T -- A76 Print Mail

This notice serves as formal public announcement of the Social Security Administration's performance decision of a Competitive Sourcing Study in accordance with OMB Circular A-76 (revised May 29, 2003.) Agency: Social Security Administration- Agency Component: Office of Systems, Office of Telecommunications and Systems - Study Location: 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21207- Type of Competition: Streamlined- Start date of the competition: October 11, 2007- Description of activity being competed: The print mail operations function is responsible for all aspects of printing and mailing SSN cards and notices including, but not limited to. Operating high speed and impact printers to print notices and SSN cards and high speed inserting machines to insert notice and SSN cards into envelopes - Incumbent service providers: Government employees- Number of government personnel performing the activity: 22 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: Roderick Hairston- Performance Decision: The low Cost Provider was determined to be the PRIVATE SECTOR PROVIDER (See note below), certified on February 28, 2008 - NOTE: A solicitation will be issued, however, a contract will only be awarded if the cost of the private sector is considered less costly then the agency's most efficient organization in accordance with the conversion differential as implemented by Division D of Public Law 110-161 (A contractor would be less costly to the agency by an amount that equals or exceeds $10 million or 10% of the personnel-rated costs associated with performance by the agency's most efficient organization), otherwise, this performance decision will be reversed and a Letter of Obligation will be issued to the Agency Tender. Any questions or comments regarding this matter should be submitted via E-MAIL to Jacqueline Lessig, Contract Specialist at [email protected]. The Contract Specialist will not accept or return phone call inquiries or requests for information regarding this matter.