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T -- PHOTOGRAPHIC, MAPPING, PRINTING, & PUBLICATION SERVICES SOL RFQ-NCI-00178 DUE 082300 POC Cynthia Brown, Purchasing Agent, Gail Zois, 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-00178, includes all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through FAR FAC 97-19. 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 prospected 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 specification set forth below. Copies of the booklet may be requested from Cynthia Brown, at (301) 402-4509. REQUIREMENTS: TITLE: "What you Need to Know about Cancer". PRODUCT: 52 page text with separate 4 page wrap-around cover. QUALITY: Level 2 printing and finishing attributes are required for this specification. Reference GPO Publication 310.1 for attribute requirements. Printing is the predominate production function and none shall be subcontracted. QUANTITY: 375,000 copies and 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. FURNISHED MATERIALS: 1 Zipdisk and 1 diskette, containing 56 electronic page mechanicals using Adobe Illustrator art and QuarkXpress layouts (from a Macintosh) with marked up laser proofs, 3 reflective illustrations and a previously printed similar sample as a guide for binding requirements. Also refer to NCI Standard Technical Specifications. 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 shall retain one complete proof set. Also refer to NCI Standard Technical Specifications. PAPER: Covers -80lb. White #1 matte finish cover, minimum brightness of 86. (Frostbrite, Moistrite, Mountie, or an approved equal). Only those papers listed above as approved #1 sheet equals will be considered. See the 33rd edition ( 99-00 issue) of the Competitive Grade Finder. All the text leaves within each book must be matching. All offset text stock, when required, must be smooth finish only. Rolland Opaque is not an approved alternative sheet. American mill brand manufactured papers only, private label and or foreign manufactured papers not subject to NAFTA shall not be acceptable. Also refer to NCI Standard Technical Specifications. INKS: PMS 280 (Blue) and dense Black Inks only. 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%. BINDING: Saddle wire stitch twice through the spine, along the 8-3/8" dimension. Bleed trim on 3 sides to a final size after binding of 5-3/8" x 8-3/8". No other 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. Steel rule die-strike the cover fold to prevent cracking, (a litho press 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 1-52. PRINTING: Print outside covers 1 and 4 in a solid and two flat tint areas bleeding all sides using PMS 20. Black overprint text and rules prints on both pages with a reversed to white headline on cover 1. Covers 2 prints with a 20% screen of PMS 280 plus Black text, keylines and a rule. Cover 3 prints as black type matter only. Text pages 16, 21 and 31 each contain a line art illustration reproducing in solid black ink with text and rules plus a 20% screened PMS 280 background, from separate furnished reflective artwork. Rubyliths are not cut accurately. The contractor shall adjust these overlays as necessary to create clean sharp edges (without additional charges to the government). Text pages 2, 12 and 23 each print with a 20% screen of PMS 280 with black text, keylines and a rule. Text pages 3-5, 13, 15, 19, 20, 24, 31-35, 48 and 50 each print a solid PMS 280 first character reversed box plus black ink type matter and rules. Text pages 2 and 52 are blank with the balance of the text prints in black ink form all line artwork. NOTE: Heavy ink coverage is required and the contractor must take any and all necessary precautions to prevent ghosting and lay a smooth uniform ink film. Text and cover signatures must be manufactured on a lithographic printing press capable of printing all the required colors with one pass through the press and the compete color bar as detailed within these specifications. Do not assume that "sheet-fed perfecting" is acceptable to the government. An on-site inspection during the makeready will use the following as the standard for acceptance on perfecting. If the INCI representative is unable to determine by examination which side is first down, then "perfecting" is acceptable. Web fed printing techniques shall be on heat-set equipment only. Ghosting & "in-line problems" shall not be acceptable. Also refer to NCI Standard Technical Specifications. COATING: Overall (satin finish) aqueous coat or dull varnish the outside covers only. MARGINS: Bleeds, follow trim marks on furnished camera copy/materials. DISPLAY EXAMINATION: Examination of the furnished materials/camera copy is an integral part of these specifications. No additional payment shall be allowed due the contractor's failure to examine the copy and thoroughly understand the nature and extent of the work to be performed. 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 control 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 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 shall provide the correct viewing conditions for all press sheet inspections including 5000% kelvin light sources housed in a completely enclosed neutral gray booth together with fully functional, properly calibrated 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. PACKING: Plastic strap products in units of twenty copies only. Turn the products as necessary to make a neat stack. Pack in new 275 pound test corrugated containers filled to the top, 240 copies per carton. The cartons shall be specifically manufactured to fit these products. Maximum weight shall not exceed 51 lbs. per carton. Products must lay flat, do not stand upright in cartons. No packaging deviations shall be allowed. Label or stencil each carton end. RETURN MATERIALS: Return all camera copy (or furnished materials) as received, 2 file copy sample, inventory final films in 2 page printer spreads only and provide copies of all the signed 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: Compose negatives as RRED final films in 2 page printer's spreads only, allowing a minimum of " working margins on all sides, using .007 film, (.004 film is allowed if computer electronic files were provided by the NCI). Pin hole registration punching of the final films is required and composed, not stripped, registration marks on all sides. The contractor shall inventory all the final negatives with in their facilities until called for return by the government. Ownership of these films shall remain the government's property. Industry trade customs hall not apply to film, flats, proofs or color oks. Pack films to protect 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. If digital direct-to-plate technologies were used, the contractor shall also be required to furnish films as a deliverable item upon request. Label: 00-NCI-PC-120 (negatives for storage). "What You Need To Know about Ovarian Cancer". 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 736" depository copies" to: US Government Printing office, Depository Receiving Section, Jackson Alley, Room #A-150, Washington, DC 20401, Stop: SSLA, Attn: William Teele, Label cartons item #507-G-22; Ship the balance of bulk copies to: Aspen Systems, Inc., Attn: Mr. Andy McMahon, 1000 Haverhill Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21229, (410) 644-7853. 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 all the art/materials in the proper order as originally provided by the government. PRESS SHEET INSPECTION: Requires 5 working days notice. Notify the NCI Printing Section @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 08/17/00. Assuming an award date of 08/24/00, material shall be picked up on 08/29/00, 10,000 copies shall be delivered to destination identified in this solicitation on 09/29/00, NOTE: Advanced sample copies must be received at the NCI Communications Office prior to any bulk distributions; balance of copies shall be delivered on 10/06/00 by 12:00 PM Local time(noon). On 10/1300 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. Be prepared to furnish a signed receipt should your billing be delayed. This package shall include copies of all the shipment documents with signatures by the receiver and two sample file copies. The contractor shall initiate contact with our warehouse, if the inventory control number is not furnished, prior to labeling any 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. 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 Number, Title, Inventory Number and the Quantity per carton and per package. [(00-NCI-PC-120)], (20 per package/400 per carton), "What You Need To Know ", Inventory control No. P-018. Plastic strapband every skid in both directions (twice) over corrugated edge protectors and wooden pallet tops, 40" x 48". Cover all skids with plastic stretch wrapping After banding, tops and edge protectors. Affix a packing list for all deliveries to the outside skid, accessible from dock area. All skids shall be four-sided entry and the weight must not exceed 2,200 pounds. Stack pallets not to exceed 50' from the floor to top. The required pallet dimensions are Side Dimensions: 40" and Front Dimensions: 48". The cartons shall only be new 275 lb. test corrugated and specifically made to contain the products as specified under, "PACKING'. 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 52.212-4, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS-DEVIATION FOR SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS; FAR 52.213-3, OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATION-COMMERCIAL ITEMS-WITH DUNS NUMBER ADDENDUM, FAR 52.212-4, CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES, OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS-DEVIATION FOR SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION. The following FAR clauses cited in paragraph (b) of the clause at FAR 52.212-5 are also applicable to this acquisition; FAR 52.222-26; EQUAL OPPORTUNITY; FAR 52.222-35, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM ERA; FAR 52.222-36, 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 SF1449 with a completed "Schedule of Supplies/Services". Quotation/Offers must be accompanied a completed "Offeror Representations and Certifications-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 (Washington, DC Local Time) on 08/23/00. Please refer to the solicitation number RFQ-NCI-00178 in your quotation. Posted 08/08/00 (W-SN483555). (0221)

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