Description
The Government Publishing Office (GPO) seeks a qualified offset‑printing contractor to produce 81,800 full‑color, saddle‑stitched Army education booklets (12 interior pages plus separate covers) with specific stock, coating, and packaging requirements. The contractor must provide QARC and Blue‑Label random copies, adhere to strict proof‑approval and sample timelines, and ship the finished product to Fort Knox, KY by mid‑June 2026.
• 81,800 booklets, 5½ × 8½ in, full‑color, saddle‑stitched, with clear dull aqueous coating on covers and interior pages.
• Mandatory production of 50 QARC copies (USPS BRM label) and 200 Blue‑Label copies (random‑copy procedure).
• Proofs and pre‑production samples required before full‑scale run; final delivery by 12 Jun 2026 to the Army Marketing Distribution Center.
• Contractor must use offset printing (digital prohibited), meet GPO quality‑assurance level “1 QA”, and provide shrink‑wrapped packaging (units of 25, no banding).