DIRECTORATE OF CONTRACTING, PO DRAWER 3918, BLDG 4275, FORT POLK LA 71459

T -- CIVILIAN ENTERPRISE NEWSPAPER SOL DAKF24-97-R-0005 DUE 042297 POC Contracting Officer ANNA M. GILES 318 531-2353 (Site Code DAKF24) Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, labor, supplies, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and services necessary to print and distribute a weekly civilian enterprise newspaper for the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) and Fort Polk, Louisiana, entitled the "Guardian". The contract period will be from 1 July 1997 through 30 June 1998 with five one-year option periods for a total of six years. Fort Polk will select the successful offeror by evaluating the reputation and proven ability of the offeror to provide a newspaper, estimated weekly circulation of 14,000, of which the appearance, layout, quality and photographic reproduction meet the current professional standards of the industry. The newspaper's editorial pages will be completed and submitted to the Contractor weekly by JRTC and Fort Polk Public Affairs Office personnel. Offerors must provide evidence of responsibility, performance capability, and financial stability, to include ability to follow newspaper guidelinesestablished in Department of Defense Instruction 5120.4, DoD Newspaper and Civilian Enterprise Publications; Army Regulation 210-10, Installation Administration; and AR 360-81, Command Information Program. The successful offeror shall provide a state-of-art electronic newspaper publishing system that achieves a quality appearance consistent with current professional standards; demonstrate the offeror's capability to receive and transmit data electronically; 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 back shop and production work in accordance with the Public Affairs Officer's instructions. The revenues the Contractor receives from the sale of advertisements in the Guardian shall constitute full payment to the Contractor. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which will be (0064)

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