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T -- WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BREAST CANCER SOL RFQ-80205-NE DUE 091798 POC Diane Stalder, Procurement Technician, 301/435-3803 E-MAIL: Diane Stalder, ds88b@nih.gov. Title: "What You Need to Know about Breast Cancer". 56 page text with separate 4 page wrap-around cover. Single award for a fixed-price contract. Level 2 printing and finishing attributes are required for this specification. Reference GPO Publication 310.1 for attribute requirements. Quantity, 230,000 copies and the final films used in the production of printing. Trim size 5- 3/8" x 8-3/8", saddle wire stitch binding on the 8-3/8" dimension. Proofs, 2 sets of proofs. Provide laminated halftone dot structure color proofs, digital-4000 dpi or made only from final films, stripped to show the full press sheet imposition, indicating guide, gripper and ruled-up for all the bindery trim- outs of each form, plus dylux proofs, with all elements in proper position, folded and trimmed to the final size. NCI Office of Cancer Communications shall retain one complete proof set. Paper, Covers- 80 lb. White #1 matte finish cover, minimum brightness of 86. Text- 70 lb. White #1 offset opaque text, target brightness of 90. Inks, PMS 313 and Black Ink. Solid inks required, no builds allowed. Inks shall contain minimum percentages of vegetable oil in compliance with federal procurement mandates as follows: Heat-set litho/10%, sheet-litho/20%. Coating, Overall (satin finish) aqueous coat or dull varnish the outside covers only. Margins, Bleeds follow trim marks on furnished camera copy. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency. See Numbered Note 1. No collect calls will be accepted. Posted 08/20/98 (W-SN239826). (0232)

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