CD/DVD Products.

Location:	Federal
Posted:	Apr 14, 2026
Due:	Apr 20, 2026
Agency:	U.S. Government Publishing Office
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	89 - Subsistence (Food)
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Program 2385-S

Written by: MP

Reviewed by: FB

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INVITATION FOR BID

U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE

Government Publishing & Print Procurement

GENERAL TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND SPECIFICATIONS

For the Procurement of

CD/DVD Products

as requisitioned from the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) by the

DLA Document Services

Single Award

TERM OF CONTRACT

The term of this contract is for the period beginning Date of Award through April 30, 2027, plus up to four (4)

optional 12-month extension periods that may be added in accordance with the “Option to Extend the Term of the

Contract” clause in “Section 1” of this contract.

BID OPENING

Bids shall be opened virtually at 11:00 a.m., prevailing Eastern Time (ET), on April 20, 2026 at the U.S.

Government Publishing Office.

All parties interested in attending the bid opening shall email bids@gpo.gov one (1) hour prior to the bid opening

date and time to request a Microsoft Teams live stream link. This must be a separate email from the bid

submission. The link will be emailed prior to the bid opening.

BID SUBMISSION

Email (SECTION 4. – SCHEDULE OF PRICES) to bids@gpo.gov for this solicitation. No other method of bid

submission will be accepted at this time. The program number, company name, and bid opening date must be

specified in the subject line of the emailed bid submission. Bids received after 11:00 a.m. prevailing Eastern time

(ET) on the bids opening date specified above will not be considered for award.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

These specifications include minor revisions; therefore, all bidders are cautioned to familiarize themselves with

all provisions of these specifications before bidding.

Abstracts of contract prices are available at: https://www.gpo.gov/how-to-work-with-us/vendors/contract-pricing.

For information of a technical nature, contact Malaysia Peele at mpeele@gpo.gov or (202) 512-2458.

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ADDITIONAL EMAILED BID SUBMISSION PROVISIONS

The Government will not be responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of the emailed

bid including, but not limited to, the following:

1. Illegibility of bid.

2. Emails over 75 MB may not be received by GPO due to size limitations for receiving emails.

3. The bidder’s email provider may have different size limitations for sending email; however, bidders are

advised not to exceed GPO’s stated limit.

4. When the email bid is received by GPO, it will remain unopened until the specified bid opening time.

Government personnel will not validate receipt of the emailed bid prior to bid opening. GPO will use the

prevailing time (specified as the local time zone) and the exact time that the email is received by GPO’s

email server as the official time stamp for bid receipt at the specified location.

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SECTION 1. – GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

GPO CONTRACT TERMS

Any contract which results from this Invitation for Bid will be subject to the applicable provisions, clauses, and

supplemental specifications of GPO Contract Terms (GPO Publication 310.2, effective December 1, 1987 (Rev.

01-18)) and GPO Contract Terms, Quality Assurance Through Attributes Program for Printing and Binding (GPO

Publication 310.1, effective May 1979 (Rev. 09-19)).

GPO CONTRACT TERMS (GPO PUBLICATION 310.2)

https://www.gpo.gov/docs/default-source/forms-and-standards-files-for-vendors/contractterms2018.pdf.

GPO QATAP (GPO PUBLICATION 310.1)

https://www.gpo.gov/docs/default-source/forms-and-standards-files-for-vendors/qatap-rev-09-19.pdf.

SECURED HANDLING

The contractor shall not release, or sell, to any person any technical or other data received from the Government

under the contract; nor shall the contractor use the data for any purpose other than that for which it was provided

to the contractor under the terms of the contract.

Items produced under this contract identified as “Restricted Distribution” on the print order must be produced

under conditions requiring the following:

All data and any physical products are to be stored in a closed, secured area when not in use.

1. All data and any physical products to include masters, intermediates, proofs, stampers, replications, are to be

stored in a closed, secure area when not in use.

2. After production, all materials not delivered to the Government are destroyed by shredding, grinding, or any

method that will prevent disclosure of contents, or reconstruction of data.

3. All electronic data is to be handled on a secure system not connected to a network.

All electronic media provided by the Government, or any duplicates made by the contractor or their representatives,

must be kept accountable and under reasonable security to prevent their unauthorized release. Discs are not to be

duplicated in whole or part for any other purpose than to create material to be used in the performance of this

contract. All duplicate media shall be degaussed or securely overwritten and any printouts and nonerasable media

shall be destroyed by the contractor

SUBCONTRACTING

The predominant production function for this procurement is the replication of the CD/DVDs and Printing in

Quality Level III. It is important to note that the printing portion of this contract is as important as the disc replication

portion. Bidder who must subcontract either of these operations will be declared non-responsible.

Duplication of CD/DVD’s will not be acceptable.

QUALITY ASSURANCE LEVELS AND STANDARDS

The following levels and standards shall apply to these specifications:

Product Quality Levels:

(a) Printing (page related) Attributes – Level III

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(b) Finishing (item related) Attributes – Level III.

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Inspection Levels (from ANSI/ASQC Z1.4):

(a) Non-destructive Tests – General Inspection Level I.

(b) Destructive Tests – Special Inspection Level S-2.

Specified Standards: The specified standards for the attributes requiring them shall be:

Attribute

P-7. Type Quality and Uniformity

P-9. Solid and Screen Tint Color Match

Dimension in Publication

Specified Standard

Average Type Dimension in Publication/

Pantone Matching System/ Average Type

Dimension in Publication

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Prior to award, contractor may be required to provide information related to specific equipment that will be used

for production.

OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF CONTRACT

The Government has the option to extend the term of this contract for a period of 12 months by written notice to

the contractor not later than 30 days before the contract expires. If the Government exercises this option, the

extended contract shall be considered to include this clause, except, the total duration of the contract may not

exceed five (5) years (April 30, 2031) as a result of, and including, any extension(s) added under this clause.

Further extension may be negotiated under the “Extension of Contract Term” clause. See also “Economic Price

Adjustment” for authorized pricing adjustment(s).

EXTENSION OF CONTRACT TERM

At the request of the Government, the term of any contract resulting from this solicitation may be extended for

such period of time as may be mutually agreeable to the GPO and the contractor.

ECONOMIC PRICE ADJUSTMENT

The pricing under this contract shall be adjusted in accordance with this clause, provided that in no event will any

pricing adjustment be made that would exceed the maximum permissible under any law in effect at the time of the

adjustment. There will be no adjustment for orders placed during the first period specified below. Pricing will

thereafter be eligible for adjustment during the second and any succeeding performance period(s). For each

performance period after the first, a percentage figure will be calculated as described below and that figure will be

the economic price adjustment for that entire next period. Pricing adjustments under this clause are not applicable

to reimbursable postage or transportation costs, or to paper, if paper prices are subject to adjustment by separate

clause elsewhere in this contract.

For the purpose of this clause, performance under this contract will be divided into successive periods. The first

period will extend Date of Award to April 30, 2027, and the second and any succeeding period(s) will extend for

12 months from the end of the last preceding period, except that the length of the final period may vary. The first

day of the second and any succeeding period(s) will be the effective date of the economic price adjustment for

that period.

Pricing adjustments in accordance with this clause will be based on changes in the seasonally adjusted “Consumer

Price Index For All Urban Consumers – Commodities Less Food” (Index) published monthly in the CPI Detailed

Report by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The economic price adjustment will be the percentage difference between Index averages as specified in this

paragraph. An index called the variable index will be calculated by averaging the monthly Indexes from the

12-month interval ending three (3) months prior to the beginning of the period being considered for adjustment.

This average is then compared to the average of the monthly Indexes for the 12-month interval ending January

31, 2026, called the base index. The percentage change (plus or minus) of the variable index from the base index

will be the economic price adjustment for the period being considered for adjustment.

The Government will notify the contractor by contract modification specifying the percentage increase or

decrease to be applied to invoices for orders placed during the period indicated. The contractor shall apply the

percentage increase or decrease against the total price of the invoice less reimbursable postage or transportation

costs and separately adjusted paper prices. Payment discounts shall be applied after the invoice price is adjusted.

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