National Cancer Institute, Research Contracts Branch, PSAS, 6120 Executive Blvd, EPS/Room 638, Bethesda, MD 20892-7227

T -- PHOTOGRAPHIC, MAPPING, PRINTING, & PUBLICATION SERVICES SOL RFQ-NCI-00044 DUE 012700 POC Cynthia Brown, Purchasing Agent, 301-402-4509, Todd Cole, Contracting Officer The NCI requires the following printing services and deliverables. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items, prepared in accordance with the format in the FAR 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation, No. RFQ-NCI-00044, includes all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through FAR FAC 97-14. The acquisition will be made pursuant to the authority in FAR 13.5 to use simplified procedures for commercial. This requirement is set-aside for small business. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 2732, and the business size standard is 500 employees. All prospective offerors should have a copy of the booklet "Standard Technical Specifications for NCI Printing Requirements" (hereafter referred to as NCI Standard Specifications) issued by DHHS/NIH/NCI. The information in this booklet provides supplemental information necessary for potential offerors to have a complete understanding of the specifications set forth below. Copies of the booklet may be requested from Cynthia Brown, at (301) 402-4509. REQUIREMENTS: Title: "Celebre la cocina hispana"-(Hispanic Recipe Booklets). PRODUCTS: a 44 page text with separate 4 page wrap-around cover. QUALITY: Level 1 printing and finishing attributes are required for this specification. Reference GPO Publication 310.1 for QATAP attribute requirements. Printing is the predominate production function. QUANTITY: 300,000 copies and the final films used in the production of printing. TRIM SIZE: 5-3/8" x 8-3/8", saddle wire stitching along the 8-3/8" dimension. FURNISHED MATERIALS: Stochastic final film negatives are furnished from the previous press run, together with a sample to be matched for color during the proofing and press makeready stages. Films are imposed as 2 page printer spreads and the contractor must assemble these films into press impositions through stripping or plate making exposure techniques. Also refer to NCI Standard Technical Specifications. PROOFS: Two complete sets of laminated proofs, stripped to show press imposition (clearly indicate guide, grip & tail edge of each press form) for the entire book and two sets of dylux proofs, with all elements in proper position folded and trimmed to final size. The government shall retain one(1) proof set. Previous experience in stochastic techniques shall be provided with the laminated color proofs or press progressives of both the cover and one text form shall also be required complete with color bars. Also refer to NCI Standard Technical Specifications. PAPER: Covers -80 lb. white #1 dull finish cover, target brightness of 87. (Celesta, Centura, Signature, Vintage, or an approved equal). Text -80 lb. white #1 dull finish text, target brightness of 87. (Celesta, Centura, Signature, Vintage, or an approved equal). Only those papers listed above as approved #1 sheet equals will be considered. See the 32nd edition ( 98-99 issue) of the Competitive Grade Finder. All text and cover sheets, when required, must be the same brand and all the leaves within each book must be matching. American mill brands only, private label papers and foreign manufactured papers not subject to NAFTA shall not be acceptable. Also refer to NCI Standard Technical Specifications. INKS: Stochastic process color and PMS Purple. Solid inks required, no builds allowed. Inks shall contain minimum percentages of vegetable oil in compliance with federal mandates as follows: Heat-set litho/10%, sheet-fed litho/20%. BINDING: Saddle wire stitch twice through the spine along the 8-3/8" dimension. Trim 3 sides to a final size after binding of 5-3/8" x 8-3/8". No alternate trim sizes shall be acceptable. Each signature must be a complete four page component, short trimmed or binding lip attachment methods shall not be acceptable. Die strike channel score the cover fold to prevent cracking, litho press score or rotary stitcher score is not acceptable. Run the cover paper grain parallel to the spine. SEPARATIONS: None required. FORMAT: Covers 1-4, text pages 1-44. PRINTING: Covers 2 and 3 print in a solid bleeding all sides of PMS Purple with type matter reversed to white present on cover 2 only. Cover 4 will require minor typographic changes knocked out of a solid process Yellow and Cyan. Print all the remaining cover and text pages in stochastic 4 color process as backgrounds colors and typographic image builds. Type, illustrations and art renderings knock-out and trap from these various backgrounds. Match the previously printed sample for color during the makeready stage of pressroom production. The final color approval shall be handled by the government's inspector Walter Burroughs during the on-site inspection. The contractor shall print only from the furnished film negatives after type corrections are made to the back cover as per materials on display. Both text and covers must be produced on a sheet fed lithographic printing press capable of all the required ink colors with a single pass through the press & stochastic screening techniques shall be used in production. Ghosting & "in-line problems" shall not be acceptable. Heavy ink coverage is required throughout and the contractor must take all necessary precautions to prevent ghosting and lay a smooth, uniform ink film. Also refer to NCI Standard Technical Specifications. COATING: Spot gloss varnish (in-line or dry-trapped at the contractor's option) the outside covers 1 and 4 only. Overall satin aqueous coating is acceptable. Also refer to NCI Standard Technical Specifications. MARGINS: Bleeds, follow trim marks on furnished samples as a guide. DISPLAY EXAMINATION: Examination of the camera copy is an integral part of these specifications. No additional payment will be allowed due the contractor's failure to examine the copy and thoroughly understand the nature and extent of the work to be performed. (Strongly recommended). PRESS INSPECTION: Press sheets shall be inspected at the contractor's printing facility for quality conformance. Each press sheet form must contain one color bar, at least 3/16" in width, for each ink color placed parallel to the ink rollers. Color controls bars (such as, BRUNNER, GATF or GRETAG) must contain star targets, trapping, tint and dot gain patches, process built grays, if applicable, and extend the full width of the press sheet. Ink densities shall be constant across the full width of the sheet with no deviations to exceed plus or minus of one percent. Light and heavy inking is not allowed. The contractor's shall provide the correct viewing conditions for all press sheet inspections including 5000 degree kelvin light sources housed in a completely enclosed neutral gray booth and functional densitometers. PREAWARD SURVEY: In order to determine the responsibility of the prime contractor, the government reserves the right to conduct a preaward survey, or to require samples to QATAP evaluate, or other evidence of technical, managerial, financial and similar abilities to perform, prior to the award of a contract. Also refer to NCI Standard Technical Specifications. PACKING: Shrink wrap in packages of ten copies each, as two lifts turned every five books. Pack in new 275 lb. test corrugated containers filled to the top, 200 copies per carton. All the cartons shall be specifically manufactured to fit this product. Maximum weight shall not exceed 41 lbs. per carton. Products must lay flat, do not stand upright in cartons. No packaging deviations shall be allowed. Label on one of the carton ends with: 00-NCI-PC-032, "Hispanic Recipe Booklets", total quantity per container. RETURN MATERIALS: Return two file copy samples, (inventory the final films in 2 page printer spreads only) and provide copies of all the receipts in one package to Paul LaMasters, NCI Printing Officer, Office of Cancer Communications, Building 31, Room 10-A-28, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892. NEGATIVES: The contractor shall inventory all the finals within their facilities until called for a return by the government. The ownership of these films shall remain the government's property. All industry trade customs shall not apply to film, flats, proofs or color oks. Pack to protect the film emulsion layers and furnish each film set with the associated top sheet containing wet ink density readings, or your press oks for future color match. Films shall be ready for subsequent reprints without additional effort beyond exposures. Label: 00-NCI-PC-032 (composed negatives & oks for storage) "Hispanic Recipe Booklets". SHIPPING: 10 advanced sample copies to National Cancer Institute, Attn: Printing Officer, Building 31, Room 10-A-28, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892; Ship 15 "file copies" to Library of Congress, Madison Bldg., Exchange & Gift Division, Federal Documents Section, C Street, North East, (between 1st & N Streets), Washington, DC 20540; Ship the balance of bulk copies to: Aspen Systems, Inc., Attn: Mr. Andy McMahon, 1000 Haverhill Road, Baltimore, MD 21229, Phone: (410) 644-7853; Ship 724 "depository copies" to US Government Printing Office, Depository Receiving Section, Jackson Alley, Room #A-150, Washington, DC 20401, Stop: SSLA, attn: Mr. William Teele (Label cartons item #507-G-22). Proofs will be withheld 3 working days from the time they are received until they are returned back to the contractor's facilities. Label the proof package with the NCI PC number and product title. Return the materials in the proper order as originally provided by the government. PRESS SHEET INSPECTION: Requires 5 working days notice. Notify the NCI Communication Office at (301) 402-2624 of the day and time press sheets will be available for inspection. SCHEDULE: Display of materials at NCI, OCC, Building 31, Room 10-A-28, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 on 01/21/00. Assuming an award date of 01/28/00, material shall be picked up on 01/31/00, 10,000 copies shall be delivered to the destination identified in this solicitation on 03/03/00 by 12:00 PM Local Time (noon). The balance of copies shall be delivered tothe specified destination above by 0317/00. On 03/24/00 the return of furnished materials and receipts shall occur. NOTE: Please be aware that without the return of all the furnished items, complete as specified within these printing specifications, payment will be withheld until all these materials are received. The package shall include copies of all shipment documents with signatures by the receiver and two sample file copies. The contractor shall initiate contact with the warehouse, if the inventory number is not provided prior to labeling any cartons. Typically this number is also listed on the back cover of all the publications in the lower right hand position by the spine. If the number is provided use it on the cartons. Receiving hours are 9:00 am-12:00 (noon) and 1:00 pm -4:00 pm, Mon-Fri. Call for delivery appointment prior to any bulk shipments. Shrink wrap in packages of ten copies each, as two lifts turned every five books. Pack in new 275 lb test corrugated containers filled to the top, 200 copies per carton. All cartons shall be specifically manufactured to fit these products. Maximum weight shall not exceed 41 lbs. per carton. Ship the balance of copies to Aspen Systems, Inc., 100 Haverhill Road, Baltimore, MD 21229 (Attn: Andy McMahon) (410) 644-7853. Ship the samples to National Cancer Institutes, Office of Cancer Communications, Building #31, Room 10-A-28, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, Attn: Printing Officer, (301) 402-2624. Label each carton on one end with the NCI PC No., Title, Inventory Number and the Quantity per package [(9-NCI-PC-032), (ten/200 copies per carton) "Hispanic Recipe Booklets", Inventory No. P-921)]. Plastic strap band every skid twice in both directions over corrugated edge protectors & wooden skid tops, 40" x 48". Cover skids with plastic stretch wrapping after banding, tops and edge protectors. Affix a packing list for all deliveries. All skids shall be four-sided entry and the weight must not exceed 2,000 pounds, do not side load or double stack on the truck trailers. Stack skids not to exceed 50" from the floor to top. The required pallet size dimensions are: Side Dimensions: 40" and Front Dimensions: 48". The cartons shall only be new 275 lb test corrugated and specifically made to contain 200 copies as twenty packages of ten copies each. BASIS FOR AWARD: Award will be made to the responsible offeror with the responsive, lowest priced quote that fully meets the requirements of the solicitation. PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES: The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS-DEVIATION FOR SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS; FAR 52.212-3, OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS-WITH DUNS NUMBER ADDENDUM, FAR 52.212-4, CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS- COMMERCIAL ITEMS; AND FAR 52.212-5, CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES, OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS-DEVIATION FOR SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS. The following FAR clauses cited in paragraph (b) of the clause atFAR 52.212-5 are also applicable to this acquisition; FAR 52.222-26, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY; FAR 52.222-35, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION A FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM ERA; FAR 52.2222-36, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES; FAR 52.222-37, EMPLOYMENT REPORTS ON DISABLED VETERANS AND VETERANS OF VIETNAM ERA; FAR 52.225-3, BUY AMERICAN ACT SUPPLIES; AND 52.232-34 PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER-OTHER THAN CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION. Full text copies of the representations and certification for other cited provisions and clauses may be obtained on line at the NCI website at http://amb.nci.nih.gov or from Cynthia Brown, Purchasing Agent, 301-402-4509. OFFERS: Offers must be submitted on an SF-18 or sf-1449 with a completed "Schedule of Offered Supplies/Services". Quotations/Offers must be accompanied by a completed "Offeror Representations and Certification-Commercial Items-with DUNS Number Addendum," signed by an authorized representative of the offeror. Offers/Quotations must be received in this office by 1:30 PM (Wasington, DC Local Time) on January 27, 2000. Please refer to the solicitation number RFQ-NCI-0044 in your quotation. Posted 01/10/00 (W-SN414482). (0010)

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