Postal Operations and Ground Transportation Services

 The Expeditionary Contracting Command- Afghanistan (ECC-A), intends to issue a solicitation for a contractor to provide Postal Operation Services to include Ground Transportation and Material Handling Equipment.  The Contractor shall operate Army Post Offices (APOs), Satellite Army Post Offices (SAPOs), Military Address Only (MAOs) in Afghanistan capable of providing support to United States Armed Forces and authorized customers on Bagram Airfield (BAF) (one APO and Warrior Retrograde Facility), Kandahar Airfield (KAF), Kabul International Airport (KAIA), International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), New Kabul Cluster (NKC), and any other area where postal operations are required within Afghanistan. Operations shall be IAW USPS bulletins, manuals, and publications; DoD Postal Manual 4525.6-M, dated 15 August 2002; USCENTCOM policies and regulations; Postal Operations Division (POD) Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and Army regulations.

The Government anticipates a solicitation release date of W91B4N-16-R-5009 on or about 25 April 2016 through Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOps) website. A single award of a Firm Fixed-Price contract is anticipated and award will be made to the offeror who provides a proposal that best meets the Government's requirement. All requirements, evaluation criteria, basis for award and proposal due date will be provided as part of the solicitation. The anticipated period of performance will be a 12 month base period and four option years. The anticipated full period of performance is period of 10 September 2016 to 9 September 2017. There will be no set aside and requirement will be procured using Full and Open Competition. All responsible sources are permitted to submit offers.

 All prospective offerors must have a Commercial and Government Entity Code (CAGE Code) and must have completed Representations and Certifications through the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.acquisition.gov. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available at the Government-wide Point of Entry at http://www.fbo.gov/. Requests for printed copies of the solicitation will not be accepted.