TS 004 CDL Manual November 2017

The State of Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget issued a printing services bid for the production of a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Manual through their Print & Mail Management program. The procurement requires production of a 172-page manual (4-page cover plus 168 pages of text) with finished dimensions of 8.5 by 10.875 inches in upright orientation. The cover must be printed on 65# white uncoated cover stock using PMS 300 and black inks, while the interior text pages are printed in black on 30# newsprint stock and perfect-bound. Deliverables include packaging of 38 books per carton on four-way skids with a maximum height of four cartons per skid, with electronic copy submission required along with a hard copy proof in book form prior to production. The State awards contracts based on best price and value rather than automatic lowest-bid selection, meaning quality and capability to meet requirements are evaluation factors. Only vendors pre-qualified with the State of Michigan's Print & Mail Management program are eligible to submit bids, which must be submitted online on an F.O.B. Destination, prepaid basis to the dock at 7461 Crowner Drive, Lansing, Michigan 48913. The bid was posted on November 13, 2017, with a deadline of November 16, 2017, allowing only three days for submission.

The procurement contains restrictions limiting participation to vendors pre-qualified with Michigan's Print & Mail Management program and registered with the State of Michigan, with pre-qualification processing requiring approximately one week. All electronic materials, including source files, fonts, images, revisions, and PDF copies, become property of the State of Michigan upon submission. Vendors must comply with specific packaging standards requiring single-face hardwood pallets measuring 44 to 48 inches in length and 36 to 48 inches in width with a maximum height of 5 feet 6 inches and gross weight limit of 4,000 pounds, and all cartons must be labeled with commodity numbers, descriptions, purchase order numbers, piece counts, and carton totals. Deliveries are accepted Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., excluding standard holidays, with drivers requiring entry passes obtained at the front office. The specific quantity and award value are not disclosed in the available bid documents, referenced only as "See Bid." Vendors requiring pre-qualification information should contact Mark Miller at 517-322-3455, Scott Barclay at 517-322-1970, or Graham Martin at 517-636-6186, with invoices to be submitted to Scott Barclay via mail or email in addition to entry into the VSS system.