Postal Operations Service

Added: Mar 20, 2013 8:18 pm USAFCENT A7KQ intends to award a firm-fixed price contract for Military Postal Operations Services located within United States Central Command's Area of Responsibility. The period of performance is from 1 June 2013 to 31 May 2018. Sonication number FA4889-13-R-0005 is issued as a Request for offers. Award will be made from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. This effort will be conducted under FAR Parts 12 and 13 procedures. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 491110 with a small business size of $7M.

The contractor shall provide postal support consistent of mail acceptance, delivery, receipt, and dispatch in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement. The contractor will be responsible for the following major tasks:

(1) Process and distribution inducing parcel inspection, accountable mail, postal claims, and postal supply and finance operations.
(2) Process all prograde, retrograde, redirect and accountable mail.
(3) Process all Priority and First Class mail (to include directory)
(4) Ensure all customers at the post office are Military Postal Service (MPS) authorized, by verifying the customers' common access card (CAC) Identification(ID) or memorandum of agreement( MOA) authorizing postal privileges.
(5)Provide customer service ten hours daily, six days a week.
(6) Monitor host nation customs examinations and document the disposition of confiscated items.
(7) Prepare postal service forms involving notification and receipt of accountable and non-accountable mail, and obtain required signatures from unit mail clerks.
(8) Secure an properly account for ALL mail by maintaining required documentation and chain of custody receipts.

Offers shall be submitted via email to Zella.Johnson@afcent.af.mil  as well as Flora.Ford@afcent.af.mil  The closing date and time for submission of offers is located in block #8 of the attached Standard Form 1449.

Questions, concerns, and all request will be in writing via email only to the Points of Contacts(POCs) listed above no later than 1 April 2013 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

Added: Feb 14, 2013 10:08 am Modified: Feb 14, 2013 10:53 amTrack Changes The purpose of this amendment is to change the Classification Code from Q-Medical services to R-Professional, administrative, and management support services as well as include a response date of 28 Feb 2013 for this pre-solicitation. All other information previously posted remains unchanged.








Air Force Central Command AFCENT A7/A7KQ, Shaw Air Force Base SC intends to solicit and award a contract for Postal Operations. The primary objective of this contract is to provide postal support to authorized personnel at United States Air Force (USAF) locations within United States Central Command’s (USCENTCOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR); the locations will be Transit Center Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, and Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE. Postal support shall consist of mail acceptance, delivery, receipt and dispatch as outlined in DoD 4525.6-M, Department of Defense Postal Manual, DoD 4525.8-M, Official Mail Manual, and various United States Postal Service (USPS). It is anticipated that a Firm- Fixed Price contract will be awarded for an anticipated five (5) years from 1 June 2013 to 31 May 2018. In accordance with FAR 5.203, a solicitation for this requirement will be published on FedBizOpps approximately fifteen(15) days after the date of publication of this notice or as soon as possible thereafter. If at any time the Government determines that the requested services are no longer required, the Government reserves the right to cancel the solicitation and not make an award. This acquisition has been designated as a 100% set aside under the SBAs competitive 8(a) program for North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 491110 Postal Service with a size standard of $7 million. The classification code is R-Professional, Administrative and Management Support. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) and this announcement does not commit the Government to award a contract. The Government will not compensate any respondent for any proposal. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the website to ensure that the most up to date information is accessed. Paper copies for the solicitation and any amendments will not be distributed. Any inquiries regarding this acquisition must be made in writing and emailed to the Contracting Officer, Captain Zella Johnson at zella.l.johnson.mil@mail.mil

Added: Feb 14, 2013 10:08 am Air Force Central Command AFCENT A7/A7KQ, Shaw Air Force Base SC intends to solicit and award a contract for Postal Operations. The primary objective of this contract is to provide postal support to authorized personnel at United States Air Force (USAF) locations within United States Central Command’s (USCENTCOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR); the locations will be Transit Center Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, and Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE. Postal support shall consist of mail acceptance, delivery, receipt and dispatch as outlined in DoD 4525.6-M, Department of Defense Postal Manual, DoD 4525.8-M, Official Mail Manual, and various United States Postal Service (USPS). It is anticipated that a Firm- Fixed Price contract will be awarded for an anticipated five (5) years from 1 June 2013 to 31 May 2018. In accordance with FAR 5.203, a solicitation for this requirement will be published on FedBizOpps approximately fifteen(15) days after the date of publication of this notice or as soon as possible thereafter. If at any time the Government determines that the requested services are no longer required, the Government reserves the right to cancel the solicitation and not make an award. This acquisition has been designated as a 100% set aside under the SBAs competitive 8(a) program for North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 491110 Postal Service with a size standard of $7 million. The classification code is R-Professional, Administrative and Management Support. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) and this announcement does not commit the Government to award a contract. The Government will not compensate any respondent for any proposal. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the website to ensure that the most up to date information is accessed. Paper copies for the solicitation and any amendments will not be distributed. Any inquiries regarding this acquisition must be made in writing and emailed to the Contracting Officer, Captain Zella Johnson at zella.l.johnson.mil@mail.mil