GPO Solicitations Online

BID SUBMISSION: Submit each bid to: U.S. Government Printing Office; Bid Section, Room C-161, Stop PPSB; Washington, DC 20404-0001.

Unless otherwise stated in the solicitation, responses will not be accepted electronically. (See Bid Form 910)

The following synopses of online solicitations are a listing of those available for bidding at GPO's Central Office Printing Procurement Department and are available as on-demand printing files in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) .

List of GPO's offices using this online bid service: Central Office, Atlanta RPPO, Boston RPPO, Charleston SPPO, Chicago RPPO, Columbus RPPO, Dallas RPPO, Denver RPPO, Hampton RPPO, New York RPPO, Oklahoma City SPPO, Philadelphia RPPO, San Antonio SPPO, San Diego SPPO, San Francisco RPPO, and Seattle RPPO.

Abstract file lists are available in PDF's for GPO's Atlanta, Boston, Central, Charleston, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Hampton, New York, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle offices.

TERM CONTRACTS

Program Number: 217-S

Title: Laminated Cards
Bid Opening Date: November 26, 2008
Scope: These specifications cover the production of laminated cards requiring such operations as electronic prepress, printing (including four-color process), binding, packing, and distribution

Program Number: 244-S

Title: "Jo
Bid Opening Date: November 26, 2008
Scope: These specifications cover the production of saddle-stitched and perfect-bound publications requiring such operations as electronic prepress, printing, binding, packing, and distribution

Program Number: 849-S

Title: Federal Election Commission Business Cards
Bid Opening Date: November 26, 2008
Scope: These specifications cover the production of two different style business cards requiring such operations as electronic prepress, composition, thermographic (verkotype) printing, binding, foil stamping, packing, and distribution

Program Number: 551-S

Title: National Wildlife Refuge System Newsletter & Friends Forward Newsletter
Bid Opening Date: December 1, 2008
Scope: These specifications cover the production of a self-covered newsletter requiring such operations as electronic prepress, printing in 4-color process, binding, packing, and distribution

Program Number: 46-S

Title: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Bid Opening Date: December 2, 2008
Scope: These specifications cover the production of self-covered books, pamphlets, and face-only or face and back letters/forms requiring such operations as making reproducibles, printing, binding, packing, mail-merging and distribution

Program Number: 77-S

Title: SDDC Translog
Bid Opening Date: December 4, 2008
Scope: These specifications cover the production of self-covered pamphlets requiring such operations as electronic prepress, printing, binding, packing, mailing, and distribution

Program Number: 521-S

Title: Public Information Request System
Bid Opening Date: December 8, 2008
Scope: These specifications cover the production of mailing packages, consisting of English and Spanish: personalized notices; forms; fact sheets; leaflets; and booklet inserts; requiring such operations as programming, the receipt and processing of wire transmitted data, composition, film making, printing and imaging, folding, binding, inserting, metering, presorting and mailing

Program Number: 193-S

Title: NCUA News
Bid Opening Date: December 10, 2008
Scope: These specifications cover the production of a newsletter requiring such operations as electronic prepress, printing, binding, packing and distribution

Program Number: 365S

Title: Soil Maps
Bid Opening Date: December 10, 2008
Scope: These specifications cover the production of maps requiring such operations as printing, trimming, folding, collating, packing, and distributing

Program Number: 814-M

Title: Books and Pamphlets
Bid Opening Date: December 11, 2008
Scope: These specifications cover the production of various self and separate covered books and pamphlets requiring such operations as electronic prepress, film making, printing, binding, proofing, packing, mailing, and distribution

Program Number: 421-M

Title: Army Reprint Pamphlets and Books
Bid Opening Date: December 12, 2008
Scope: These specifications cover the production of various self and separate covered saddle stitched, perfect bound, and looseleaf books and pamphlets requiring such operations as film making, electronic prepress, printing, binding, packing and distribution.

ONE-TIME BIDS

Jacket Number: Jacket 350-611

Bid Opening Date: DECEMBER 1, 2008.
Product: Tool Kit consisting of 21 items. Coating required on Items 1 thru 20. Lamination required on Item 21. Individual mailing containers (printed shipping boxes) are required for each Tool Kit. Items 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19: Face and back dividers printing in 4-color process. Item 2: Face and back form printing in 2 colors. Item 4: 6-page, loose-leaf (3 leaves) publication printing in 2 colors. Item 6: 22-page, loose-leaf (11 leaves) publication printing in 2 colors. Item 8: 56-page, loose-leaf (28 leaves) publication printing in 2 colors. Item 10: 64-page, loose-leaf (32 leaves) publication printing in 2 colors. Item 12: 10-page, loose-leaf (5 leaves) publication printing in 2 colors. Item 14: 8-page, loose-leaf (4 leaves) publication printing in 2 colors. Item 16: 18-page, loose-leaf (9 leaves) publication printing in 2 colors. Item 18: 6-page, loose-leaf (3 leaves) publication printing in 2 colors. Item 20: Three face only forms (3 leaves) printing in 4-color process. Item 21: Tool Kit Box printing in 4-color process plus a coating.
Title: SunWise School Program Tool Kit (EPA 430-K-08-009 - Oct. 08)
Quantity: 6,334 assembled kits, plus 20 QARCs of Items 1 thru 20 only.
Ship/Deliver Date: Ship complete to arrive at destinations or before January 21, 2009.

Jacket Number: 350-684

Bid Opening Date: December 1, 2008
Product: These specifications cover the production of 8 single sheet questionnaires requiring such operations as printing in 2 colors, variable computerized imaging using a black permanent water resistant medium, folding, packing, and distribution
Title: 2010 CENSUS ENUMERATOR, CONTINUATION, AND REINTERVIEW QUESTIONNAIRES
Ship/Deliver Date: DATE EVENT December 8, 2008 Award of contract (Purchase Order number will be furnished by telephone). To be determined after award Pre-Production Conference. December 9, 2008 Electronic media print files for Item 1 (for P-to-Ps) to be available for pick up at the U.S. Government Printing Office, 27 G St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20401. Suitable date to comply with production schedule Submit proofs as soon as the Contractor deems necessary in order to comply with the shipping schedule. Proofs will be withheld 10 workdays from receipt in the department until they are made available for pickup by the Contractor. Suitable date to comply with production schedule Submit paper and ink samples as soon as the Contractor deems necessary in order to comply with the shipping schedule. Samples will be withheld 10 workdays from receipt at the GPO until they are made available for pick up by the Contractor. Inspection dates to comply with production schedule The Contractor must notify the GPO of the date and time the press sheet, imaging and finishing inspections can be performed. In order for proper arrangements to be made, notification must be given at least 3 workday(s) prior to each inspection. Notify the GPO, Contract Management Division, Quality Control for Procured Printing Section (PPSQ), Washington, DC 20401, or telephone area code 202-512-1162. Telephone calls will only be accepted between the hours of 8:00 am and 2:00 pm, prevailing eastern time. January 16, 2009 Contractor delivers P-to-Ps for Item 1 to arrive at the destinations. Within 12 workdays after receipt of P-to-Ps The Government completes review of P-to-Ps. February 26, 2009 Electronic media print files for Items 1*, 2, and 5 thru 8 to be available for pick up at the U.S. Government Printing Office, 27 G St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20401. June 1, 2009 to July 31, 2009 Contractor delivers Items 1, 2, and 5 thru 8 to the destinations. On or before June 4, 2009 Electronic media print files for Items 3 and 4 to be available for pick up at the U.S. Government Printing Office, 27 G St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20401. August 18, 2009 Contractor delivers Items 3 and 4 to the destinations and returns all GFM. *If revised files are submitted for Item 1, new proofs are required and will be held 10 workdays from receipt at the Census Bureau. New prior-to-production samples will not be required

Jacket Number: 350-489

Bid Opening Date: December 2, 2008
Product: Contractor to assemble 38,000 sets - 28,000 sets consisting of (4) and 10,000 sets consisting of (3) items, plus 200-book shrink-wrapped in units of 10's and 50 un-laminated posters as follows: Item 1: Outer mailing box (items 2 thru 4 to be placed into this box). Item 2: Poster carrier inner portfolio box (items 3 and 4 to be placed into this box) Item 3: Teachers guidebook containing 126 text pages with wire-o bind Item 4: Posters (20 different two sided posters to be laminated and drilled)
Title: Picturing America
Quantity: 38,000 Outer Mailing Box Item 2: - 38,000 Poster Carrier Portfolio Inner Box Item 3: - 28,200Teachers Guidebook, (NOTE: 10,000 sets are not to have this item and 200 to be shrink-wrapped in 10's) Item 4: - 38,050 Poster sets (20 two sided different posters per set), 50 sets of posters must not be laminated
Ship/Deliver Date: May 15, 2008

Jacket Number: 341-424

Bid Opening Date: DECEMBER 4, 2008
Product: Twenty-four page publication with separate wraparound cover, saddle-wire stitched.
Title: IRS Guide to Free Tax Services (Rev. 12-2008)
Quantity: 186,027 copies, plus or minus 25% - Final quantity to be given to contractor on 12/8/08
Ship/Deliver Date: 12-29-08 All POD (FOB Contractor's City) shipments to be completed by Small Package carrier. 12-29-08 All Remaining (FOB Destinations) Shipments MUST be at destination on or before this date.

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