DA, Directorate of Contracting, Fort Drum, New York 13602-5220

T -- PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE CIVILIAN ENTERPRISE (CE) PUBLICATION SERVICES (POST NEWSPAPER ENTITLED, "THE BLIZZARD",ACTIVITIES ENTITLED, "MWR PREVIEW" AND THE POST MAP & GUIDE/TELEPHONE DIRECTORY) AT FORT DRUM, NEW YORK SOL DAKF36-00-Q-0014 DUE 042600 POC Contract Specialist, Monica Junod, (315) 772-6514, Contracting Officer Cynthia Gillette WEB: Directorate of Contracting's Homepage, http://www.drum.army.mil/garrison/director/spcl/dircon/solicit.html. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist, junodm@drum-emh4.army.mil. DESC: Fort Drum is interested in obtaining quotes to produce the Civilian Enterprise (CE) Publication Services at Fort Drum, New York. The CE Publication Services required are: a weekly newspaper entitled, The Fort Drum Blizzard", a monthly Morale and Welfare Recreation (MWR) activities guide entitled, "The Fort Drum MWR Preview", and a yearly Post Map & Guide (PM&G)/Telephone Directory. The anticipated issue date will be on or about 12 April 2000. The contract term for the above CE Publication services will be for two years with 2 two-year option periods. The first Blizzard newspaper is to be delivered O/A June 29, 2000, the first Preview MWR activities guide is to be delivered O/A August 17, 2000, and the first PM&G/Telephone Directory is to be delivered O/A September 1, 2000. The contractor shall provide all items necessary to print and distribute the above CE Publications, published under the provisions of Army Regulation 360-81 AT NO COST TO THE GOVERNMENT. The revenue, which the contractor receives from the sale of advertisements in Fort Drum's CE Publications, shall constitute full payment for services to the Government. The contractor's desktop publishing, photo manipulation, and word-processing software shall be compatible with Adobe PhotoShop 5.0, QuarkXpress 4.0, and MS Office 97. Fort Drum will select the successful offeror by evaluating the reputation, proven ability, and proposed level of resourcing to be made available to improve/enhance the Installation's newspaper's, MWR activities guide's, and PM&G's, appearance, layout, quality, distribution, and photo reproduction within the professional standards of the industry. Offeror must provide evidence of responsibility, performance capability, and financial stability, to include ability to follow newspaper quidelines. Posted 03/07/00 (W-SN431932). (0067)

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