R -- A76 Mail Center Services

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION NOTICE - This notice serves as formal public announcement of the Social Security Administration's intent to conduct a Competitive Sourcing Study in accordance with OMB Circular A-76 (revised May 29, 2003). This notice does not constitute a solicitation, nor does this notice obligate the government to issue a solicitation in the future. Under the A-76 process, the in-house government organization that is currently performing this work will be allowed to compete against the private sector and other agencies for the referenced work. A public notice of the outcome of this competitive sourcing study will be published in this forum upon completion of the study. It is anticipated that a draft Performance Statement of Work will be release in this forum on or about June 5, 2008. This will be a small business set aside. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 492210, "Local Messenger and Local Delivery", with a size standard of $23,500,000.00. Agency: Social Security Administration- Agency Component: Office of Central Operations- Study Location: Baltimore, MD- Type of Competition: Standard- Start date of the competition: December 18, 2007- Description of activity being competed: Mail Center Services: primarily responsible for receiving and dispensing letter mail, correspondence, and unopened certified and priority mail and for receiving and dispatching material and claim folders in support of SSA's domestic and international claims operations and earnings operations. The 70 FTE incumbents are primarily responsible for a variety of claims clerical work involving the receipt, classification and routing of incoming mail correspondence and claims folders to the appropriate units within the Office of Central Operations as well as to various external SSA customers. Mail center services are performed at three different sites within the Baltimore, MD metropolitan area; the primary hub is located at 1500 Woodlawn Drive, Baltimore, MD 21241 (Security West Building) and the other two integrated sites are: Woodlawn Office complex located at 1718 Woodlawn Drive, Baltimore, MD 21207 and the Metro West Building located at 300 North Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21290.- Incumbent service providers: Government employees- Number of government personnel performing the activity: 70 FTEs- Name of the CSO: Mary Glenn-Croft, Deputy Commissioner for Budget, Finance and Management - Name of the Contracting Officer: Jacqueline R. Lessig- Name of the ATO: Randy Abrams - Projected end date of the competition: June 17, 2009- Any questions or comments regarding this matter should be submitted via E-MAIL to Jacqueline Lessig, Contract Specialist at contact@example.gov. The Contract Specialist will not accept or return phone call inquiries for information regarding this matter.