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T -- CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS EDUCATION PROGRAM SOL RFQ-80209-NE DUE 091898 POC Diane Stalder, Procurement Technician, 301/435-3803 E-MAIL: Diane Stalder, ds88b@nih.gov. Title: "Cancer Clinical Trials Education Program". 256 pages, one bank each of 5 & 6 tabs, 5 sleeves of slides, coil bound. Single award for a fixed-price contract. Level 1 printing and finishing attributes are required for this specification. Reference GPO Publication 310.1 for attribute requirements. Quantity, 1,000 copies and the final films used in the production of printing. Trim size: Plastic coil binding on the 11" dimension. (2) Covers 9" x 11", title page divider & (11) tab/dividers 8-7/8" x 11", text 8-1/2" x 11". 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- 100 lb. White #1 dull finish cover, target brightness of 87. Dividers- 80 lb white #1 dull finish cover, target brightness of 87. Text- 70 lb. White #1 offset opaque text, minimum brightness of 89. Inks, 4 color process, PMS 141, 2635, 279, 286, 325, 513 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-fed litho/20%, forms/20%. Coating, Overall aqueous coat, satin finish, all the process printed and divider pages only. Flood UV gloss coat the outside covers on the outside 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 08/21/98 (W-SN240435). (0233)

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