Stickers specification and requirements.pdf

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OUT OF SERVICE STICKERS FOR WINDSHIELDS

SPECIFICATION AND REQUIREMENTS FOR DOUBLE FACE PRESSURE SENSITIVE OUT

OF SERVICE STICKERS FOR APPLICATION TO VEHICLE WINDSHIELDS.

ACCEPTABILITY: Any and all pressure sensitive stickers proposed must be acceptable to the Department of Transportation Commercial Vehicle Safety Section as to design, quality and performance characteristics for the purpose intended.

DESIGN: Shape will be that of an isosceles right pentagon with two parallel sided, each perpendicular to a top. The top shall be 5-1/4" wide. The two parallel sides shall be 1-1/2” tall.

The overall height shall be 5”.

COLOR: Background will be bright orange with printing overprinted in black ink. Colors will be guaranteed not to fade for a period of twelve (12) months after sticker has been applied to the vehicle. Color proof samples will be submitted on actual paper stock to the Department of Transportation for approval by Chief, Commercial Vehicle Safety Section, prior to manufacture.

Bidder will furnish all type and camera copy.

The serial number shall be placed on the adhesive face side of the sticker.

MATERIALS: The sticker shall consist entirely of a pressure sensitive adhesive coated layer-built structure. The design shall be an integral part of the sticker. The protective slip of the sticker shall not be less than 0.00762cm (0.003”). The protective slip shall be cut vertically midway for easy removal and scored at cut line in the "as received" condition without immersion in water or other preparations. After removal of the protective slip, the finished sticker shall not less than 0.01778cm (0.007").

The adhesive portion of the sticker must be securely anchored to the pigmented layers which form the design of the sticker and shall be insoluble in water. It must not be possible to remove any adhesive at all by violent rubbing with a bare finger. Secure and permanent adhesion by the sticker shall be obtained to the interior of automobile glass windshields.

MANUFACTURING PROCEDURE, PROTECTION, ETC.: All printing, numbering and design work on the face of the sticker shall be completed before application of the adhesive. The face of all the stickers must carry a specially formulated pressure sensitive adhesive that requires no water, solvent, or other wetting agent for activation. No activation of the adhesive shall be necessary. Over this adhesive must be placed an easily removed transparent slip sheet which will protect the sticker until ready for use. It shall be capable of remaining completely so affixed until it is intentionally and manually removed.

SAMPLES SHOWING QUALITY: Bidder will be required to furnish with bid actual samples of windshield stickers. The samples will be retained by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Section as standards of comparison for shipments delivered under the contract, which shall not be inferior to the specifications contained herein. These sample sticker must have been manufactured by the firm submitting the bid. All samples submitted may be subjected to testing procedures to determine their capability to perform in the manner prescribed the purpose for which they are intended.

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Any alteration in specification must have approval of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Section prior to proceeding with job.

METHOD OF APPLICATION: The method of application shall be as follows:

1. Remove protective slip sheet from the adhesive side of the sticker.

2. Position sticker, then squeegee firmly until tightly affixed to surface.

TESTING: All samples submitted will be subject to the following testing procedures; provided, however that the samples will be applied to dry, clean glass at room temperature and will be permitted to so remain at room temperature for twenty-four (24) hours before the tests are conducted:

A. Apply sticker to dry, clean glass at room temperature. Bake glass in oven at 93.5 degrees

C. (200 degrees F.) for two (2) hours. RESULT: The sticker must not be removable without being destroyed or the word "VOID" must appear prominently in the removed film and on the glass.

B. Apply sticker to dry, clean glass at room temperature. Attempt to remove sticker intact by dry scraping with a sharp razor. RESULT: The sticker must not be removable without being destroyed or the word "VOID" must appear prominently in the removed film.

C. Apply sticker to dry, clean glass at room temperature. Soap sticker with Carbon

Tetrachloride for thirty (30) minutes. RESULT: The sticker must not be removable without being destroyed or the word "VOID" must appear prominently in the removed film and on the glass.

D. Apply sticker to dry, clean glass at room temperature. Place wet blotter over sticker for thirty (30) minutes. RESULT: The sticker must not be removable without being destroyed or evidence of the word "VOID" must appear in the removed film and on the glass.

E. Apply sticker to dry, clean glass at room temperature. Place in refrigerator at 0 degrees C.

(32 degrees F.) for two (2) hours. RESULT: The sticker must not be removable without being destroyed or evidence of the word "VOID" must appear in the removed film and on the glass.

F. Apply sticker to dry, clean glass at room temperature. Place dry ice over sticker for fifteen

(15) minutes. RESULT: The sticker must not be removable without being destroyed or evidence of the word "VOID" must appear in the removed film and on the glass.

G. Accelerated Weathering - Apply sticker to dry, clean glass at room temperature. The sticker to be exposed through the glass at an Atlas Weather-O-Meter (Model XWR) for three hundred (300) hours. RESULT: The sticker must not show evidence of blistering, fading, colors, delamination, wrinkling or loss of adhesion. The sticker must remain securely adhered to the glass panel over its entire area at all times. The sticker must not be removable without being destroyed or the word "VOID" must appear prominently in the removed film and on the glass.

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For application of sticker in -17.8 degrees C. (0 degrees F.) weather, application method specified in "Method of Application" will be followed. However, it is understood that the surface to which the sticker is to be applied must be completely dry and free of dirt, oil, grease and/or similar matter that would interfere with adhesion. Ultracene or equal will be used for temperatures of -1.5 degrees C. (30 degrees F.) or below.

NUMBERING AND PACKING: Stickers will be individually serially numbered.

Stickers shall be bound with stiff chipboard back 50 consecutive stickers as specified in the order to each book, and bound with binding that allows each sticker to be easily torn away.

PAPER AND PRINTING: The bidder must furnish with the bid, samples of paper which he proposes to use to produce the stickers.

PLACE OF DELIVERY AND TIME OF DELIVERY: Delivery will be made to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Section, 2300 South Dirksen Drive, Springfield, Illinois 62764, Monday - Friday between 8:00a.m. - 11:00a.m. or 1:00p.m. - 4:00p.m.

RESERVATIONS: Before an award is made, the State through the agencies involved, reserves the right to summon the bidder to appear before it and demonstrate and prove to its satisfaction the acceptability of product.

The State reserves the right to waive technicalities and to reject any and all bids. Any proposal offered is subject to the option of the State as to whether it is to the best interest of the State. The efficiency of the proposed service that must be furnished by the contractor will be a major factor in making the award.

RECEIPT OF STICKERS: All stickers received at the office of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Section will be subject to inspection and verification when the original cartons are opened. Any stickers furnished, not complying in every manner to the contract requirements, will be rejected and must be replaced without cost to the State upon notice to the contractor.

COMMERCIAL STANDING: Lack of commercial standing on the part of the bidder or inadequate facilities or plant on the part of the manufacturer will constitute sufficient ground for the rejection of the bids. The State of Illinois reserves the right to decline to consider a proposal submitted by any bidder who has been in default on any prior contract or who has failed to perform satisfactory requirements of such contract.