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99 -- PAPER SECURITY (PASSPORT) DUE 040998 POC Sheree Young, Contracting Officer, 202-512-2023 The United States Government Printing Office (GPO) is soliciting proposals for state-of the-art security paper for the making of passports. The security paper shall include at a minimum a registered watermark, chemical sensitivity, embedded security thread, and multi-color reflective planchettes in the paper as security features. The security thread is a mandatory component of the passport paper and any proposal received whose product does not contain embedded security thread will not be considered. It is also mandatory that in accordance with the reuqirements of Public Law 100-440, Title VI, & 617(b), September 22, 1988, 102 Stat. 1755, award will not be made to any offeror who proposes to supply paper manufactured outside the United States or its possessions or who is a corporation or other entity owned or controlled by persons not citizens of the United States. This solicitation incorporates the Paper Products Recovered Materials Advisory Notice (PAPER RMAN) published May 29, 1996 (61 FR 26985) under authority of Sections 2002(a) and 6002 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conversation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6912(a) and 6962, and Executive Order12873, "Federal Acquisition, Recycling, and Waste Prevention" (58FR 54911, October 22, 1993) and as amended March 26, 1996 (61FR 13645). Closing date and time for proposal is April 9, 1998, 10A.M., prevailing Washington, DC time. A pre-proposal conference is planned. Deliveries to be F.O.B. U.S. Government Printing Office Warehouses, Washington, DC or Springfield, VA. Blank proposals containing the instructions, specifications, and schedule may be obtained by addressing the Contracting Officer. (0054)

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