SOLICITATION NOTICE
T -- New Malignancies Among Cancer Survivors
- Notice Date
- 6/22/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 323110
— Commercial Lithographic Printing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 6120 Executive Blvd. EPS Suite 600, Rockville, MD, 20852
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-NCI-60092-NG
- Response Due
- 7/24/2006
- Archive Date
- 8/8/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The National Cancer Institute requires the following printing services and deliverables. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items, prepared in accordance with format in FAR 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation: No. RFQ-NCI-60092-NG includes all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through FAR FAC 05-09 (May 2006) simplified procedures for commercial items. This requirement is set-aside for small business. The North American Industry Classification Code is 323110 and the business size standard is 500 employees. All prospective offerors should have a copy of the booklet Standard Technical Specifications for NCI Printing Requirements (hereafter referred to as NCI Standard Specifications) issued by DHHS/NIH/NCI. The information in this booklet provides supplemental information necessary for potential offerors to have a complete understanding of the specifications set forth below. Copies of the booklet may be requested from Malinda Holdcraft, at (301) 402-4509. REQUIREMENT: TITLE: New Malignancies (among Cancer Survivors) PRODUCT: 512 page text with a separate 4 page wrap-around cover. BASIS FOR AWARD: The actual award amount will be $125,000 for this contract. Our objective is to obtain the highest possible quantity, for this dollar amount. Your added rate per thousand overs will be used to either increase or decrease your firm?s bid price to reach this dollar amount. The failure to provide an added rate will render your firm?s proposal non-responsive. Award shall not be delayed pending the evaluation process QUALITY: Level 1 printing and finishing attributes are required for this specification. Reference GPO Publication 310.1 for attribute requirements. Printing is the predominate production function and none shall be subcontracted. All contractors offering a bid shall have passed the NCI Requirements for New Bidders prior to consideration of their proposal for award. A minimum sixty calendar days are necessary for the evaluation processing to be completed. QUANTITY: 10,000 copies and the final films used in the production of printing. TRIM: 8-3/8 inch x 10-7/8 inch, lay-flat binding along the 10-7/8 inch dimension. 50 copies will also case bind and these copies are NOT a variable to determine a bid price. FURNISHED MATERIALS: A Mac OS-X compatible CD-Rom disk, together with a set of color proofs (laser printed) dummy as a guide to production. Quarkxpress 6.5, Illustrator CS-2 and Photoshop CS-2 applications are used for desktop publishing. 1 SET OF PROOFS: Provide laminated digital proofs, stripped to show the full press sheet imposition, including colorbar, showing guide, gripper and ruled-up for all bindery marks of each form, plus a dylux proof, with all elements in proper position, folded and trimmed to final size. Each form shall have a PIA/GATF Proof comparator (or similar process control) affixed to the back. Spot colors shall be a match of the Pantone reference books. PAPER: Cover: 100 lb. white premium coated offset recycled cover, minimum brightness of 94 (Centura Dull, McCoy Silk Mohawk Signature True dull are acceptable). Text: 80 lb. white premium coated offset recycled text, minimum brightness of 94 (Centura Dull, McCoy Silk Mohawk Signature True dull are acceptable). Case: James River?s Kivar number 6 Graphic White, Chrome Finish (no substitutions). Only those papers listed above as approved equals will be considered. See the 39th edition (2005-?06 issue) of the Competitive Grade Finder. Both the text and cover stocks, when required must be the same brand name items, and all the leaves within each book must be matching American mill brand manufactured papers only, private label papers and or foreign manufactured papers shall not be acceptable. INKS: Spot Pantone colors (159-Orange, 201-Red, 300- Blue, 355-Green) and dense Black Ink. Solid inks required, no builds allowed. Inks shall contain minimum percentages of vegetable oil in compliance with federal mandates. BINDING: Lay-flat bind 9,950 (or the balance to equal your bid document?s offering) along the 10-7/8 inch dimension. Trim three sides after binding to a final size of 8-3/8 inch x 10-7/8 inch. Hinge score covers to prevent cracking and run the cover paper grain parallel to the spine dimension. Spine type shall remain centered, must be with a flexible spine and free floating cover structure. Adhesive on spine must be water-based, cold emulsion PVA (polyvinyl acetate) which remains flexible for life of the binding. A reinforced crepe lining is to wrap over the spine. Apply cover by hot/or cold glue process. Trim three sides after binding to final size. No additional blank pages shall be allowed. NOTE: 50 hardbound copies are to be cased-in with suitable squares, using crash and paper, over 88 point binder?s board, round back, end-sheets are to be printed to match the predominate cover solid PMS color, as are the foot and headbands. Laminate the cased copies using suitable film and shrink wrap each individually. PRINTING: Print covers 1 and 4 in a solid bleeding all sides of PMS 355 Green. Black overprint text and rules prints on both pages with a reversed to white border on cover one. An illustration appears on cover one approximately 5 inches x 6 inches reproduced using all four Pantone colors and centered in the white border. A second illustration appears on cover 4 (in a white border). Cover 2 and 3 are blank in the lay-flat copies and printed as a 100 percent solid (to match the predominate cover colors) on the end-sheets for the hard copies. Print the balance in PMS 159, PMS 201 Red, PMS 300 Blue, PMS 355 Green and dense Black Ink. NOTE: Traps and varnish/coating masks are entirely the contractor?s responsibility. Heavy ink coverage is required and the contractor must take any and all necessary precautions to prevent ghosting and lay a smooth uniform ink film. Text and covers shall be manufactured on a lithographic printing press capable of printing all the required colors with one pass through the press and the complete color bar as detailed on page 4 of these specifications. Do not assume perfecting is acceptable to the government. The inspector shall use the following criteria to determine acceptability. If the inspector is unable to determine by examination which side is first down, then press perfecting is acceptable. Web fed printing techniques shall be on heat-set equipped presses only. Ghosting shall not be acceptable. COATING: Overall aqueous coat, satin finish, on outside lay-flat covers pages 1 and 4 only. A dry- trapped overall varnish may NOT be substituted. MARGINS: Bleeds, follow trim marks on furnished camera copy. DISPLAY EXAMINATIONS: Examination of the camera copy is an integral part of these specifications. No additional payment will be allowed due to the contractor?s failure to examine the copy and thoroughly understand the nature and extent of the work to be performed. PRESS INSPECTIONS: Press sheets shall be inspected at the contractor?s printing facility for quality conformance. Each press sheet form must contain one color bar, at least 3/16 inch in width, for each ink color placed parallel to the ink rollers. Color control bars (such as, BRUNNER, GATF or GRETAG) must contain star targets, trapping, tint and dot gain patches, process built grays, if applicable, and extend the full width of the press sheet. Ink densities shall be constant across the full width of the sheet with no deviations to exceed plus or minus 1/2 of one percent. Light and heavy inking is not allowed. The contractor shall provide the correct viewing conditions for all press sheet inspections including 5000 degree kelvin light sources housed in a completely enclosed neutral gray booth and functional densitometers. PREAWARD SURVEY: In order to determine the responsibility of the prime contractor, the government reserves the right to conduct a preaward survey, or to require samples to QATAP evaluate, or other evidence of technical, managerial, financial and similar abilities to perform, prior to the award of a contract. PACKING: Shrink wrap individually, the case-bound copies only. Pack both binding styles separately in new 44 pound edge crush test corrugated boxes filled to the top, 10 copies per carton for the lay-flat copies. These cartons shall be specifically manufactured to fit this product. The maximum weight shall not exceed 50 lbs. per carton. Products must lay flat, do not stand upright in cartons. No packaging deviations shall be allowed. Label or stencil on one of the carton ends. RETURN MATERIALS: Return all camera copy or furnished materials as received, plus two file copy printed samples. Create a digital deliverable (Macintosh compatible CD-Rom disk of the high-res. files in Acrobat PDF format) and furnish copies of all the signed receipts in one package to NCI at the office address listed above, see page 1 of these specifications. NEGATIVES: If digital direct-to-plate technologies were used, the contractor shall also be required to furnish films as a deliverable item upon request. Compose negatives as RRED final films in two page printer's spreads only, allowing a minimum of ? inch working margins on all sides, using .007 film, (.004 film is allowed if computer electronic files were provided by the NCI). Pin hole registration punching of the final films is required and composed, not stripped, registration marks on all sides. The contractor shall inventory all the final negatives within their facilities until called for return by the NCI. Ownership of these films shall remain the government?s property. Industry trade customs shall not apply to film, flats, proofs, or color Okays. Pack films to protect emulsion layers and furnish each film set with the associated top sheet containing wet ink density readings, or your press-room Okays for future color match. Films shall be ready for subsequent reprints without additional effort beyond exposures. Label: 06-NCI-PC-086, composed negatives & color Okays for storage New Malignancies SHIPPING: The advanced samples copies: must be received before any other location deliveries. 3 advanced samples copies to: NCI Printing, (301-402-2624) 6116 Executive Boulevard Room 3064, Rockville, MD 20852, Attn: Printing Officer. The advanced samples copies must be received before any other location deliveries. Ship15 file copies to: Library of Congress, Madison Bldg., (Exchange and Gift Division), Federal Documents Section, C Street, North East, (between 1st and N Streets), Washington, DC 20540. Ship 2 NCI file copies to: National Tech. Info Service, Office of Business Development, Attn: Sue Feindt, (703-605-6244) 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22151. Ship 5 (NCI) C and I copies to: NIH Printing, ATTN: Lisa Harper Building 31, Room B-4B-N-08 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20892 301-496-6781 Ship 20 client samples to: National Cancer Institute ATTN: ATTN: Ms. Rochelle Curtis 6130 Executive Blvd, EPS-7042 Rockville, Maryland 20852 (301-594-7202) Ship 2 depository copies to: the U.S. GPO, Stop: SSLA Depository Receiving Section, 44 H Street NW, Loading dock Washington, DC 20401 Label cartons...item number 507-G-02. Ship 2 NCI file copies to: ATTN: Mr. Jan Ehrman at NIH 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 31, Room 5-B-52 Bethesda, Maryland 20892 301-496-4143 Proofs will be withheld 3 working days from the time they are received until they are returned. Label the proof package with the NCI PC number and product title. Return the materials in the proper order as originally provided by the government. Press Sheet Inspection requires 5 days notice. Notify the NCI at 301-402-2624 for inspection. General packaging information for bulk shipments delivered to the National Cancer Institute Shipments not conforming to these requirements SHALL be refused. The exact packaging for each order will be detailed within the printing contract from the government. The contractor shall initiate contact with our warehouse, if the inventory control number and bar code artwork are not furnished, prior to labeling any cartons or the press run. Typically, this number & bar code are also listed on the lower right hand position of the laser proofs. If the number is provided use it on the cartons. Receiving hours are 6:30 am-12:00 and 1-3:30 pm, Monday-Friday, except federal holidays. Call for delivery appointment prior to any bulk shipments: Ship the bulk quantity to Aspen Systems, Inc. 1000 Haverhill Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21229 to the attention of Ms. Lou Young, 410-644-7742. Use 48 x 40, four way GPO Pallets only. Stencil each carton on 1 end, with the NCI PC Number, Title, Inventory Number and the Quantity per carton and per package. 06-NCI-PC-086 (? per package /\? per carton) New Malignancies Inventory No. ?-???. Band each pallet twice, in both directions, using plastic strapping over corrugated edge protectors only. Cover the pallets with plastic stretch wrap after strap banding and corrugated edges. The cartons shall only be new 44 pounds. Edge crush test or 275 pounds bursting strength and specifically made to contain this product. Affix packing delivery list to the last pallet loaded on the truck, facing the dock. All skids shall be four-sided entry and the weight must not exceed 2,000 pounds. Do not side load or double stack on the truck trailers. Stack skids, not to exceed 50 inches total, (from the floor to the top of the assembly.) SCHEDULE: Display of materials at NCI, OCC, Building 6116, Room 3064, Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852. Quotations are due July 24, 2006 at 1:00 pm. Award shall be made on or about July 25, 2006. Material pickup: July 26, 2006. 10,000 copies due at the NCI destinations as listed above September 6, 2006. Advanced sample copies must be received at the NCI Office of Cancer Communications prior to any bulk distributions. Balance of copies due at destination (Aspen Warehouse) September 20, 2006. Return of furnished materials and receipts September 20, 2006. NOTE: Please be aware that without the return of all the furnished materials, complete as specified within these printing specifications, payment will/can be withheld until all these materials are received. The package shall include copies of all shipment documents with signatures by the receiver and two sample file copies. PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES: The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS FOR SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION; FAR 52.212-3, OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS-WITH DUNS NUMBER ADDENDUM, FAR 52.212-4, CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES, OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS-FOR SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION. Far Clause 52.219-6, NOTICE OF TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. The following FAR clauses cited in paragraph (b) of the clause at FAR 52.212-5 are also applicable to this acquisition; FAR 52.222-26; EQUAL OPPORTUNITY; FAR 52.222.35, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM ERA; FAR 52.222-36, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES; FAR 52.222-37, EMPLOYMENT REPORTS ON DISABLED VETERANS AND VETERANS OF VIETNAM ERA; FAR 52.225-3, BUY AMERICAN ACT SUPPLIES; AND 52.232-34, PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER-OTHER THAN CENTRAL CONTRACTING REGISTRATIONS. Full text copies of the representations and certifications for other cited provisions and clauses may be obtained on line at the NCI website at http://amb.nci.nih.gov or from Malinda Holdcraft, Contract Specialist, (301) 402-4509. OFFERS: Offers must be submitted on an SF-1449 with a completed 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items-with Duns Number Addendum, signed by an authorized representative of the offeror or certification/validation of Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and Online Representations and Certifications Applications (ORCA). PLEASE NOTE: In order to receive an award, contractor must be registered and have valid certification in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) (http://www.ccr.gov) and the Online Representations and Certifications Applications (ORCA) (http://orca.bpn.gov). Offers/Quotations must be received in this office by 1:00 PM on July 24, 2006. Please refer to the solicitation number RFQ-NCI-60092-NG on all correspondence.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Contractor Location
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
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- SN01075399-W 20060624/060622220611 (fbodaily.com)
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