The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center has a requirement for the publication and distribution of a Civilian Enterprise (CE) requirement to produce: (1) A guide to be known as the Hawaii Newcomers Guide hereinafter referred to as the “Your Military in Hawaii Guide�. (2) A CD-ROM containing an electronic version of the Newcomers Guide hereinafter referred to as the CD-ROM Guide. Both publications will be civilian enterprise products published to provide US Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard members in Hawaii information about the mission of the their commands; commands, installations or community services available; local geography and history; and related information. These publications are subject to the requirements of the Department of Defense Instruction 5120.4 and the Secretary of the Navy Instruction 5720.44b and to the conditions and agreements contained in the Statement of Work. All proceeds from the sale of advertisements shall belong to the publisher, who shall look exclusively to such advertising for all publishing costs and profits, and shall constitute consideration. The requirement is for a minimum of 23,882 copies of the Newcomer guide and up to 12,500 copies of the CD-ROM Guides, delivered freight prepaid. The Newcomer guide shall be a minimum of 103 editorial pages with full color photographs and artwork about the installations and local area. All editorial pages will be in four-color. This does not include pages used for the telephone directory or advertising. The contract shall be for a base period of one (1) year and provides for four additional one year option periods for a total not to exceed five (5) years. It must be noted the CE contracts are not subject to Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), or the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), since they are based on an exception to the Government Printing and Binding Regulations published by the Congressional Joint Committee on Printing. All offerors will be required to submit a technical proposal and past performance information as part of the evaluation criteria. Issuance date of the solicitation is estimated as 31 March 2011 on the NECO web link at
[email protected]. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to review the referenced link frequently for updates to any and all documents. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). No paper copies of these documents will be issued. This solicitation is unrestricted under the NAICS code is 511120. Contractors wishing to do business with the Government must be registered in the CCR. Contractors may register in the CCR at www.ccr.com.