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 separate written solicitation will not be issued. This  solicitation: No. RFQ-NCI-70018-NG includes all applicable provisions and  clauses in effect through FAR FAC 2005-14 (November 2006) 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 Malinda Holdcraft at  [Please use the link below].  REQUIREMENT: TITLE: Smoking Monograph 18. PRODUCT: 324 page text with a separate 4 page wrap-around cover. BASIS FOR AWARD: The actual award amount will be $45,500 for this contract. Our  objective is to obtain the highest possible quantity, for this dollar amount.  Your added rate per thousand (overs) will be used to either increase or  decrease your firm?s bid price to reach this dollar amount. The failure to  provide an added rate will render your firm?s proposal non-responsive.  QUALITY: Level 2 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 offering a bid shall have passed the NCI  Requirements for New Bidders prior to consideration of their proposal for  award. A minimum sixty calendar days are necessary for the evaluation  processing to be completed. Award shall not be delayed pending the evaluation  process. QUANTITY: 5,000 total copies and the final film/files used in the production of  printing. TRIM: 7 inch x 10 inch, binding along the 10 inch dimension. FURNISHED MATERIALS: A PC compatible CD-Rom disk, together with a set of color  proofs (laser printed) dummy as a guide to production. In- Design CS-2,  Illustrator CS-2 and Photoshop CS-2 applications are used for desktop  publishing. PROOFS: Provide laminated digital, halftone-dot proofs, 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  colors 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  one dylux. PAPER: 100# white premium coated offset recycled cover, minimum brightness of  94; (Centura Dull, McCoy Silk, Mohawk dull, SignatureTrue dull are acceptable)  70# opaque offset smooth finish, premium #1 sheet, text basis (IP Accent Opaque  or Cougar Opaque, no other substitutions considered) Case -James River?s Kivar  #6 Graphic White, Chrome Finish (no other substitutions shall be allowed).  Only those papers listed above as approved equals will be considered. See the  40th edition (2006-?07 issue) of the Competitive Grade Finder. 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: PMS 186, PMS 285, PMS 417 and dense Black inks. Solid inks required, no  builds allowed. Inks shall contain minimum percentages of vegetable oil in  compliance with federal procurement mandates as follows: Heat-set litho/10%,  sheet-fed litho/20%.  BINDING: No additional blank pages shall be allowed. Perfect bind 4,900 (or  the balance to equal your bid document?s offering) copies along the 10 inch  dimension. Trim three sides after perfect binding to a final size of 7 x 10.  Hinge score covers to prevent cracking and run the cover paper grain parallel  to the spine dimension. Spine type must remain centered. 100 copies are to be  cased-in with suitable squares, using crash and paper, over 88 point binder?s  board, round back, foot and headbands in appropriate colors to match covers.  This binding style and specified quantity are required. SEPARATIONS: None required. FORMAT: 324 text pages (circle folioed) plus wraparound cover pages 1-4. PRINTING: Print covers 1 and 4 in PMS 186 ink as line art, knocked-out and  trapping from the solid PMS 417 background, bleeding all sides. Type matter on  spine and covers reverses to white. Endleaves & covers 2- 3 print in PMS 417 with reversed to white type matter.  All text pages print in 3 spot Pantone colors plus Black ink, using extensive  vignettes, illustrations and design elements. NOTE: Traps and varnish or coating masks are entirely the contractor?s  responsibility. Heavy ink coverage is required and the contractor must take any  and all necessary precautions to prevent ghosting and lay a smooth uniform ink  film. Text & covers must 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 heat-set equipment only.  Ghosting in-line problems shall not be acceptable. COATING: Overall aqueous coat, satin finish, (on the perfect bound copies)  covers pages 1, spine and 4 only. Laminate the case bound copies using  suitable clear film. MARGINS: Bleeds, follow trim marks on furnished camera copy. DISPLAY EXAMINATIONS: Examination of the camera copy is an integral part of  these specifications. No additional payment will be allowed due to the  contractor?s failure to examine the copy and thoroughly understand the nature  and extent of the work to be performed. PRESS INSPECTIONS: 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 inch 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 degree kelvin light sources housed in a completely  enclosed neutral gray booth and functional densitometers. 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: Shrink wrap individual case bound copies. Bulk pack the perfect  bound copies with a divider between the book columns. Pack in new 44 pound edge  crush test corrugated boxes filled to the top. The cartons shall be  specifically manufactured to fit this product. The maximum weight shall not  exceed 42 lbs. per carton. Products must lay flat, do not stand upright in  cartons. No packaging deviations allowed. Label or stencil on the carton ends. RETURN MATERIALS: Return all camera copy or furnished materials as received,  plus two file copy printed samples. Create a digital deliverable (Macintosh  compatible CD-Rom disk of the high-res. files in Acrobat PDF format) and  furnish copies of all the signed receipts in one package to NCI at the office  address listed above, see page 1 of these specifications. NEGATIVES: If digital direct-to-plate technologies were used, the contractor  shall also be required to furnish films as a deliverable item upon request.  Compose negatives as RRED final films in two page printer's spreads only,  allowing a minimum of ? inch working margins on all sides, using .007 film,  (.004 film is allowed if computer electronic files were provided by the NCI).  Pinhole registration punching of the final films is required and composed, not  stripped, registration marks on all sides. The contractor shall inventory all  the final negatives within their facilities until called for return by the NCI.  Ownership of these films shall remain the government?s property. Industry  trade customs shall not apply to film, flats, proofs, or color Okays. Pack  films to protect emulsion layers and furnish each film set with the associated  top sheet containing wet ink density readings, or your press - room Okays for  future color match. Films shall be ready for subsequent reprints without  additional effort beyond exposures. Label: 07-NCI-PC-025, composed negatives  and color okays for storage, Monograph #18. SHIPPING: The advanced samples copies: must be received before any other  location deliveries. 3 advanced samples copies to: NCI Printing, (301-402- 2624) 6116 Executive Boulevard, Room 3064, Rockville, MD 20852, Attn: Printing  Officer.  Ship15 file copies to: Library of Congress, Madison Bldg., (Exchange and Gift  Division), Federal Documents Section, C Street, North East, (between 1st and N  Streets), Washington, DC 20540.  Ship 2 NCI file copies to: National Tech. Info Service, Office of Business  Development, Attn: Sue Feindt, (703-605-6244) 5285 Port Royal Road,  Springfield, VA 22151.  Ship 2 (NCI) C and I copies to: NIH Printing, ATTN: Lisa Harper Building 31,  Room B-4B-N-08 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20892 301-496-6781. Ship 5 depository copies to: the U.S. GPO, Stop: SSLA Depository Receiving  Section, 44 H Street NW loading dock Washington, DC 20401 Label cartons...item  number 507-G-02. Ship 2 NCI file copies to: ATTN: Mr. Jan Ehrman at NIH 9000 Rockville Pike,  Building 31, Room 5-B-52 Bethesda, Maryland 20892 301-496-4143. Ship all case-bound copies to: NCI Attn: Dr. Stephen Marcus 6130 Executive  Blvd, Suite 4039B, Rockville, Md 20852, (301) 594-7934.  Schedule a delivery appointment prior to any bulk shipments going to the NCI  Warehouse. Ship balance of bulk copies to: Lockheed Martin Information  Technologies, ATTN: Ms. Lou Young 1000 Haverhill Road Baltimore, Maryland  21229, (P) 410-644-7742; SCHEDULE DELIVERY APPOINTMENT, (BY ELECTRONIC MAIL  WITH MS. YOUNG), PRIOR TO ANY CARRIER ARRIVALS AT THE WAREHOUSING FACILITY at  anna.l.young@lmco.com. Proofs will be withheld 3 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 5 days notice. Notify the NCI at 301-402-2624  for inspection. 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 government. The contractor shall initiate contact with our  warehouse, if the inventory control number and bar code artwork are not  furnished, prior to labeling any cartons or the press run. Typically, this  number and bar code are also listed on the lower right hand position of the  laser proofs. If the number is provided use it on the cartons. Receiving hours  are 6:30 am-12:00 and 1-3:30 pm, Monday-Friday, except federal holidays. Stencil each carton on 1 end, with the NCI PC Number, Title, Inventory Number  and the Quantity per carton and per package; 07-NCI-PC-025 (quantity per  carton) Monograph 18; Inventory No. T-071. 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 pounds; Edge-crush test or 275 pounds bursting  strength and specifically made to contain this product.  Affix packing delivery list to the last pallet loaded on the truck, facing the  dock.  All skids shall be four-sided entry and the weight must not exceed 2,000  pounds. Do not side load or double stack on the truck trailers. Stack skids,  not to exceed 50 inches total, (from the floor to the top of the assembly.)  Use 48 x 40, four way GPO Pallets only. SCHEDULE: Display of materials at NCI, OCC, Building 6116, Room 3064,  Executive Boulevard Rockville, MD 20852.  QUOTATIONS ARE DUE JANUARY 23, 2007 AT 1:00 pm.  Award shall be made on or about January 25, 2007.  Material pickup: January 26, 2007.  1,000 copies due at the NCI exhibitor/contractors? facilities February 26,  2007. Again, advanced sample copies must be received at the NCI Office of  Cancer Communications PRIOR to any bulk distributions.  Balance of copies due at destination, March 12, 2007. Return of furnished materials and receipts March 26, 2007. NOTE: Please be aware that without the return of all the furnished materials,  complete as specified within these printing specifications, payment will/can be  withheld until all these materials are received. The package shall include  copies of all shipment documents with signatures by the receiver and two sample  file copies.  PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES: The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this  acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS FOR  SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION; FAR 52.212-3, OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND  CERTIFICATIONS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS-WITH DUNS NUMBER ADDENDUM, FAR 52.212-4,  CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES, OR EXECUTIVE  ORDERS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS-FOR SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION. Far Clause 52.219-6, NOTICE  OF TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. The following FAR clauses cited in  paragraph (b) of the clause at FAR 52.212-5 are also applicable to this  acquisition; FAR 52.222-26; EQUAL OPPORTUNITY; FAR 52.222.35, AFFIRMATIVE  ACTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM ERA; FAR 52.222-36,  AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES; FAR 52.222-37, EMPLOYMENT  REPORTS ON DISABLED VETERANS AND VETERANS OF VIETNAM ERA; FAR 52.225-3, BUY  AMERICAN ACT SUPPLIES; AND 52.232-34, PAYMENT BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER- OTHER THAN CENTRAL CONTRACTING REGISTRATIONS. Full text copies of the  representations and certifications for other cited provisions and clauses may  be obtained on line at the NCI website at http://amb.nci.nih.gov or from  Malinda Holdcraft, Contract Specialist. OFFERORS: Offers must be submitted on  an SF-1449 with a completed 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items-with Duns Number Addendum, 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 and  have valid, updated 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 1:00 PM on  January 23, 2007. Please refer to solicitation number RFQ-NCI-70018-NG on all  correspondence.  No collect calls will be accepted. Faxed or electronic mail quotations will  NOT be accepted.