5582Sa1.doc

Columbus Regional Printing

Procurement Office 1335 Dublin Road, Suite 112-B

Columbus, OH 43215-7034 www.gpo.gov

March 9, 2012 Dear Bidder:

This is Amendment No.<Amend> 1.</Amend> The specifications in our invitation for bids on Program 5582-S, scheduled for opening at 2 p.m., March 14, 2012, are amended as follows:

1.

Change the bid opening date to March 16, 2012.

2. On page 7 of the contract specifications, under paragraph starting with “Scope”, change “508 Compliant PDF files” to “PDF Files and 508 Compliant PDF files”.

3. On page 7 of the contract specifications, under paragraph starting with “Government to Furnish”, delete second sentence and replace with “Each document shall be scanned to PDF. Anticipate 25% of the documents will require the contractor to make the PDF compliant with 29 U.S.C. Section 508.”

4. On page 8 of the contract specifications, under paragraph starting with “Scanning and Indexing”, in the first sentence, delete “508 Compliant” and after the first sentence add “Anticipate 25% of the PDF files will be made 508 Compliant”.

5. On page 9 of the contract specifications, under paragraph starting with “508 Compliant Tagging”, before the first sentence, add, “Anticipate 25% of the PDF files created will be required to be made 508 Compliant.”

6. On page 9 of the contract specifications, under the paragraph starting with “Alt Text must describe”, and after the last sentence of that paragraph, add “Alt Text includes any handwritten notes made in the document.”

7. On page 13 of the contract specifications, replace Item III. with the following:

III.

(a) 143,359

(b) 15,929

(c) 77,056

(d) 119,466

(e) 39,822

All other specifications remain the same.

If amendment is not acknowledged on bid, direct acknowledgement to:

U.S. Government Printing Office

Columbus Regional Printing Procurement Office 1335 Dublin Road, Suite 112-B

Columbus, OH 43215-7034 Telephone acknowledgement of this amendment is not acceptable.

BIDDER MUST ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THIS AMENDMENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING. Failure to acknowledge receipt of amendment, by amendment number, prior to bid-opening time, may be reason for bid being declared nonresponsive.

Sincerely, STEVEN A. BOORTZ

Contracting Officer