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

D -- APPELLATE SLIP OPINIONS ELECTRONIC PRINTING SERVICES SOL USCA-97-R-SO9 DUE 082297 POC Linda L. Round, Contracting Officer, 202-273-2308 The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts is conducting a competitive procurement to acquire contractor services for proofreading, typesetting, printing, copying, and distributing of Judges' opinions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, CA. Offerors must be able to receive daily electronic transmissions of court opinions in WordPerfect format; proofread the opinions using a skilled proofreader and an attorney who is familiar with federal appellate decisions; include an editorial summary (summarizing the issues presented and the holding of the court) prepared by the contractor from the opinion furnished by the Court; typeset, print, copy, and mail the opinions by 10:00 a.m. on the third business day following transmission to the contractor; distribute copies of the opinions concurrently to four courts (San Francisco, Pasadena, Seattle, and Portland) and the court provided mailing lists in specified quantities; provide diskettes with both ASCII and WordPerfect formats of the opinions to the court along with the court's copies of the opinions; and perform other related services. The court will render approximately 1,100 opinions in the first year which will total approximately 15,400 pages. For each separate opinion, approximately 815 copies are required to satisfy the needs of the court and its subscribers. The resultant contract will be made to a single offeror whose proposal is technically acceptable and offers the lowest overall cost to the Government. The resultant contract will be a firm fixed price, indefinite quantity, indefinite delivery award for one year with options to extend four additional one-year periods. There is currently an incumbent contractor who is not prohibited from competing under this solicitation. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered. Requests for the solicitation may be made via facsimile transmission to (202) 273-2308, but must be followed up by hard copy signed letter. 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 the solicitation number. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. (0203)

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