Outbound Mailing System

Added: Nov 25, 2014 10:43 am The Department of Veterans Affairs, Acquisition Business Service, 425 I Street, NW, Washington, DC intends to award a sole source contract to Pitney Bowes, Inc. (Pitney), 1 Elmcroft Road, Stamford, CT 06926. It will be a Firm-Fix Price, base with four (4) additional year option period contract to provide FMV lease and preventive maintenance and emergency repairs of the Connect +3000 Mailing Machine to be located at the Washington, DC VA Medical Center , 50 Irving Street, NW, Washington, DC 20422. The Washington, DC VA Medical Center currently has a Pitney Bowes system which will work in unison with this machine. Pitney Bowes is the only company identified as being capable of intermeshing with the current Washington, DC VA medical Center Mail Facility interface. Pitney uses a proprietary system which is unable to be acquired through any other company. The contract shall include but is not limited to: repair/replacement of parts and labor for these systems and installation along with the lease of Pitney Bowes Connect+3000 Mailing Machine. Interest persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. The notice of intent is not a request for competition proposals or a solicitation for offers. However, parties interested in responding to this notice shall submit technical data, including cost information, sufficient to determine capability in providing the same products/ services to Robert Perry, Contracting Specialist, at Robert.perry2@va.gov by December 6, 2014 at 1:00PM EST. All capability statements received by closing of this notification will be consistence will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This acquisition is being conducted under non simplified procedures. There are no set-aside restrictions for this requirement unless responses received dictate otherwise. The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industry Classification System (NAISC) 811219 with a small business. Size standard of #$30 Million dollars. This is for information purposes only and not to be submitted to this notice of intent in voluntary.