Printer, Black & White perfecting press: prints both sides of the paper at the same time.

Milwaukee County is procuring a black and white perfecting press printer for the Community Reintegration Center located at 8885 S. 68th St., Franklin, Wisconsin. The successful vendor must supply a perfecting press capable of printing both sides of paper simultaneously, meeting specific performance standards including print speeds of 124 pages per minute for simplex 8.5 x 11 inch documents and 177 pages per minute for duplex 8.5 x 11 inch documents, with corresponding speeds for 11 x 17 inch documents. The equipment must feature a 4,600-sheet paper input module, maintain front-to-back registration within 0.3mm, incorporate a no-waste toner system, and include a finisher capable of stapling 125 sheets per minute. All items must be new and unused, with bidders required to clearly state the make and model of the proposed equipment and provide proof of manufacturer authorization and support. Vendors must be located within 35 miles of the delivery address and must deliver the printer no later than 30 calendar days after receipt of the order release on an F.O.B. Destination basis with all transportation costs prepaid by the bidder. The bid submission deadline is February 11, 2026, with questions and clarifications required to be submitted through the public Q&A Forum prior to the stated deadline. Award will be made to the lowest qualified, responsive, and responsible bidder based on submitted pricing and total cost of ownership analysis.

Service and support requirements mandate that the successful vendor maintain a local office within 35 miles of the center, employ a minimum of six local, certified, factory-trained production equipment technicians, and maintain key component parts on inventory at the customer location. The vendor must provide same or next-day service and same or next-day toner pickup, with all technicians required to pass background checks and maintain direct phone contact availability with customers. The printer must be compatible with the customer's existing BLM 550 booklet maker. Milwaukee County businesses are preferred under the procurement process, and bidders are encouraged to leverage available governmental contracting options including GSA, University of Wisconsin, VendorNet, MMCAP, NPP, SourceWell, NJPA, Omnia, US Communities, NASPO, or related state or federal contracts. Vendors must comply with Milwaukee County's nondiscrimination provisions, Code of Ethics, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise ordinances, maintain Commercial General Liability Insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $1,000,000 general aggregate, and carry Wisconsin Workers' Compensation Insurance. No specific budget range or award value is disclosed in the procurement documents.