OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
NOTICE TO
BIDDERS
ROTATION OF BIDDERS
Historically we have rotated our bidders' names
so that everyone has an equal opportunity to bid.
However, although some respond regularly and with
competitive prices, there are many firms who have
never responded to even one solicitation. By continuing
to solicit inactive printing suppliers we are depriving
firms who are genuinely interested in doing business
with the GPO from receiving more opportunities to
bid.
In an effort to refine our list of bidders we will
only solicit bids from those firms that take the
time to respond to our invitations for bid (IFB's)
in a regular manner. The following procedures are
in effect:
1. Any firm not responding to five or more IFB's
that open during any one month in any one of our
product categories will be removed from our list
of bidders for that category.
2. Any firm that receives eight or more IFB's that
open during any one month and does not respond to
any of those IFB's will be removed from ALL product
categories in our list of bidders.
3. Reinstatement of product categories into our
list of bidders will require the submission of a
new Solicitation Mailing List Application.
4. A "No Bid" will be acceptable as a response to
an IFB as long as it is received by bid opening time
for the solicitation.
5. Only responses to IFB's sent to a firm by the
GPO and not any that are made through the posting
procedure, will count as a response.
These procedures will not prevent any firm from
doing business with the GPO through the posting procedure;
they will however affect the number of IFB's a firm
will receive through the mail from the GP0 as outlined
in items 1 & 2.
Any questions regarding this notice should be addressed
to the Chief of our Bid Section at (202) 512-0526.
Questions or comments regarding the contents
of these pages, or GPO Printing Procurement? Contact prntproc@gpo.gov
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