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-70024-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: Radiation Therapy and You. PRODUCT: 64 page text with a separate 4 page wrap-around cover. BASIS FOR AWARD: The actual award amount will be $272,000 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 firms bid price to reach this dollar amount. The failure to  provide an added rate will render your firm?s proposal non-responsive.  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 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: 300,000 copies and the final film or files used in the production of  printing. TRIM: 8-3/8 inch x 10-7/8 inch, saddle wire stitch binding along the 10-7/8  inch 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. Quarkxpress  7.0, InDesign CS-2 Illustrator CS-2, 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: Cover: 80 lb. white premium coated offset recycled cover, minimum  brightness of 94+. (Centura Dull, McCoy Silk, Mohawk dull, Signature True  dull are acceptable) Text: 80 lb. white premium coated offset recycled text, minimum brightness of  94+. (Centura Dull, McCoy Silk, Mohawk dull, Signature True dull are  acceptable) Only those papers listed above as approved equals will be considered. See the  40th edition (2006-07 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: Four color process, PMS 541 Blue and dense Black Ink. Solid inks  required, no builds allowed. Inks shall contain minimum percentages of  vegetable oil in compliance with federal procurement mandates. BINDING: Saddle stitch twice through the spine along the 10-7/8 inch  dimension. Bleed trim 3 sides, to a final size after binding of 8-3/8 inch x 10-7/8 inch. 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. Diecut channel 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). FORMAT: 64 text pages (circle folioed) plus wraparound cover pages 1-4. PRINTING: Print covers 1 and 4 in a solid bleeding all sides of PMS 541.  Black overprint text and rules prints on both pages with a reversed to white border on cover one.  An illustration appears on cover one, approximately 5" x 6" reproduced using  all four process ink colors and centered in the white border. Cover 2 print  with PMS 541, with Black type matter over a process Yellow 10% screened  background for cover 3. Text pages 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11-13, 15, 17, 18, 21, 23,  25, 28-36, 38-42, 44, 46, 47, 49-50 and 52-54 each contain a process colored  illustration. Type matter also appears in PMS 541. Print the balance in  process Yellow, PMS 541 and dense Black ink. NOTE: Traps and varnish or coating masks are entirely the contractors  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 outside covers pages 1  and 4 only. A drytrapped overall varnish may NOT be substituted. DISPLAY EXAMINATIONS: Examination of the camera copy is an integral part of  these specifications. No additional payment will be allowed due to the  contractors 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 contractors  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: 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 boxes filled to the top  with 80 copies each. The cartons shall be specifically manufactured to fit  this product. The maximum weight shall not exceed 47 lbs. per carton. Products  must lay flat, do not stand upright in cartons. No packaging deviations shall  be allowed. Label or stencil on one of the carton ends. RETURN MATERIALS: Return all camera copy or furnished materials as received,  plus two file copy printed samples. Create 2 sets of digital deliverables  (Macintosh compatible CD-Rom disk of the high-res. files, plus a web-posting version as an Acrobat  PDF format) and furnish copies of the 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).  Ownership of these films shall remain the governments 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-034, composed negatives  and color okays for storage, Radiation Therapy and You. 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.  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. Schedule a delivery appointment prior to any bulk  shipments going to the NCI Warehouse.  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 2 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 5 Client Copies and the digital deliverable data files to: National  Cancer Institute, ATTN: Ms. Bobbie Ravas, 6116 Executive Blvd, Room 202,  Rockville, MD 20852, (301) 451-4282.  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. SCHEDULE:  Display of materials at NCI, OC, Building 6116, Room 3064, Executive  Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852.  QUOTATIONS ARE DUE FEBRUARY 27, 2007 AT 1:00 pm.  Award shall be made on or about February 28, 2007.  Material pickup: March 2, 2007.  10,000 copies due April 9, 2007 at the NCI destinations as listed above.  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, April 9, 2007. Return of furnished materials and receipts April 16, 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.  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 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. Please contact (by email) for a delivery appointment, prior to any bulk  shipments. Ship the bulk copies to: Lockheed Martin Information Technologies; Email:  anna.l.young@lmco.com; 1000 Haverhill Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21229, ATTN:  Ms. Lou Young 410-644-7742.  Ship the 3 samples to: National Cancer Institute, Publications Services  Branch, 6116 Executive Boulevard, room 3064, Rockville, Maryland 20852 ATTN:  Printing Officer 301-402-2624 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-034 (quantity per  carton) Radiation Therapy and You. Inventory No. P-123. 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. 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 at [Please use the link below].  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 offerors 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  February 27, 2007. Please refer to solicitation number RFQ-NCI-70024-NG on  all correspondence.  No collect calls will be accepted. Faxed or electronic mail quotations will  NOT be accepted.