Solicitation
Contract Delivery Service (CDS) HCR 996B8 WASILLA, AK - H035, AK
Postal Service
AI summaryThe U.S. Postal Service wants a contractor to deliver and collect mail on a rural box route, Highway Contract Route (HCR) 996B8, between Wasilla, AK and H035, AK, under Contract Delivery Service (CDS) solicitation 810-106-27. Service runs from December 14, 2026 to September 30, 2030, about 3 years and 9.5 months, six days a week. The response due date is November 9, 2026, 10:00 AM Mountain Time, sent by email or fax. Award goes to the best value offer, and technical factors count for more than price. More in the summary
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The U.S. Postal Service wants a contractor to deliver and collect mail on a rural box route, Highway Contract Route (HCR) 996B8, between Wasilla, AK and H035, AK, under Contract Delivery Service (CDS) solicitation 810-106-27. Service runs from December 14, 2026 to September 30, 2030, about 3 years and 9.5 months, six days a week. The response due date is November 9, 2026, 10:00 AM Mountain Time, sent by email or fax. Award goes to the best value offer, and technical factors count for more than price.
Who can bid (4)
- Be an individual at least 18 years old, a partnership, or a corporation; drivers need 2 years of driving experience
- Not be a Postal Service employee or a firm substantially owned or controlled by one (family members are reviewed), and not be suspended, debarred or ineligible
- Own or lease at least 2 vehicles of 120 cubic feet, plus stand-by equipment for extra trips, breakdowns and bad weather
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- Show financial condition that lets the contracting officer expect operations to continue, with a recent credit report
How to submit: Email the completed Proposal Submission Package to amy.warnecke@usps.gov, or fax it to 651-456-6819. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (9)
From the version posted Oct 26, 2026.
- Worth checking: Posted for fewer than 30 days. The solicitation says it was not posted for 30 days, so plan your offer around the response due date.
- Worth checking: Two 120-cubic-foot vehicles plus stand-by equipment. You must have the vehicles ready at the start of service and enough spare equipment to cover extra trips and breakdowns.
- Worth checking: Estimated miles do not change the price. The miles and hours are only estimates; the price stays the same even if the real distance is longer or shorter, so check the route first.
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- Worth checking: Wage rules set a floor on labor cost. The Department of Labor Service Contract Act wage determination 1982-0207 lists a rate of 22.24 for a Driver/Caser, plus fringe benefits, and these must be priced into the single rate.
- Worth checking: Fringe benefit costs cannot be added later. Vacation and other fringe costs must be in the contract rate from the start; later increases to cover them will not be allowed.
- Worth checking: Subcontracting plan may be required. A detailed plan is required for a total of $1,000,000 or more over the term or if you use subcontractors, and missing it may make you ineligible.
- Worth checking: May have to live in the community. Winners of CDS contracts may be required to live in the community of their post office.
- Worth checking: Background screening for each driver. Each driver needs forms, fingerprints, a 5-year driving record and photos cleared before working, and drivers are rescreened every four years.
- Minor: Extra trips and Sunday service. Extra trips are paid at a set rate per mile, and Sunday delivery may be ordered with at least four hours' notice.
Read from the notice and 2 attachments. Show which files.
- 996B8 Solicitation Details.pdf (read)
- 996B8 Proposal Submission Pkg.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Deliver and collect all classes of mail along the box route, daily except Sundays and holidays (303.07 annual trips)
- Run two route parts out of Wasilla: Part A at 21.5 round-trip miles and Part B at 21 round-trip miles
- Case (sort into delivery order) 741 boxes of mail at the Wasilla post office, 8:00 to 10:00 AM, before leaving
- Provide at least 2 vehicles of 120 cubic feet each, with a roof warning light and a cellular phone, plus stand-by vehicles
- Do extra trips on request at $6.00 per mile, and possible Sunday service with at least four hours' notice
- When directed: use scanners and lobby keys, sell stamps, and take money order applications and parcels
- Have every driver screened (forms, fingerprints, driving record) before they work; take route training of three hours a day over two days
- Contract type
- Fixed-price contract with economic price adjustment; one annual rate; Postal Service form PS Form 7405
- Period of performance
- December 14, 2026 to September 30, 2030; short extensions of up to 90 days each, 6 months in total, may be ordered (Clause 2-19)
- Place of performance
- Wasilla, AK, USA per SAM.gov; the route runs between WASILLA, AK and H035, AK
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff: technical factors are more important than price; price decides between closely ranked technical offers
- Offers due
- November 9, 2026, 10:00 AM Mountain Time
- How to submit
- Email the completed Proposal Submission Package to amy.warnecke@usps.gov, or fax it to 651-456-6819
What they'll judge offers on
- Supplier Eligibility: pass/fail (for example, not a Postal Service employee, not suspended or debarred)
- Past Performance: (a) quality and timeliness on current or recent comparable contracts, (b) business relations
- Supplier Capability: (a) ability to start on the effective date, (b) necessary equipment, (c) financial condition with a recent credit report
- Operations Plan: (a) normal operations, including hired driver labor and Department of Labor compliance, (b) extra trips, schedule changes, breakdowns, weather and substitute drivers
- Price: Rate of Compensation in Box 2 of PS Form 7405, up to four decimal places
What to include when you submit
- Send a two-volume proposal: the first volume is technical (eligibility, past performance, supplier capability, operations plan); price comes from PS Form 7405
- Complete and sign PS Form 7405 (Transportation Services Proposal and Contract): one annual rate written in words and numbers that match, plus name, address, phone, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) number and Employer Identification Number or Social Security number
- Complete the Highway Transportation Contract Cost Worksheet (PS Form 7468A) so it matches the Box 2 price, using all miles and hours you will actually run
- Return the signed Representations and Certifications (Provision 4-3) with an IRS Form W-9 attached
- Include the contract number 996B8 and solicitation number 810-106-27 on everything
- Past performance: list current or recent Postal contracts and comparable non-postal jobs, with a record of meeting contract terms and, for non-postal work, on-time performance
- Supplier capability: show equipment and finances, with a recent credit report; an income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement or bank funding letter may also be sent
- Identify any former Postal Service employee you plan to use, and acknowledge any amendments on the form
- A subcontracting plan is required if the total proposal over the term is $1,000,000 or more, or if you plan to use subcontractors
After award, you must have
- Carry vehicle insurance and workers' compensation insurance that meets federal, state and local law, effective when work starts From 996B8 Solicitation Details.pdf:
…c. Insurance must be effective by the time performance starts under this contract.
- Identify every person who needs mail or facility access or will drive, and clear them through Postal Service background screening before they work From 996B8 Solicitation Details.pdf:
At contract award, and thereafter, the supplier must identify to the adminis-…
Not in the notice text
- The line of travel for each route part is not given: the text says to see the Administrative Official at the Wasilla post office, who also has casing and delivery details
- Clauses on renewal, payment and fuel price adjustment were in pages of the Terms and Conditions that were not read; check the full attachment on SAM.gov
- No Government estimate or contract value is stated
- No question deadline or site visit is stated in the text read
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email the completed Proposal Submission Package to amy.warnecke@usps.gov, or fax it to 651-456-6819. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 26, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- Supplies Material MGMT, Philadelphia, PA
- Product/service code
- V119 · Transportation/Travel/Relocation – Transportation: Other
- Business type
- Transportation, logistics & vehicles (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 491110)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Contract Delivery Service (CDS) Contract Available: HCR 996B8 WASILLA, AK - H035, AK SOLICITATION CLOSES NOVEMBER 09, 2026, AT 10:00 AM MOUNTAIN TIME Effective date of service is 12/14/2026. Solicitation Details and Proposal Submission Package are attached. See the Terms and Conditions for Instructions to Offerors. The Terms and Conditions and the Statement of Work are located in the Solicitation Details attachment. Complete and return the documents in the Proposal Submission Package to submit your proposal. Send the completed Proposal Submission Package documents to amy.warnecke@usps.gov. If you need to fax them, please use 651-456-6819. Thank you. Amy Warnecke, Contract Delivery Service Office, USPS Department email: CDS@usps.gov
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