DIRECTORATE OF CONTRACTING, BUILDING 1001, 761ST TANK BATTALION AVE, FORT HOOD TX 76544-5059

T -- CIVILIAN ENTERPRISE NEWSPAPER SOL PA0123-9612-1312 POC Contract Specialist Rebecca Coon -- E-mail address: coonr@hood-emh3.army.mil or written request to Chet Nunley, Chief Internal Information, Public Affairs Office, III Corps & Ft Hood, Ft Hood, TX 76522 (Site Code DAKF48) The agreement between the current contractor and Fort Hood for the Fort Hood Sentinel Civilian Enterprise Newspaper will expire in August 1997. Fort Hood is interested in obtaining proposals to produce the Fort Hood Sentinel for one year with an optin to renew each year for five years. Proposals are due 28 February 1997. The first newspaper is to be delivered no later than 7 August 1997. The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, labor, supplies, tools, materials, supervision and other ites necessary to print and distribute a weekly civilian enterprise newspaper for III Corps and Fort Hood, Texas. Fort Hood will select the successful offeror by evaluating the reputation and proven ability of the offeror to provide 25,000 issues weekly of a newspaper whose appearance, layout, quality, and photo reproduction meet the current professional standards of the industry. The newspaper's editorial section ill be written and submitted to the Contractor each week by Fort Hood Public Affairs Office personnel. Offerors must provide evidence of responsibility, performance capability, and financial stability, to include ability to follow newspaper guidelines estalished in Department of Defense Instruction 5120.4-DOD Newspapers and Civilian Enterprises Publications; Army Regulation 210-10 and Army Regulation 360-81. The successful offeror shall provide a choice of traditional type styles and special fonts to achieve a quality appearance consistent with current professional standards, demonstrate a capability to receive and transmit digital images via modem for use in n IBM Windows or equally capable computer system environment and demonstrate the proven quality of the offeror's full-color photographs and line art reproduced from digitally scanned images. The offeror selected will be responsible for all photographic bac shop and production work in accordance with the Public Affairs Officer's design instructions. The revenue which the Contractor receives from the sale of advertisements in the Fort Hood Sentinel shall constitute full payment to the Contractor. All (0351)

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