San Francisco Regional Printing Procurement Office, U.S. Government Printing Office, 536 Stone Road, Suite I, Benicia, CA 94510-1170

T -- OFFSET PRINTING OF TABLOIDS SOL Program 3994-S DUE 101597 POC Richard C. Lee at (707) 748-1970. John J. O'Connor, Contracting Officer. WEB: Program 3994-S, http://www.gpo.gov/procurement/sanfran/synopsis.shtml. Single award term contract (in three categories) from 11/1/97 to as late as 10/31/00 for various Gov't agencies. Production of work assumed within 130 km (80 miles) of Oakland, CA, for Categories 2 and 3. Contract is for printing of tabloid periodicals on newsprint and offset stocks, with issues ranging from 1,300 to 24,000 copies of 4 to 60 pages. Trim sizes range from 216 x 279 mm (8-1/2 x 11") to 292 x 432 mm (11-1/2 x 17"). Required contract operations include copy pickup, copy transmission via modem, films from camera copy and digital files, proofs, printing, folding, binding, labeling, packing and delivery. Twelve-hour to 5-day production schedules and Quality Levels 3 and 4 printing attributes required. Bid requests may be obtained by: (1) submitting request on firm's letterhead via mail, or; (2) faxing request to (707) 748-1981, or; (3) accessing URL link cited below to download copy of contract specifications. (0254)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0083 19970915\T-0001.SOL)