Bumper Sticker - Leave Your Firewood at Home

The State of Maine Division of Purchases is soliciting bids for bumper stickers with "Leave Your Firewood at Home" messaging, with bids due June 24, 2009.

The scope requires paper products or printing services manufactured with post-consumer recycled fiber and/or virgin fiber sourced from certified forest and wood production operations. Bidders must specify the percentage of post-consumer recycled fiber content and certified virgin fiber content, provide proof of chain of custody certification or equivalent status from acceptable certifying organizations (American Tree Farm System, Forest Stewardship Council, Master Logger Certification Program, PEFC-affiliated entities, or Sustainable Forestry Initiative), and identify the certification labels applied to each product.

The state reserves the right to pay a price premium of up to 4 percent above the lowest submitted bid to procure products with 100 percent post-consumer recycled or certified virgin fiber content. If no bids meet the 100 percent threshold, preference will be awarded to products with the highest percentage of recycled or certified fiber content, provided the price does not exceed 4 percent above the lowest submitted bid. Tie bids will be resolved with preference given to in-state bidders or those offering Maine-produced commodities.

Contract terms include an extension provision allowing the State Purchasing Director to extend beyond the initial expiration date with contractor consent, with a maximum total contract period not to exceed three years. Overrun is limited to 3 percent of contract value. Vendor past performance may be evaluated as a factor in award determination. All submissions must use prescribed forms and be received by the specified opening time at the Division of Purchases office in Augusta; late submissions will not be considered. Transportation charges and freight must be prepaid unless otherwise specified. Bids must exclude state sales and use taxes.