Specifications for Road Bridge Law Book 2018.docx

2018 Edition of Road, Bridge, and Other Related Laws of Illinois Printing Proposal Specifications June 1, 2018

1. The book shall contain all statutes of the 2014 edition as well as additional statutes as determined by the purchaser. Any additional statutes to be included into the book shall be supplied by the purchaser to the successful bidder by October 1, 2018.

2. The book shall include legislative updates to the statutes currently in the book that were passed during the 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 regular session (including any extensions) of the 99th and 100th Illinois General Assemblies.

3. The preface of the book shall include: Title Page, Forward, Legislative Changes (from the previous edition), Table of Contents, and Contents. The preface shall be in the same format as the 2012 edition. The purchaser will supply the Forward; the remaining items shall be supplied by the publisher.

4. Laws shall be printed in Illinois Compiled Statutes format.

5. Index shall be printed in Illinois Compiled Statutes format.

6. The size of the book shall be approximately 7 1/4” x 9 7/8”.

7. Inside pages shall be 40# offset or 40# off-white publishing paper.

8. The cover shall be 65# patina matte or similar cover, to be laminated or aquious coated on one side. The color shall be a solid color agreed upon between successful bidder and purchaser by the purchaser with black or white lettering on one side and shall include a black and white photo supplied by the purchaser. Color and layout will be approved by purchaser.

9. The binding shall be perfect bound T3S.

10. The book shall contain a quick tab locator on the back cover similar to the 2014 edition.

11. Packaged 20 books or less to a box with each book individually shrink wrapped.

12. The book shall not contain any pages or loose flyers advertising other publications.

13. Individual pages shall not contain copyright information and/or company name. Since this book is intended for the use of public highway agencies or their agents, there shall be no prohibition on duplicating pages of this book.

14. Each book shall contain an electronic version of the book on CD-ROM attached to the inside back cover. The electronic version shall be an Adobe Acrobat PDF file capable of being viewed using Adobe Reader 4.0. Adobe Reader 10.0 or higher shall also be contained on the CD-ROM with a ReadMe.txt file describing the installation process. The PDF file shall contain Bookmarks for individual statutes. The Table of Contents, Contents, and Index shall contain links to the appropriate statutes. The PDF file shall be completely searchable.

15. The successful bidder shall also supply a non-copyrighted Adobe Acrobat PDF electronic version of the book to the purchaser for placement on the purchaser’s public website.

16. The graphics on the CD-ROM shall be similar in color to the book. Actual text shall be agreed upon between successful bidder and purchaser.

17. The books shall be delivered to the purchaser by December 15, 2018.