(Washington Technology) The U.S. Postal Service is looking for track-and-trace scanner solutions for mail-processing, barcode-reading technology.

The postal service is adding en-route visibility to components of its distribution network. The track-and-trace scanner will be mounted to the small parcel bundle sorter, a legacy mail-processing sorting system. The scanner will read and report value-added service barcode scans from mail that the small parcel bundle sorter separates. Responses are due by March 31. Contact John Saldivar at john.d.saldivar@usps.gov.
Description from Federal Business Opportunities

The USPS is adding enroute visibility to components of its distribution network. One strategy in this overarching initiative is collecting enroute barcode scans from mail bar-coded with USPS value added services such as Delivery Confirmation? and Signature Confirmation?. The Small Parcel Bundle Sorter (SPBS) is legacy mail processing equipment technology used for sorting small parcels and bundles. SPBS transport Parcels on Carrier Cells. The Track & Trace Scanner (TATS) solution will be mounted to the SPBS equipment in the ?recentering area? of the SPBS sorter and will read and report value-added service barcode scans from mail sorted by the SPBS. The technology source must not only be capable of meeting the barcode reading technology requirements described herein but must also be capable of designing the complete TATS mounting solution assembly equipped with status indicator lights for the SPBS application, assembling and distributing complete TATS installation kits to USPS locations with SPBS, and producing a Technical Data Package, solution handbook, and instructional DVD