Books and Pamphlets

One-year multiple award term contract with four option years for the production of books and pamphlets that require such operations as processing furnished electronic media, printing, binding, packing and delivery.  Contractor required to have FTP site.  Estimated quantities and binding styles are as follows:  Perfect bound - approximately 230 orders per year; average of 300 copies per order; average of 200 pages plus cover per order.  Coil bound - approximately 50 orders per year; average of 130 copies per order; average of 12 pages plus cover per order.  Saddle-stitched - approximately 45 orders per year; average of 306 copies per order, average of 64 pages plus cover per order.  Side-stitched - approximately 20 orders per year; average of 70 copies per order; average of 152 pages plus cover per order.  One stitch ULC - approximately 20 orders per year; average of 100 copies per order; average of 52 pages plus cover per order.  Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel); Microsoft Publisher; and Adobe Acrobat PDF files provided.  Fonts not provided.  Visual may be provided.  Books/pamphlets print in black, a single ink color other than black, and four-color process.  Majority of pages will have adequate gripper margins.  Various papers required - white and colored offset book, white ledger, white coated one-side cover, white and colored index, and white and colored smooth and fancy-finish covers.  Orders deliver back to Fort Sam Houston, TX.  Approximately 30% of orders will deliver within 3-4 workdays.  Approximately 15% of orders will deliver within 5-7 workdays.  Approximately 55% of orders will delivery within 7 workdays or more.  Complete specifications are attached and are also available at http://www.gpo.gov/gpo/bidopps/bidopps.action?region=san-antonio