Sylvanus Thayer: A Biography

The Government Publishing Office is procuring printing services for 6,004 copies of "Sylvanus Thayer: A Biography," a 424-page case bound book to be produced for the U.S. Army/Army Materiel Command. The books must feature black vellum cloth covers with embossed gold foil stamping on both the front cover and spine, along with appropriately sized dust jackets. Key requirements include 4-color process printing plus 1 gold PMS color, with approximately 63 pages containing photographs, printed on 60# Cougar Natural text paper. Contractors must possess a press capable of printing 5 colors in a single pass, and subcontracting of the printing work is prohibited. The solicitation was posted on August 1, 2025, with electronic bid submissions due via email to bids@gpo.gov by August 5, 2025. The procurement process includes detailed quality assurance standards, proofing requirements, and may require a pre-award survey with financial documentation from bidders.

This procurement does not utilize any set-aside designations and no incumbent contractors are identified in the solicitation materials. While specific contract values are not disclosed, the scope involves producing 6,004 total copies with a split delivery schedule requiring 500 books to be delivered to West Point Press by September 10, 2025, and the remaining 5,502 books to West Point Warehouse and one individual by October 31, 2025. Additional copies will be distributed to federal depository libraries as part of the government's publication distribution program. The procurement falls under NAICS code 323111 (Commercial Printing except Screen and Books) and PSC code T011 (Photo/Map/Print/Publication- Print/Binding). The tight timeline between solicitation posting and bid submission deadline indicates an urgent procurement need with less than one week for contractor response preparation.