The USPS is currently researching an alternative sorting solution of an Autonomous Mobile Robot (“AMR”) to process Non Machinable Outside (“NMO”) parcels that are too large (total volume) or heavy for traditional parcel sorting equipment. This new AMR solution shall be an already developed and proven solution that can be deployed and implemented across the Postal Service with little to no infrastructure requirements outside of electrical and data connections. Please review the attachments to this SAM.gov RFI posting. Suppliers interested in responding to this RFI shall register via the USPS eSourcing portal via the following link: https://about.usps.com/what/business-services/suppliers/becoming/registration.htm. Once registration is complete, please contact Adam Steele at
[email protected] and Andrew Hopkins at
[email protected] to confirm your registration and be added to the eSourcing RFI event. Respondents are solely responsible for being timely registered in eSourcing and must transmit their responses to the RFI via the eSourcing portal by the RFI response deadline. Any questions pertaining to this RFI should be directed to Adam Steele at
[email protected] and Andrew Hopkins at
[email protected] no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Wednesday, August 7, 2024. All questions received timely will be consolidated with the USPS responses and will be provided for suppliers to review as an amendment to this RFI. The USPS will not provide separate individual responses to suppliers’ questions. Final submissions in response to this RFI must be received via eSourcing portal no later than 5:00 PM EST on Thursday, August 29, 2024. The requested information must be submitted electronically via PDF or PowerPoint. Amendment 1 - USPS Request for Information (RFI) - Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) - #3A-24-A-0054 The United States Postal Service (USPS) is amending the subject RFI to incorporate this amendment’s Attachment 1, the USPS response to aggregated questions from potential RFI respondents. USPS responses to respondent questions are listed in blue font color under the attached document titled "RFI Questions". There is no change to the August 29, 2024 due date for responses at this time. Please submit your response to the RFI in writing to the Purchasing and Supply Management Specialist, Adam Steele at
[email protected], and the Contracting Officer, Andrew Hopkins at
[email protected], no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on August 29, 2024 as described in the original RFI.