Description
The US Government Publishing Office is seeking a contractor to produce 500 saddle-stitched booklets with a digital deliverable. The booklets will be 12 pages, self-cover, and printed in 4-color process. The contractor must maintain Quality Level III standards and ensure that the final output is water-resistant ink or toner with a minimum of 175-line screen. The project requires the contractor to perform a basic check of the furnished media and publishing files, create or change necessary trapping, set proper screen angles and screen frequency, and define file output selection for the imaging device being utilized. The contractor must also provide proofs, which will be used for color match on the press during the production run.
• The contractor must provide a digital deliverable of the final, approved artwork as a press-quality PDF.
• The contractor must deliver 500 booklets, including 50 departmental random "blue label" copies, via traceable means to the Africa Center for Strategic Studies.
• The contractor must notify the ordering agency on the same day that the product ships/delivers via email.
• The contractor must provide a copy of the Government-furnished certificate (GPO Form 917) with the voucher sent to GPO for payment.