Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO), Office of Information Technology, Technology Policy, Planning and Acquisitions Office, IT Contracting, 1 Columbus Circle NE, Room 3-170, Washington, DC 20544

T -- APPELLATE SLIP OPINIONS ELECTRONIC PRINTING SERVICES SOL USCA-97-R-S03 POC Contact Penny Starliper, Contracting Officer, (202) 208-7550 The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts is conducting a competitive procurement to acquire contractor services for the proofreading, typesetting, printing, copying, and distributing the opinions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, PA. Offerors must be able to receive daily electronic transmissions of court opinions in WordPerfect format; proofread the opinions using a skilled proofreader who is familiar with the format and language of federal appellate decisions; typeset, print, and copy the opinions according to Government-provided specifications; distribute copies of the opinions to the court and court-provided mailing lists at times and in quantities specified; provide diskettes with both ASCII and WordPerfect 6.1 versions of the opinions to the court along with the court's copies of the opinions; and perform other related services. Photocopying is not an acceptable method of duplication. The court will render approximately 310 opinions in Fiscal Year 1998, which will amount to a total of approximately 6,510 pages. For each separate opinion, approximately 550 copies are required to satisfy the needs of the court and its subscribers. Delivery time is crucial, requiring delivery of the opinions (approximately 130 copies with an average of 21 pages each in FY 98) to the Clerk's office by 12:00 Noon on the next business day after transmission of the opinion to the Contractor by the court. The resulting contract will be a firm-fixed price, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The term of the contract will be one year with four optional years to be exercised by the government. Award will be made to a single offeror whose proposal is technically acceptable and offers the lowest overall cost to the government. There is currently an incumbent contractor who is not prohibited from competing under this solicitation. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. Requests for the solicitation may be made via facsimile transmission to (202) 273-2720, but must be followed by a signed, original copy. Requests to be included on the Bidders' Mailing List should be received no later than 15 days from the date of this synopsis and must reference Solicitation No. USCA-97-R-S03. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted.***** (0113)

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