SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- TYPESETTING AND ELECTRONIC PREPARATION
- Notice Date
- 10/28/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 561410
— Document Preparation Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration, Acquisition and Grants Group, 7500 Security Blvd. C2-21-15, Central Building, Baltimore, MD, 21244-1850
- ZIP Code
- 21244-1850
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-713-5-923801
- Response Due
- 11/15/2004
- Archive Date
- 11/30/2004
- Point of Contact
- Lucille Lee, Contract Specialist, Phone 410-786-5447, Fax 410-786-9643,
- E-Mail Address
-
LLee4@cms.hhs.gov
- Description
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services intends to procure, on a sole source basis, with the Graphic Concepts for typesetting and electronic preparation. Graphic Concepts will provide technical document preparation and computer formatting and electronic preparation services for 4 issues of the Health Care Financing Review: Winter 2004-2005, Volume 26, Number 2; Spring 2005, Volume 26, Number 3; Summer 2005, Volume 26, Number 4; and Fall 2006, Volume 27, Number 1. The Graphic Concepts has been performing the typesetting for the Health Care Financing Review for the previous six years. Very few firms are in the unique position to provide their combination of technical, graphic and artistic skills necessary to produce layout material for a scientific journal like the Review. Their capabilities include all electronic, camera-copy, film, and Adobe portable document format (PDF) files that we deem necessary – all under the time constraints of very strict publication deadlines. They are used to next-day turnaround, and they deliver. The QuarkExpress style sheets alone which they have developed over the years and have dedicated to the Review number around 50; this includes familiarity with and possession of intricate layout specifications for text, tables, charts, logos, covers, footnotes, sources, references, etc. To be considered for this procurement, the contractor must be able to provide a combination of clerical, technical, graphic, and artistic output necessary to be produce layout material for a scientific, econometric journal like the Review, including electronic, camera-copy, color film, black and white film, and Adobe portable document format (PDF) files. The contractor must be capable of preparing and maintaining QuarkExpress style sheets numbering approximately 50, which allow the rapid formatting of covers, spine, title pages, unique feature logos, by-lines, disclaimers, text, data tables, charts, footnotes, technical notes, table notes, custom legends suitable for black and white output, sources, references, reprint requests, etc. In addition, the contractor must be capable of preparing custom-drawn, one-of-a-kind graphics and also scientific formulae using Greek character sets. If no written response is received within 45 calendar days from the published date of this notice, a purchase order shall be awarded to Graphic Concepts, 8740-17 Cherry Lane, Laurel, MD 20707. An RFQ package is not available. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO WWW.FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (28-OCT-2004); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
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Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/HHS/HCFA/AGG/Reference-Number-713-5-923801/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 7500 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD
- Zip Code: 21244
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 21244
- Record
- SN00700422-F 20041030/041028212329 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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