Supply Management
NOTICE
Custodial Products — Capital Equipment Purchases
Dallas Environmental and Maintenance Repair Operations Category Management Center (MRO CMC) awarded
national contracts for custodial products to W. W. Grainger
and Cleanwise in August 2001. These contracts incorporated custodial equipment such as vacuums, scrubbers,
sweepers, etc., that cost less than the capital threshold of
$3,000.
In the past, equipment requests over $3,000 have been
processed through the Windsor, CT; Chicago, IL; San
Francisco, CA; and the Memphis, TN, Purchasing Service
Centers (PSCs). Effective immediately, requests for
custodial capital equipment (scrubbers, sweepers,
burnishers, etc.) should be forwarded to the Environmental and MRO CMC.
Questions regarding this procedural change should be
directed to the contracting officer for custodial products and
equipment, Dan Davisson, at 214-819-7116 or Dan.M.
Davisson@usps.gov.
— Environmental and MRO CMC,
Supply Management, 3-16-06
NOTICE
Postal Service Awards New National Contract for Corrugated Fiberboard Postal Paks
On December 30, 2005, the Mail Transport Equipment
(MTE) Category Team (CT) awarded a contract to International Paper to supply the 69-inch tri-wall postal pak to all
bulk mail centers (BMCs). The new contract began on or
about February 28, 2006, and is for a 3-year period with two
1-year options. Based on estimated annual usage, the value of the contract is projected at $2,227,000 per year.
At first, all orders will be placed using an off-catalog
eBuy requisition, and a delivery order will be manually
created against the contract. When the eBuy catalog is
available, which should be around April 19, orders will be
placed via the catalog and will be routed to the appropriate
International Paper manufacturing facility. Additional order
funding is required on all requisitions for freight, as this is a
free on board (FOB) destination contract.
An accomplishment of this Supply Chain Management
(SCM) effort has been to consolidate requirements in order
to leverage Postal ServiceTM demand. As a result, the overall cost of the product is reduced by 19 percent. Additionally, time of delivery - from manufacturing site to facility - is
reduced. This is due to International Paper's four manufacturing facilities located across the United States, which
regionalize the BMCs according to proximity to their sites.
Contact Jonathan Hirsch, Purchasing and Supply
Management Specialist, MTE CT - Headquarters, at
202-268-8434 for more information.
— MTE & Spares CMC,
Supply Management, 3-16-06
|
