Printing Specifications.pdf

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2026 Tatanka (Custer State Park Magazine)
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Codington County, South Dakota

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This document is a specification for the 2026 Tatanka magazine for Custer State Park, issued by the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (SDGFP). The project involves producing 260,000 magazines with 40 total pages (4 cover, 36 interior), sized 8-1/4" x 10-7/8", to be completed in Indesign by December 4, 2024. Delivery requirements include 155,000 copies to Custer State Park by January 5, 2026, 100,000 copies on June 15, 2026, and smaller quantities to various SDGFP offices, with publications to be boxed in 50-80 copy quantities using new cardboard boxes.

The specifications include detailed printing requirements such as full bleed two sides, 80# gloss text for covers with varnish or aqueous coating, 50# gloss text for interior pages, four-color ink, and saddle stitching. A color proof is required, with 0% over/under run permitted. The vendor must use environmentally preferable paper products, meeting criteria such as Green Seal or Ecologo certification, or complying with EPA Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines. The vendor may propose alternative paper products if no qualifying product is available or if the environmentally preferable option does not exceed alternate product pricing by more than five percent. The document also mandates including a "Printed On Recycled Paper" statement and an inscription listing publisher, copies published, and approximate cost per copy.

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2026 Tatanka (Custer State Park Magazine)

Quantity: 260,000

40 total pages

4 pages cover text, 36 pages interior text

Trim size: 8-1/4” x 10-7/8”

Magazine done in Indesign and to successful vendor no later than December 4, 2024.

Cover and interior: Full bleed two sides.

Cover (4 pages): 80#, #3 gloss text.

Cover to be varnished or have an aqueous coating.

Interior (36 pages): 50#, #4 gloss text.

Ink: Four color.

Saddle stitched.

Proof: Color proof required.

0% over/under run.

Shipping: No Friday deliveries. Monday – Thursday deliveries by 3 p.m. preferred, but can do 4 p.m.

• 155,000 copies to be delivered by January 5, 2026, to Custer State Park (605.394.2693), 13329 US Hwy 16A, Custer, SD 57730.

• 100,000 copies to be shipped on June 15, 2026, to Custer State Park.

• 4,360 copies to be to be delivered by January 5, 2026, to South Dakota State Parks (605.223.7700), 20641 SD Hwy 1806, Ft. Pierre, SD 57532.

• 500 copies to be shipped to SDGFP, 4500 South Oxbow, Sioux Falls, SD 57106

• 60 copies to be shipped to SDGFP, 1550 East King Avenue, Chamberlain, SD 57325-2125

• 50 copies to be shipped to SDGFP, 400 West Kemp, Watertown, SD 57201

• 30 copies to be shipped to SDGFP, 603 East 8th Avenue, Webster, SD 57274

Publications to be boxed 50-80 copies per box in new, uniform cardboard boxes.

Agency contact: Brooke Smith 605-480-1377

Shall include the statement “Printed On Recycled Paper”

Shall include an inscription listing the publisher, number of copies published, and approximate cost per copy per SDCL 5- 18D-15

The vendor must provide environmentally preferable paper products that meet one of the following criteria:

(1) Green Seal certified as defined in ARSD 10:02:05:04; (2) Ecologo certified as defined in ARSD 10:02:05:05; or (3) Comply with the minimum requirements for recycled content as published in the United States Environmental Protection Agency Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines, Buy-Recycled Series, Paper Products, October 2007. The Comprehensive Guide can be viewed on OPM’s website at https://boa.sd.gov/central-services/procurement-management/default.aspx under “Info for Vendor’s”

4) or any other certification program or comparable data.

The vendor may offer lower cost alternative paper products that do not meet one of the listed requirements, as long as all other specification requirements are met. The State may consider the alternative products for award if it is apparent that no product is available that meets any of the stated requirements or if the environmentally preferable paper product does not exceed the price of the alternate product by more than five percent.

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