Holomua Publication Design & Printing Services, Multi-year Term

ERS is soliciting qualified vendors' to submit a proposal and quote for design and print production services for a multi-year term contract consisting of a three (3) year term with optional additional (2) 1 year terms, for a total possible term of five (5) years. Refer to IFB for details. Awardee shall develop the quarterly Holomua newsletter for the Employees' Retirement System (ERS), which shall include but not be limited to the following: - Provide design services in coordination with ERS Program Specialist to facilitate design and production of the Holomua newsletter. - Provide a pre-production electronic copy in (PDF) format to the ERS for verification prior to going to print for ERS Program Specialist approval. - It is preferred that all electronic information technology developed or provided under this contract or procurement shall comply with the applicable requirements of the Hawaii Electronic Information Technology Disability Access Standards (Access Standards) - Provide production version hardcopies for mailing to our mailing list and - Provide printing and packaging of the hardcopy production items for mailing. - Have an office presence in Hawaii in order to facilitate coordination of the requirements of the RFQ and for meetings with the ERS. ERS provides the mailing list, awardee to use ERS USPS bulk mailing permit for domestic mailings and ERS shall reimburse the awardee for international postage costs. Offerors are to be duly registered to do business in Hawaii via registration in DCCA (https://cca.hawaii.gov/resources) and to be compliant with Hawaii Compliance Express (https://vendors.ehawaii.gov/hce/buyer) by the date and time of the solicitation closing in HIePRO. Price as quoted by the vendor shall be firm and fixed, inclusive of all labor, materials, applicable fees/costs, including taxes, delivery, installation, etc. (exlucive of postage). Offeror to provide a full proposal, include company background, core competencies, key personnel and experience working with government agencies of similar size, scale, complexity and attributes of ERS. Offeror to include the requisite Offer documents contained in this solicitation which are to be uploaded into HIePRO with the price quote and a Gantt type schedule of their activities in support of this RFQ. All questions must be submitted through HIePRO.