2027 Tatanka (Custer State Park Magazine)-Print Project

South Dakota Department of Game, Fish & Parks is soliciting a vendor to print the 2027 Tatanka (Custer State Park Magazine), with responses due November 12, 2026. South Dakota law provides preferences to resident businesses and goods manufactured in South Dakota when price, quality, and service are substantially equal.

The job is 290,000 copies of a 40-page magazine (4-page cover and 36 interior pages) at 8.25" x 10.875" trim, printed four-color process on 80# gloss text cover stock and 50# gloss text interior stock, saddle stitched with full bleed on both sides. Covers must be varnished or aqueous coated. The vendor must provide a color proof and hold zero percent over/under run on the total quantity. Copies are boxed 50 to 80 per box in new, uniform cardboard boxes and must carry the "Printed On Recycled Paper" statement and the publisher inscription required by SDCL 5-18D-15. Paper must meet Green Seal, Ecologo, or EPA Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines recycled-content standards. A lower-cost, non-certified paper is permitted only if no certified product is available or the certified product exceeds the alternative price by more than five percent. The awardee receives the complete InDesign files no later than December 2, 2026.

Deliveries are split across locations and dates. The vendor ships 175,000 copies to Custer State Park and 4,360 copies to South Dakota State Parks by January 5, 2027, and 110,000 copies to Custer State Park on June 15, 2027. Remaining copies go to four SDGFP facilities in Sioux Falls, Chamberlain, Watertown, and Webster. Deliveries run Monday through Thursday before 3 p.m. (preferably before 3:30 p.m.), with no Friday deliveries, and each location requires advance notification before arrival.

Under the attached South Dakota Vendor's Manual, the State pays proper invoices within 45 days of receipt and written acceptance, with 1.5 percent monthly interest accruing on overdue amounts after 30 days. The State is exempt from federal and state taxes, and bid prices must exclude them. Bidders must comply with South Dakota Secretary of State corporate registration requirements, provide non-discrimination certifications, and comply with Executive Order 11246. Performance security, bonds, or other security may be required as specified in solicitations.