Radiation Portal Monitor (RPM) System

This REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) is issued solely for information and planning purposes and it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to include the information in a solicitation in the future. The United States Postal Service (USPS) is performing a market survey to evaluate obtaining the supplies / services which are the subject of this RFI. Therefore, you are invited to submit a response to this RFI to include marketing materials, a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM), and any other relevant information that you deem appropriate to address your ability to provide the supplies / services contained in the attached Statement of Work (SOW). This request is pursuant to USPS's Provision A-2 - Solicitation for Information or Planning Purposes (March 2006), whereas: a. The Postal Service does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to pay for the information solicited. b. This solicitation is issued for the purpose of obtaining Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) pricing information for supplies/services under project for TUG RPM Reconfiguration, as more fully defined in the attached SOW entitled, "TUG RPM RECONFIGURATIONS AT THE INTERNATIONAL SERVICE CENTER IN MIAMI, FLORIDA", dated 1/07/2019. Further, USPS is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this RFI. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: The USPS will prequalify suppliers based on an evaluation of their response in accordance with the criteria listed below. Interested parties should provide along with its marketing materials, ROM, and any other relevant data, the following information: Supplier Capability: All requirements are given in the attached SOW. Responses that do not meet all of the requirements of the SOW may be precluded from participation in any future solicitations for this project, if any is issued. Past Performance: Provide a list of three (3) contracts in the past 5 years that have been awarded to the Supplier of approximately the same dollar magnitude as Supplier's ROM. These contracts must have been completed and be as similar as possible in nature to the technical requirements described in the attached SOW and Supplier should indicate whether past performance is postal or corporate experience with relevant time frames and scope. The list should include the following information for each contract: (1) Contract Title (2) Contract Number (3) Date of Award (4) Contract Type (5) Contact Amount (6) Period of Performance (7) Client's Name and Address (8) Contract Amount (9) *Name of Client's Contact(s) regarding performance evaluation (10) *Telephone/Fax/E-mail numbers for Client Contact(s) *Suppliers shall ensure that the contact information is correct and that the individuals are available for the USPS to contact. RESTRICTIONS ON DISCLOSURE AND USE OF DATA: If the response will contain any information deemed to be confidential in nature, such information must be clearly marked as such as outlined below. The Postal Service does not intend to share any information outside of the USPS. Interested parties that include in their response to this RFI data they do not want used or disclosed by the Postal Service for any purpose other than market survey may take the following steps: a. Include on the front page or in the introductory material of their response the following: "This response includes data that may not be duplicated, used, or disclosed outside the Postal Service - in whole or in part - for any purpose other than to perform market survey. If, however, a contract is awarded to this offeror as a result of - or in connection with - the submission of such data under a response to a Request for Proposal, the Postal Service will have the right to duplicate, use, or disclose the data to the extent provided in the resulting contract. This restriction does not limit the Postal Service's right to use information contained in the data if it is obtained from another source without restriction. The data subject to this restriction are contained in sheets (Offeror insert numbers or other identification of sheets)." b. Mark each sheet of data they wish to restrict with the following legend: "Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to the restriction on the title page of this response." CUTOFF DATE FOR QUESTIONS: Any prospective supplier desiring an explanation or interpretation of the RFI, must request it via email to karl.d.duke@usps.gov by 12:00 PM ET on February 11, 2019, to allow a reply to reach all prospective suppliers before the submission of their RFI response. Supplier questions related to this RFI shall include the following in the subject line of the email: Clarification Request to RFI No. 4AD-19-A-0003 (Supplier Name). RESPONSE DUE DATE: Due date for supplier response to this RFI is on or before 4:00 PM ET on February 18, 2019. All responses shall be submitted as attachments and emailed to: karl.d.duke@usps.gov. Supplier response to this RFI shall include the following in the subject line of the email: Response to RFI No. 4AD-19-A-0003 (Supplier Name).