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Amendment 0001 published date is July 28, 2023

Solicitation Issuance Date: July 13, 2023

Offerors must provide attendees names and information necessary for the site visits in Washington, DC and Stennis, MS by July 18, 2023, 11:00 am EDT (see details below and in Section L)

Mandatory in-person Site visits to Washington, DC and Stennis, MS and Pre-proposal conference dates are:

•Washington, DC - August 8 and August 9, 2023, start visit time is 08:00 am EDT (see Section L fordetails)•Stennis, MS - August 10 and 11, 2023, start visit time is 08:00 am CDT (see Section L for details)

Closing Date/Time for Offeror Questions: August 15, 2023, 02:00 pm EDT

Closing Date/Time for Receipt of Proposals: August 30, 2023, 02:00 pm EDT

The United States Government Publishing Office (GPO) is seeking proposals to purchase twelve-unit (6 front, 6 back) sheet-fed offset presses (SFOP) and associated services to support the Security and Intelligent Documents Division (SID) of the Government Publishing Office customers. The equipment, supplies and services must be placed against the contract in accordance with the Material Management Acquisition Regulation (MMAR). GPO anticipates a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) type contract with economic price adjustment (EPA) consistent with the Materials Management Acquisition Regulation (MMAR) 16.203. The Government intends to award one contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the Government after evaluation in accordance with the factors as set forth in this solicitation in accordance with MMAR 15. The Government also reserves the right not to award a contract in response to this solicitation. The procurement will utilize a Best Value Tradeoff process set forth in MMAR 15.101-1. Offerors must clearly review Sections L and M of this RFP. Section L, Instructions to Offerors, of the RFP sets forth all instructions for the preparation and submission of required proposal contents. Prospective offerors must submit the list of people for the mandatory site visits, and questions by the deadlines identified above to Andrew Lewis at email: alewis@gpo.gov and cc: Nataliya Holl at email: nholl@gpo.gov. Prospective offerors must follow the instructions to submit the proposals specified in Section L. Section M states the criteria by which proposals will be evaluated.

This RFP can be viewed and downloaded from www.sam.gov. GPO bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Further, be aware that amendments to the solicitation are occasionally issued and will be posted on www.sam.gov. GPO advises interested parties to regularly check the www.sam.gov for amendments.

Failure to comply with submission dates will deem the submission unacceptable, and proposals will not be reviewed or evaluated.

Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (“SAM”) database prior to award at www.sam.gov.

This RFP in no way obligates GPO to award a contract, nor does it commit GPO to pay any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of a proposal. Award of a contract under this RFP is subject to availability of funds and other internal GPO approvals.