Chicago Regional Printing Procurement Office, U.S. Government Printing Office, 200 N. Lasalle St., Suite 810, Chicago, IL 60601-1055

T -- RRB TAX STATEMENTS AND BA-6 FORMS SOL Program 5515-S DUE 083100 POC Mrs. Marlene Nagle or Bid Desk Fax 312.886.3163 Program 5515-S. Term contract for the period Date of Award through July 31, 2001 with up to four option years. Predominant production function is the coordination of the entire project plus either the personalized laser imaging or the printing of the tax statements and the regular BA-6 forms. Two different yearly projects: Tax Statements (total est. 751,000 forms and envelopes) and BA-6 Forms (Est 310,000 forms and envelopes plus 30,000 additional forms that are marginally punched continuous). Window envelopes required. Requirements include such operations as pickups, design, typesetting, proofs, films, preproduction samples, printing in up to two colors of ink, laser imaging of personalzied information, perforating, folding, manufacture and printing (in one color) of window envelopes, inserting forms into and sealing envelopes, Postal Service sorting and barcoding, NCOA processing and CASS certification, mailing, and related operations. Contractor must have an extensive quality control system to guarantee that a statement/form will be generated and mailed for each data file. Contractor must guarantee 100% accuracy. White Opacified Offset Book, 60 lb. equal to JCP A80 requied for forms and 24 lb. White Wove or Bleached White Kraft required for envelopes. Outside of envelopes must be offset printed. Bids due August 31, 2000, 2 p.m., prevailing Chicago, IL time. IMMEDIATELY FAX BID REQUEST ON FIRM'S LETTERHEAD TO 312.886.3163 ATTN: BID DESK. Cite company name, address, phone, and fax numbers and GPO contractor's Code (if knows). Only one bid request per letter -- separate letters required for each different jacket/program request. Bid specifications will be mailed to the requestor unless they request that they be faxed to them, or if they provide an account number for a delivery service. (Contractor would have to arrange for pickup after call from GPO if not a service with a scheduled pickup). Bid specifications can also be downloaded from www.gpo.gov/procurement. IFB is under the Chicago Office. GPO Form910 must be downloaded separately from that screen. Posted 08/21/00 (W-SN488180). (0234)

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