MODIFICATION
T -- Printing: (#1) Coping with Cancer, (#2) Treated for Cancer, (#3) Advanced Cancer
- Notice Date
- 12/12/2011
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 323110
— Commercial Lithographic Printing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 6120 Executive Blvd., EPS Suite 600, Rockville, Maryland, 20852
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- NCI-120014-TG
- Archive Date
- 12/30/2011
- Point of Contact
- Terry Galloway, Phone: 301-402-4509, Caren N Rasmussen, Phone: (301) 402-4509
- E-Mail Address
-
gallowaytl@mail.nih.gov, cr214i@nih.gov
(gallowaytl@mail.nih.gov, cr214i@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- **** Mod 2 - Award will be made in the aggregate was added to detail below**** Contracting Office Address Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 6120 Executive Boulevard, EPS Suite 600, Room 6074, Rockville, MD 20852, UNITED STATES. The National Cancer Institute requires the following printing services and deliverables. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items, prepared in accordance with format in FAR 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation/request for quote: No. RFQ-NCI-120014-TG includes all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through FAC 2005-54 (November 2011) simplified procedures for commercial items. This requirement is set-aside for small business. The North American Industry Classification Code is 323110 and the business size standard is 500 employees. All prospective offerors should have a copy of the booklet Standard Technical Specifications for NCI Printing Requirements (hereafter referred to as NCI Standard Specifications) issued by DHHS/NIH/NCI. The information in this booklet provides supplemental information necessary for potential offerors to have a complete understanding of the specifications set forth below. Copies of the booklet may be requested from Terry Galloway at gallowaytl@mail.nih.gov. REQUIREMENT: (#1) Coping with Cancer, (#2) Treated for Cancer, (#3) Advanced Cancer PRODUCT: (books #1 & #3) 60 page text + 4 page cover, (#2) 48 page text + 4 page cover BASIS FOR AWARD: The actual award amount will be $60,000 for this contract. Our objective is to obtain the highest possible quantity (of each title) for this dollar amount. Quantity for each book title should be provided plus your added rate per thousand sets of "overs" for each title. This information may be used to either increase or decrease your firm's bid price to reach this dollar amount. The failure to provide an added rate for all 3 titles will render your firm's proposal non-responsive. Award will be made in the aggregate. QUALITY: Level 1 printing and finishing attributes are required for this specification. Reference GPO publication 310.1 for attribute requirements. Printing is the predominate production function and none shall be subcontracted. All contractors submitting a quotation shall have passed the NCI Requirements for New Bidders prior to consideration of their quotation for award. A minimum sixty calendar days are necessary for the evaluation processing to be completed. QUANTITY: 1,000 sets and the final film or files used in the production of printing. TRIM SIZE: 8-3/8" x 10-7/8", Saddle wire stitch binding along the 10-7/8" dimension. FURNISHED MATERIALS: A Mac OS-X compatible CD-Rom disk, together with a set of color proofs (laser printed dummy) as a guide to production. InDesign CS-4, Illustrator CS-4 and Photoshop CS-4 applications used for desktop publishing. PROOFS: Provide a laminated, digital, color proof, stripped to show the full press sheet imposition, including colorbar, showing guide, gripper and ruled-up for all bindery marks on each form. Proofs shall have a PIA/GATF Proof Comparator (or similar process control) affixed to the back or face of the proof. Spot col¬ors shall be a match of the Pantone reference books on the laminated proofs (with ink draw downs provided for approval, on the proposed substrates). Additionally, provide two inkjet "dylux-styled reader" proofs, with all elements in proper position, folded and trimmed to final size. NCI shall keep 1 digital dylux. PAPER: Cover - 80 lb. white, Matrix Silk coated, recycled cover, brightness of 92 Text - 80 lb. white, Matrix Silk coated, recycled text, brightness of 92. Only those papers listed above as approved equals will be considered. See 47th. edition (2010~2011 issue) of the Competitive Grade Finder. Both the text and cover stocks, when required, must be the same brand name items, and all the leaves within each book must be matching. American mill brand manufactured papers only, private label papers and or foreign manufactured papers shall not be acceptable. INKS: #1) PMS 117 Gold + four color process, #2) PMS 363 Green + four color process #3) PMS 160 Brown + four color process. Solid inks required, no builds allowed. Inks shall contain minimum percentages of vegetable oil in compliance with fed¬eral procurement mandates. BINDING: Saddle stitch each document, twice through the spine, along the 10-7/8" dimen¬sion. Bleed trim 3 sides, to a final size after binding of 8-3/8" x 10-7/8". No other alternate trim sizes shall be acceptable. Each signature must be a complete four page component, short trimmed or binding lip attachment methods shall not be acceptable. No additional blank page insertions shall be allowed. Diecut chan¬nel score the cover fold to prevent cracking, (a litho press score and/or a rotary score on the stitcher is not acceptable). Run all the cover paper grain parallel to the spine. SEPARATIONS: None required (all of the process illustrations are furnished). Printing: (#1) Coping with Advanced Cancer prints as 5 ink colors on 2 sides, on both text and cover press forms. (#2) When Someone You love is being Treated for Cancer prints as 5 ink colors on 2 sides, on both text and cover press forms. (#3) When Someone You love has Advanced Cancer prints as 5 ink colors on 2 sides, on both text and cover press forms. NOTE: Traps and varnish (or coating) masks are entirely the contractor's respon¬sibility. Heavy ink coverage is required and the contractor must take any and all necessary precautions to prevent ghosting & lay a smooth, uniform ink film. This product shall be manufactured on a lithographic printing press capable of printing all the required colors with one pass through the press and the complete color bar as detailed on page 4 of these specifications. Do not assume "perfecting" is acceptable to the government. The inspector shall use the following criteria to determine acceptability. If the inspector is unable to determine by examination which side is first down, then press perfecting is acceptable. Web fed printing techniques shall be on dryer equipped presses only. Ghosting & "in-line problems" shall not be acceptable. COATING: Overall aqueous coat, satin finish, on outside covers pages 1 and 4 only of each title. A "drytrapped" overall varnish may NOT be substituted. DISPLAY EXAMINATION: Examination of the furnished materials is an integral part of specifications. No additional payment will be allowed due the contractor's failure to examine the copy and thoroughly understand the nature and extent of the work to be performed. PRESS INSPECTION: Press sheets shall be inspected at the contractor's printing facility for quality conformance. Each press sheet form must contain one color bar, at least 3/16" in width, for each ink color placed parallel to the ink rollers. Color control bars (such as, BRUNNER, GATF or GRETAG) must contain star targets, trapping, tint and dot gain patches, process built grays, if applicable, and extend the full width of the press sheet. Ink densities shall be constant across the full width of the sheet with no deviations to exceed plus or minus 1/2 of one percent. Light and heavy inking is not allowed. The contractor shall provide the correct viewing conditions for all press sheet inspections including 5000° kelvin light sources housed in a completely enclosed neutral gray-booth and functional densitometers. If the presses are equipped with automatic scanners you are NOT relieved of the requirement for the customer colorbar as detailed above. PREAWARD SURVEY: In order to determine the responsibility of the prime contractor, the government reserves the right to conduct a preaward survey, or to require samples to QATAP evaluate, or other evidence of technical, managerial, financial and similar abilities to perform, prior to the award of a contract. PACKING: Plastic strap or shrink wrap in units of 20 copies only, paper banding shall not be allowed. Turn the items if necessary, to form a "neat" stack. Pack in new 44 pound edge crush test corrugated containers filled to the top. The cartons shall be specifically manufactured to fit this product. The maximum weight shall not exceed 48 lbs. per carton. Products must lay flat, do not stand upright in cartons. No packaging deviations shall be allowed. RETURN MATERIALS: 1. Provide a reprint digital deliverable (Macintosh compatible CD-Rom disk of the high-resolution files used for print production, for example ~ a download from your production server). Return download as well as all camera copy or furnished materials as received, to the NCI Printing Office, at the address listed below. 2. Provide a single page formatted web-posting file version, (as an Acrobat PDF on a separate CD-Rom), directly to the client's "sample address" at the address listed below. NOTE: Items #1 and 2, (the Return Materials) are due 7 calendar days from the date of the last delivery. SHIPPING: Ship 3 advanced sample sets to: NCI Printing (301-402-2624) 6116 Executive Blvd, room 3049 Rockville, Maryland 20852 - The "advanced samples sets" shall be received before any other loca¬tion deliveries are completed! Ship 2 "Clearance sets" to: NCI Clearance Marianne Kost 6116 Executive Blvd. room 3017 Rockville, Maryland 20852 Ship balance of bulk sets to: NCI Distribution Center schedule delivery appointment anna.l.young@lmco.com (see below for specifics) Ship 15 "file sets" to: Library of Congress, Madison Bldg, (Exchange & Gift Division) Federal Documents Section ***, C Street, North East, (between 1st & N Streets), Washington, DC 20540 Ship 2 "NCI file sets" to: National Tech. Info Service Office of Business Developm't, Attn: Sue Feindt, 5301 Shawnee Road, room 327, Alexandria, Virginia 22312 Ship 1 (NCI) "C & I copy" to: NIH Printing, ATTN: Lisa Harper building 10, B2L-304 Bethesda, Maryland 20892 Ship 2 "depository sets" to: U.S. GPO, Stop:SSLA Depository Receiving Section, 44 "H" Street NW, loading dock Washington, DC 20401 Label cartons... item #507-G-02 Ship 2 "NCI file sets" to: ATTN: Mr. Jan Ehrman @ NIH 9000 Rockville Pike, Building #31, Room 5-B-52 Bethesda, Maryland 20892 Ship 5 "client samples" to: National Cancer Institute ATTN: Ms. Lou Cunningham 6116 Executive Blvd, suite# 300 Rockville, Maryland 20852 Proofs will be withheld 5 working days from the time they are received until they are returned. Label the proof package with the NCI PC number and product title. Return the materials in the proper order as originally provided by the government. Press Sheet Inspection requires 7 days notice. Notify the NCI @ 301 -402-2624 for inspection. SCHEDULE: Display of materials at NCI, OC, PSB, (Printing Section), 6116 Executive Blvd, Room 3064; Rockville, MD 20852 12/5/2011 Quotations are due: 12/15/2011 at 11:00 am. Award shall be made on or about 12/22/2011. Material pickup on or about: 12/29/2011. 1,000 partial copies due at the NCI destinations, as listed above, 1/30/2012. Advanced sample copies must be received at the NCI Office of Cancer Communications prior to any bulk distributions. Balance of copies due at destinations: 2/20/2012. Return of furnished materials and receipts: 2/27/2012. NOTE: Please be aware that without the return of all furnished materials, complete as specified within these printing specifications, payment may be withheld until all these materials are received. The package shall include copies of all shipment documents with signatures by the receiver and sample file sets. GENERAL PACKAGING: General packaging information for bulk shipments delivered to the National Cancer Institute. Shipments not conforming to these requirements SHALL be refused. The exact packaging for each order will be detailed within the printing contract from the Federal Government. If the inventory control number and barcode artwork are not furnished, please contact the NCI Printing Office prior to the press run or before labeling cartons for shipment. Typically the number and barcode are also visual on the lower right hand position of the back panel or back cover on laser proofs provided. Ship bulk sets using directions below to: NCI Distribution Center, 1000 Haverhill Road, Baltimore, MD 21229, Attention: Ms. Lou Young, (410) 644-7742 Contractor's shipping company is to notify Ms. Lou Young by email (anna.l.young@lmco.com) prior to any bulk shipments to this facility. Receiving hours: 6:00 am - 3:00 pm, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Provide the following information when scheduling appointments: NCI PC #(if applicable), inventory#, publication title, total quantity of the order, if this is a partial shipment, the number of pallets on this shipment, carton count & quantity per pallet, estimated delivery date. Do not layer multiple titles on the same pallet. Stencil each carton on 1 of the ends, with the NCI PC Number, Title, Inventory Number and the Quantity per carton & per package. 12-NCI-PC-010 (20 per package / ____ per carton) #1 Coping inventory # P-084 {or} #2 Treated inventory # P-225 {or} #3 Advanced inventory # P-226 Band each pallet twice, (in both directions), using plastic strapping over corrugated edge protectors only. Cover the pallets with plastic stretch wrap after strap banding and corrugated edges. The cartons shall only be new 44 lbs. edge crush test, or 275 lbs. bursting strength and specifically made to contain these products. All skids shall be four-sided entry and the weight must not exceed 2,000 pounds. Stack skids not to exceed 50" total, (from the floor to the top of the assembly.) Do not double stack on the truck trailers. Use 48 x 40, four way "GPO Pallets" only! Affix packing delivery list to the last pallet loaded on the truck, facing the dock. PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES: The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR clause 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (June 2008); FAR clause 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS- (August 2009) FAR Clause 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS - COMMERCIAL ITEMS (March 2009); FAR Clause 52.212-5: CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (February 2010). The following FAR clauses cited in paragraph (b) of the clause at FAR 52.212-5 are also applicable to this acquisition; Far Clause 52.204-10 Reporting executive compensation and First-Tier Subconract Awards (Jul 2010) Far Clause 52.209-6 Protecting Government' Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Dec 2010) Far Clause 52.219-4 Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (Jan 2011) Far Clause 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (November 2011) Far Clause 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation (April 2009) Far Clause 52.222-3 Convict Labor (June 2003) Far Clause 52.222-19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (July 2010) Far Clause 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (February 1999) Far Clause 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (March 2007) Far Clause 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (October 2010) Far Clause 52.223-18 Encouraging contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (August 2011) Far Clause 52.225-3 Buy-American Act - Free Trade Agreements - Israeli Trade Act (June 2009) Alternate II (January 2004) Far Clause 52.225-13 Restrictions on certain foreign purchases (June 2008) Far Clause 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer- Central Contractor Registration (October 2003) Provisions and clauses that apply to this Request for Quote may be downloaded from http://acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html OFFERORS: Offers must be submitted on an SF-1449 with a completed 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, signed by an authorized representative of the offeror OR provide a copy of the valid certification registrations of the offeror's Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and Online Representations and Certifications Applications (ORCA). PLEASE NOTE: In order to receive an award, contractor must be registered in and have valid certifications in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) (http://www.ccr.gov) and the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) (http://orca.bpn.gov). Quotations must be received in the NCI-OA contracting office by 11:00 a.m. on 12/15/2011. Please refer to solicitation number RFQ-NCI-120014-TG on all correspondence. No collect calls will be accepted. Faxed or electronic mail quotations will NOT be accepted.
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