FY26 IOT Passport Printing

The State of Illinois, through its Tourism420 organization, awarded an Open Market Small Purchase contract to Bloomington Offset Process, Inc. for passport printing and distribution services. The contract, valued at $18,250.00, was awarded on April 10, 2026, with a completion date of June 30, 2026. The primary deliverable consists of printing, finishing, kitting, and shipping 50,000 passports with distribution to three locations throughout Illinois, priced at $17,450.00. The passports must comply with detailed technical specifications including specific paper composition, security features such as holograms and watermarks, dimensional tolerances, binding requirements, and quality assurance protocols, as well as mandatory printed information indicating state authority, publication date, copy quantity, and printing order number.

The contract includes a secondary line item for shipping services valued at $800.00. The contractor is subject to the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office General Services Standard Terms and Conditions, which establish mandatory requirements including compliance with prevailing wage standards where applicable, maintenance of general liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence, worker's compensation insurance, three-year record retention (five years if federal funds are involved), and payment processing in accordance with the State Prompt Payment Act. All contractual disputes are governed by Illinois law and subject to the Illinois Court of Claims for resolution.