Department of the Treasury (DY) Financial Management Service, 401 14th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20227

80 -- 80 -- ENVELOPE ADHESIVES SOL RFP-FMS-97-0002 POC Anthony Rowell, Contract Specialist, Room 456D. The Financial Management Service (FMS), U.S. Department of the Treasury, has a requirement to obtain adhesive for use in the production of envelopes. The adhesive will be used for the side seams and flap of the envelope and adhere the plastic window file to the envlope paper. The adhesive shall contain enough tack or holding power to quickly and permanently adhere the side seams and flap of the envelope, as well as the window film to the envelope paper. The viscosity or thickness of the adhesive shall be of consistent quality from one batch or shipment to the next. The adhesive shall be easy to clean off the Check Wrapping System using only water, non-toxic, free from irritating odor, and free from ingredients which would tend to discolor the paper. When applied to the seal flaps side seams, and window openings, the adhesives shall be of such consistency that curling of te envelope shall not occur. Regarding the window film adhesive, the window film shall permanently adhere to the envelope paper duringthe passage of paper through the Check Wrapping System at a speed of 500 revolutions per minute. The minimum yild of window patches adhered per pound shall be 18,000 per pound. Supplies will be required for a base year with four available option years. The FMS will be using the Internet EXCLUSIVELY (NO HARD-COPY SOLICITATIONS DOCUEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED) to distribute all solicitation documents for this requirement. All soliciation documents distributed by the FMS may be obtained from the Internet at http://www.fms.treas.gov/procure.html or by fax. To receive a copy of this solicitation, offerors must dial (202) 847-8616 using a touch tone phone and request document number 970002. To ensure timely receipt of any updates and/or amendments to the solicitation, the FMS recommends that vendors interested in this requirement consider the subscription service available on the FMS Procurement Opportunities home page. Vendors shall be responsible for obtaining all solicitation documents from the Internet. THIS SOLICITATION IS NOW AVAILABLE BY INTERNET AND FAX ON CALL. All interested parties are encourage to participate in this procurement. All changes/ammendments to the solicitation will be updated reguarly on FMS' Procurement Opportunities home page on the Internet: On 05/02/97 at 12:00pm Solicitation RFP-FMS-97-0002 will be due to the address listed in block 9 of the SF 1449. Vendors shall fax questions to Anthony Rowell, Contract Specialist at (202) 874-7275. This modifies the previous synopsis dated January 23, 1997. There will be no hard copies of this solicitation made available. (0084)

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