In order to increase opportunities for prospective
bidders, our invitations for bidding are posted daily
in our Central Office and Regional Procurement Offices.
This means that we actually display the entire specification,
with all attachments, including small purchases,
which can be bid by telephone; formally advertised
one-time purchases, with sealed bid requirements;
and term contracts (contracts to supply requirements
usually for a term of one year), also with sealed
bid requirements.
With exceptions for short schedules, small purchases
are posted for a minimum of 72 hours before bids
are required. The one-time purchases are usually
posted for one or two weeks and term contracts three
or four weeks, prior to bid opening. After attempting
to get more time, we also post the short schedules,
but for less than the preferred 72 hours minimum.
Bid results are also available for all procurements
as well as abstracts of bids for term contracts.
To support the posting procedure, we have installed
copiers in each office. An interested bidder can
visit any office on weekdays (excluding holidays),
examine the posted procurements, and make copies
as necessary. These copiers are primarily for the
use of our bidders and we encourage bidders to visit
our offices to take advantage of the posting and
the copiers.
The employees on duty are available to answer questions
about the posting or any other aspect of our procurement
program.
SALE OF
GPO PROCUREMENT PUBLICATIONS
Because of requests for bulk quantities, various
publications that are used in our procurement operations
can now be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents:
Publication Stock No. Price/Unit of Issue
GPO Contract Terms 021-000-00143-1 $33.00/25
(GPO Pub 310.2)
Billing Instructions 021-000-00154-6 12.00/25
(GPO Form 199)
Quality Assurance Through 021-000-00147-3 3.00 each
Attributes Program
(GPO Pub. 310.1)
Solicitation Mailing List 021-000-00133-3 27.00/100
Application (GPO Form 2524)
Bid Set (Bid papers and 021-000-00132-5 25.00/100
envelope, GPO Forms 910 and 184
Bidder's Kit 021-000-00128-7 50.00/10
Guidelines for Contractors 021-000-00149-0 6.00/10
Holding Press Sheet Inspections
The bidder's kit contains the above publications
(except the Bid Set) as well as many other instructions,
notices, etc. that relate to our procurement operations.
These publications can be ordered by writing the
United States Government Printing Office, Superintendent
of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20402, or by calling
the order desk, Superintendent of Documents, area
code (202)783-3238. Payment will be accepted if made
by MasterCard, VISA, or personal check made payable
to the Superintendent of Documents.
Questions or comments regarding the contents of these pages,
or GPO Printing Procurement? Contact prntproc@gpo.gov
