National Cancer Institute, Research Contracts Branch, Office of the Chief, 6120 Executive Blvd, EPS/602, MSC 7222, Bethesda MD 20892-7222

T -- PRINT 28 PAGE TEXT ENTITLED: ''THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, HOW IT WORKS'' SOL NCI-CO-65610-71 DUE 032796 POC Diane Stalder, Procurement Technician, 301/496-8628. 17. Title: ''The Immune System, how it works''. 28 page text plus a separate 4 page cover. Single award for a fixed-price contract. Reference GPO publication 310.1 for attribute requirements. Quantity, 300,000 copies and the final films used in the production of printing. Trim size, 5-7/8'' x 9-1/8'' saddle wire stitch binding along the 9-1/8'' dimension. Proofs, one set of composed laminated (Matchprint or equal) proofs of all the ''process pages'', color key proofs of the covers and text pages, ruled to show press signature imposition, and two sets of dylux proofs with all elements in the proper position, folded and trimmed to final size. Ink draw downs of the gray ink (''special match'', dull finish) on the proposed cover stock shall also be provided with the proofs. Paper, Covers- 80 lb. white #1 dull finish cover, target brightness of 87. Text- 80 lb. white #1 dull finish text, target brightness of 87. 4 color process, PMS 109 (yellow) PMS 179 (Red), PMS 319 (Blue), PMS 320 (Blue) and a ''special match'' dull finish gray ink. The contractor shall also build 2 additional colors (403 and 466) from tints and solids of the process colors for the text portion of the publication. Inks shall contain minimum percentages of vegetable oil in compliance with federal procurement mandates as follows: Heat-set litho/10%, sheet-fed litho/20%, forms/20%. Coating, Spot gloss (or aqueous coat) and spot dull finish varnish outside covers 1-4 only. Spot gloss varnish the illustrations within the text pages. Margins, bleeds follow trim marks on furnished camera copy. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency. NO collect calls will be accepted See Numbered Note(s): 1. (0037)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0085 19960207\T-0002.SOL)