays covered and banded or not covered?

Yes, they are covered and banded.

12. Historically, has there been a pickup every day or once a week?

It depends on workload. Some weeks there are multiple pickups and other weeks there are none.

13. How often or how many total pick-ups in a week, month, or year?

It varies by workload.

14. What sort of vehicles pick up the trays currently?

Normally a box truck.

15. Are they cargo vans or larger sprinter type vans?

They can be used when it is just trays of mail, but typically we are sending pallets.

16. How many times a week, month or year is a box truck required? Is that palletized?

It varies. Some weeks we will have several shipments and other weeks we may not have any.

Yes, a box truck is required when they are palletized.

17. What percent is palletized? If it is palletized, are they USPS plastic pallets that we leave at the USPS?

90 percent is palletized. Yes, they are on the USPS plastic pallets that can be left there.

18. Is there a truck level dock at this facility when a box truck is required? Yes

19. Does the facility deliver the palletized trays into the box trucks or are they dropped near the truck and our driver enters the facility and with a pallet jack gets them into the truck?

Can be done either way. Currently, our staff helps load the pallets on the truck.

20. When the pick-up is van sized is it a grade level loading area?

We have multiple levels for our loading dock.

21. Does the facility bring the mail out in trays on a pallet or does the contractor go into the facility and carry each tray by hand, or with a cart or dolly?

Our staff will bring the trays and pallets to the dock and help load.

22. Is this loading area covered and protected from rain and wind and snow? Yes

23. Is there a wait time commonly at the dock or loading area?

Not usually. We schedule based on when the items will be ready, and we ask that the courier inform us when they are close.

24. If there is commonly a wait time what is that average pick up wait time?

No, we rarely have a wait time at our facility.

25. Is there a wait time commonly at the USPS BEMU where the mail is delivered?

If so, how long of a wait on average?

Unsure. There can be.

26. What's the current contract number, name of incumbent contractor, value base plus all options, extensions.

#1232SB18F0173 – ULTRAEX LLC – Base plus four option years – this information and more can be accessed by the public at FPDS.gov