Guidebooks for Food Safety Kits

The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget's Printing Services issued a Notice of Intent to Award for Request for Quote #210000000507 regarding the production of Guidebooks for Food Safety Kits. This printing services procurement requires the production and delivery of 2,000 guidebooks. The evaluation process incorporated multiple criteria including pricing, turnaround time, price hold capability, production location, and relevant experience. Image Printing has been recommended as the awarded vendor based on providing the best value combination of evaluation criteria and pricing to the State of Michigan. The notice was posted on September 16, 2021, with a protest deadline of September 17, 2021, allowing vendors to submit objections electronically through the Vendor Self Service system by the established deadline. Printing Services reserves the right to perform the work in-house and will issue the actual award following receipt of an order and final approval.

Image Printing submitted the lowest bid at $1,410.00 with a five-day turnaround time and scored 23 out of 25 for turnaround capability and 25 out of 25 for both price hold capability and Michigan production experience. Competing bids were received from O'Keefe at $2,620.00, BRD at $3,093.52, and Printwell at $3,774.61. All bidders met the requirement for Michigan production and price hold capability, indicating a preference for vendors with in-state production capabilities. No specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises were noted in the procurement documents. The award recommendation demonstrates Printing Services' commitment to evaluating proposals based on best value principles, combining cost efficiency with operational factors such as turnaround time and vendor location, with the final contract award value expected to reflect the selected bidder's pricing structure.