(1) Vendor needs to provide mail management services to the government authority located in Harrison, MS. • Services for Mail Processing.• multi–line, optical character reader (MLOCR) Barcoding Services.• Letter Barcoding Service:– The contractor shall use a MLOCR in conjunction with a certified move update technology or the –certified equivalent technology that replaces move update, to qualify as much letter–sized mail for the 5–digit rate as possible and thus qualify for the applicable postage rate for 5–digit mail.– The contractor shall also qualify as many handwritten addressed letter–sized mails metered at the 5–digit rate as possible to receive the same applicable postage rate for 5–digit mail.– The mail presented to the contractor will not have postage applied prior to contractor's acceptance of this mail.– Mail presented to the contractor shall include mixed types of mail which will need to be separated and categorized as necessary to obtain –approved automation and other discount postage rates as applicable.• Requirements for processing letters include:– certifying pre–addressed automation compatible mail pieces;– Applying the intelligent mail barcode to each piece of automation–compatible pre–sorted first–class mail.– Sorting and traying processed mail according to regulations to receive applicable discounted automation postage rates.• Flat Barcoding Service:– The contractor shall use a barcoding technology in conjunction with move update technology or the certified equivalent technology that replaces move update, to qualify as much flat sized mail to receive the applicable automation postage rate as possible.• Manual Presort Service:– As previously stated the contractor shall manually presort letter or flat–sized mail to qualify it to receive presort rates. the materials presented for processing may include flats and letter–size mail, the contractor shall not charge both a barcoding processing fee and a manual presort processing fee for any piece of mail submitted for barcoding that failed to qualify for automation rates and defaulted to presort rates, in other words only one service fee per mail piece.
↧