Printing-Student Handbooks/WPS

This City of Worcester contract calls for the production and delivery of multilingual student handbooks for the Worcester Public Schools for the 2023‑2024 school year. The work includes printing over 40,000 booklets in eight languages, adhering to strict size, binding, paper, and color specifications, packaging by language in cartons of at least 100, and delivering the finished books to a staging area by August 18 2023. The solicitation was an open competitive bidding process with a sealed‑envelope deadline of July 14 2023 and was awarded to Fowler Printing & Graphics at a price of $33,491.60. The contract requires the vendor to carry standard liability and workers’ compensation insurance, provide a one‑year warranty, and meet late‑delivery penalties of 1 % per day. No bonds or set‑aside requirements were imposed. • Print and bind eight‑language student handbooks (≈ 40,600 total). • Must meet exact size, saddle‑stitch binding, and color requirements; deliver by August 18 2023. • Awarded to Fowler Printing & Graphics on a firm‑fixed‑price basis; no price adjustments allowed.