Customer Billing Services

The St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission is soliciting bids for customer utility billing services. The contract includes printing and mailing of approximately 15,000-16,000 bills per month. The contractor will be responsible for preparing and printing invoices, providing envelopes, and transporting the bills to the post office. The commission will provide customer invoice data in an electronic format. Key aspects of the job include: * Printing and mailing of utility bills * Providing #10 envelopes and inserting a #9 return envelope * Adding postage and transporting the bills to the post office * Maintaining a "safety" stock of paper and envelopes for possible immediate re-printing of invoices * Submitting a receipt from the post office for the quantity and price per piece of sorted mail * Invoicing the commission for the total amount of the receipt from the USPS. Some of the key requirements for the contractor include: * Having at least five years of experience with tasks of this scope * Being in business for a minimum of five years * Providing a printed sample of similar scope of work with their bid * Submitting bid prices for all line items in the bid form.