[How to Do Business with the GPO: A Guide for Contractors. Revised October 1970]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

how to do BUSINESS with the GPO
A GUIDE FOR CONTRACTORS
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVISED OCTOBER 1970


Foreword
“How to do Business with the GPO” was developed to assist commercial contractors in doing business with this Agency. This is particularly desirable since the institution of the Federal Printing Program by the Joint Committee on Printing, Congress of the United States, in which all printing determined to be commercially procurable shall be so procured and which introduces a new regional concept to decentralize printing procurement. This pamphlet describes the products that are purchased, outlines our procurement procedures, gives the locations of our procurement offices, and provides other useful information to assist potential suppliers.
The procurement policy of the Government Printing Office is to provide equal opportunities to all qualified business concerns to participate in supplying our requirements.
We encourage you to become one of our suppliers.
Public/Printer.
Contents
The Government Printing Office:	Page
Administration................................................ 1
Authority for existence....................................... 1
Mission....................................................... 1
Purchasing :
The advertisement............................................. 3
The specifications ........................................... 3
Brand name or equal........................................... 4
Basic principles of Government procurement.................... 4
Competitive bidding........................................... 4
Telegraphic bids.............................................. 5
Responsiveness of bids........................................ 5
Late bids..................................................... 5
Safeguarding of bids.......................................... 6
Rejection of individual bids.................................. 6
Errors in bids................................................ 6
Defaults...................................................... 7
Discounts..................................................... 7
Equally low bids.............................................. 7
Buy American Act.............................................. 8
Inspection and testing........................................ 8
Contract terms................................................ 8
Materials Purchased: Paper, envelopes, and containers............................... 9
Materials, equipment, supplies, and services.................. 9
Printing, Binding, and Blank Book work....................... 10
Sale of Surplus Equipment and Material: Equipment..................................................... 11
Scrap paper and materials..................................... 11
General: Printing items procured commercially.......................... 12
Material and supply items procured	commercially............... 12
A final word of advice........................................ 16
Location of Field Service Offices.........................Cover	3
Location of Printing Procurement Offices..................Cover	3
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The Government Printing Office
Administration
The Public Printer of the United States is responsible for the administration of the Government Printing Office. He is appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. He selects his own Deputy and administrative officials, all of whom are career Civil Service employees. He is responsible to the Joint Committee on Printing, which oversees the operations of the Office, and he is required by law to submit Annual Reports of the accomplishments of the Government Printing Office to the Congress.
Authority for Existence
Authority for the existence of the Government Printing Office is contained in title 44 of the United States Code. It was established on June 23, 1860, when James Buchanan was the 15th President of the United States. It became operational on March 4, 1861, the day of President Lincoln’s inauguration, when the Government purchased a fully equipped and staffed printing plant, located at North Capitol and H Streets, for the sum of SI35,000. Today it is a production complex of four buildings, consisting of approximately 32 acres of floor space and employing approximately' 8,500 workers. Also included in the Government Printing Office operation are five Field Service Offices located in other cities, a Departmental Service Office located in Washington, D.C. and Government Printing Office Regional Printing Procurement Offices.
Mission
The mission of the Government Printing Office is to provide the printing and binding services required by the Congress and the various Government departments in accordance with law and the Government Printing and Binding Regulations. In order to accomplish this mission, the Public Printer is required to have sufficient equipment and an adequate complement of trained graphic arts craft employees to meet the peakload requirements for the Congress, and the urgent needs of the departments. This printing and binding service covers all congressional work, the bulk of which is produced on very close schedules in order to meet “must” delivery dates.
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Besides providing the printing and binding for Congress, which has increased appreciably in the last ten years, it is necessary that a large part of the printing and binding for nearly 100 Federal departments, bureaus, and agencies be accomplished in the Government Printing Office. This includes classified printing, rush work, national emergency work, and jobs demanding a combination of operations not obtainable from commercial sources within the time allowed for delivery.
The production capability of the Government Printing Office is based on the long experience of the Public Printer and his production officials as to the needs of the Congress and the departments.
Manpower and machinery are maintained at a level which will assure that critical requirements of the Congress and departments are met. Except for our own production and a relatively small amount of printing and binding produced in our field plants, all other printing and binding ordered from the Government Printing Office is procured from commercial firms.
The value of our procurement activity during Fiscal 1970 exceeded $155.6 million. This consisted of 104,515 printing jobs, valued at $120.0 million, advertised to over 3,500 commercial firms located in 46 different States; expenditures of $4.2 million for materials and supplies; $26.2 million for blank paper and envelopes; $0.46 million for machinery and equipment; and $4.7 million for services, transportation, communications, and other incidentals.
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Purchasing
The Purchasing Division of the Government Printing Office is responsible for the contracting activities of the Central Office, ten Regional Printing Procurement Offices and the Departmental Service Office located in Washington, D.C. The Regional Printing Procurement Offices will be responsible, primarily, for the procurement of Federal printing requirements which originate or deliver in their respective regions. There are also five Field Service Offices located in five different cities which procure a limited amount of materials and supplies in their local areas. The addresses of both the Regional Printing Procurement Offices and the Field Service Offices are printed on the inside back cover of this pamphlet. Firms interested in supplying the needs of any of these offices are invited to contact the individual office.
The Advertisement
Invitations to bid are circulated as widely as possible, consistent with the nature of the requirement, the time available, and the quantity needed. They are mailed to firms appearing on appropriate established bidders’ mailing lists. All printing and binding procurements obtained through annual contracts and general procurements estimated to exceed the value of $5,000 are advertised in the Commerce Business Daily. Requirements for printing with limited delivery schedules, do not lend themselves to advertising in this manner.
Printed elsewhere in this pamphlet is a list, by title, of the products for which bidders’ mailing lists are maintained. Firms interested in supplying any of these products should submit a request for the following appropriate forms to either the Director of Purchases, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20401, or to any of the Offices listed on the inside back cover of this pamphlet: For paper, machinery, materials, equipment, and supplies, Standard Form 129 (Bidders’ Mailing List Application); for printing, binding, and blank book work, GPO Form 2524 (Commercial Contractors’ Equipment Questionnaire). When properly executed and returned firms will then be placed on appropriate bid lists for items they are able to supply.
The Specifications
When a contractor is invited to bid, he receives specifications covering our requirement, together with the papers on which the bid is to be sub
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mitted. A “specification” may be defined as a written statement of the technical details of a required article or service or, more simply, a description of exactly what is wanted. Specifications are required to state the needs of the Government in such terms as to permit full and free competition by all qualified and responsible bidders. Government Printing Office specifications, especially for the procurement of printing services and complicated machinery or special equipment, are prepared in a manner to furnish exact details of what is required.
Brand Name or Equal
The Government has the right to specify its needs, even though a manufacturer may be required to depart from his usual commercial standards in order to manufacture the article required under the specifications. In a few cases, the specifications may require the delivery of a certain patented or proprietary article, because nothing else will adequately meet the needs of the Government. In such instances, “Brand name or equal” may be specified. Generally, specifications cannot be prepared when: The construction or composition of the product to be procured is too technically involved; insufficient time exists to develop comprehensive specifications, or it is impracticable or uneconomical to prepare a specification. Bids offering products differing from the brand name called for in the invitation will be considered for award if the contracting officer determines that the offered products are equal in all material respects. Bids will not be rejected because of minor differences in design, construction, or features which do not affect the suitability of the products for their intended use.
Basic Principles of Government Procurement
When a manufacturer buys for his own business, he is concerned with obtaining a quality product, prompt delivery, and the most value for his money. The Government Printing Office is also concerned with these same basic purchasing considerations, including the maintenance of favorable supplier relationships.
There are however, certain differences in principles and procedures. The Government Printing Office usually buys for use and not resale. Our procurement is not motivated by profit and our procurement is subject to legal restrictions designed to safeguard the expenditure of public funds.
Competitive Bidding
The majority of all Government Printing Office procurements are obtained through competitive bidding procedures in accordance with the provisions of sections 3709 and 3710, Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5). Bids must be submitted on Government Printing Office forms when they are provided for that purpose. Bids must be mailed or delivered to the Govern
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ment Printing Office in sufficient time to be received prior to the hour and date set for the bid opening. Bids may be withdrawn any time prior to the bid opening but may not be withdrawn thereafter. Bidder’s Lists are reviewed periodically to add new names and delete the names of firms that have indicated no interest in bidding on our requirements. If for any reason a supplier does not wish to bid on a particular requirement he should, nevertheless, mail back the bid form, stating the reason thereon for his failure to bid. He will, by so doing, retain his firm’s name on future bid lists.
Telephone or Telegraphic Bids
As a general rule telephone or telegraphic bids will not be accepted, unless specifically invited. When such bids are authorized the bidder must include in the telegraphic bid specific reference to the invitation, the description of the item, the quantity and unit prices, the time and place of delivery, f.o.b. point, and a statement that bidder agrees to all the terms, conditions, and provisions of the invitation. Telephone or telegraphic bids must be confirmed by letter, or on bid forms when furnished, as soon as possible after submission of the telephone or telegraphic bid.
Responsiveness of Bid
To be considered for award, a bid must comply in all material respects with the invitation for bids, so that, both as to the method and timeliness of submission and as to the substance of any resulting contract, all bidders may stand on an equal footing and the integrity of the formal advertising system may be maintained.
Bids should be filled out, executed, and submitted in accordance with the instructions.
Late Bids
A late bid will be considered for award only when: (a) it is received before award; and either (b) it was sent by U.S. Mail and bears an official dated Post Office cancellation stamp made by the Post Office (and not the bidder) and it is determined that the lateness was due solely to a delay in the mails; or (c) it is sent by telegraph, if authorized, and it is determined that the lateness was due solely to a delay due to mishandling on the part of the Government Printing Office after being time stamped in by the Telephone and Communication Section.
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Safeguarding of Bids
Bids remain unopened, under lock and key, until the time specified for the opening and are then publicly opened and read. Bidders are invited to attend the opening of any requirement in which they are interested.
Rejection of Individual Bids
Any bid which fails to conform to the essential requirements of the specifications will be rejected as nonresponsive.
Ordinarily, a bid will be rejected where the bidder imposes conditions which would modify requirements of the invitation for bids or limit his liability so as to give him an advantage over other bidders. For example, bids will be rejected in which the bidder:
(1)	Attempts to protect himself against future changes in conditions such as increased costs, if total price to the Government cannot be determined for bid evaluation.
(2)	Fails to state a price, and states that price shall be “price in effect at time of delivery.”
(3)	States a price but qualifies such price as being subject to “price in effect at time of delivery.”
(4)	Where not authorized by the invitation, conditions or qualifies his bid by stipulating that the bid is to be considered only if, prior to date of award, bidder receives (or does not receive) award under a separate procurement.
(5)	Limits rights of Government under any contract clause. However a low bidder may be requested to delete objectionable conditions from his bid if these conditions do not go to the substance, as distinguished from the form of the bid. A condition goes to the substance of a bid where it affects price, quantity, quality, or delivery of the items ordered.
(6)	Any bid may be rejected if it is determined to be unreasonable in price.
Errors in Bids
It is a general rule in Government contracting that the Government is not responsible for errors in price made by the bidder, and special care should be given to the proper preparation of the bid. In cases of apparent mistakes and in cases where the contracting officer has reason to believe that a mistake has been made, however, he requests verification of the bid, calling attention to the suspected mistake. If the bidder alleges a mistake, he is requested to submit evidence that the mistake was actually made and the price that was intended. If the evidence is good and sufficient he may, under certain circumstances have his bid withdrawn from consideration
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for award by the Government Printing Office. If differences in bid prices are insufficient to put the contracting officer on notice that a mistake is possible, and award has been made, the contractor may be required to proceed with the order and he may then submit a claim to the Comptroller General of the United States for possible relief.
Defaults
The contractors performance consists mainly in delivering the required articles at the specified time and place. His failure to deliver or perform as specified in the contract constitutes default. In case of default the contracting officer may by written notice terminate the contractor’s right to proceed either with the contract as a whole or with the part which is in default. After issuing such notice the product may be purchased elsewhere, with all additional cost chargeable to the defaulting contractor, if the default is found to be not excusable.
Discounts
The Government Printing Office finds it administratively impossible to settle all outstanding accounts within less than 20 days. We do not consider discounts for payment in less than 20 days when bids are evaluated to determine the lowest overall price. In any case the offered discount shall form a part of the award, whether or not such discount was considered in the evaluation, and such discount will be taken if payment is actually made within the offered discount period.
Equally Low Bids
In the event of equally low bids, taking into consideration cost of transportation, cash discount, and any other factors for consideration, preference will be given as follows:
(1)	Persistent labor surplus area concerns that are also small business concerns.
(2)	Other persistent labor area concerns.
(3)	Substantial labor surplus area concerns that are also small business concerns.
(4)	Other substantial labor surplus area concerns.
(5)	Other small business concerns.
(6)	Other concerns.
If the application of this formula still does not result in breaking the tie, award will be determined by the drawing of lots.
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Buy American Act
In acquiring end products, the Buy American Act provides that the Government give preference to domestic source end products. A domestic end product is an unmanufactured end product which has been mined or produced in the United States or an end product manufactured in the United States if the cost of its components which are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its components. In evaluating bids on which both domestic and foreign products are offered 6 percent will be added to the foreign bid prices or 12 percent if the domestic product bidder is a small business or located in a labor surplus area.
Inspection and Testing
Suppliers doing business with the Government Printing Office should realize that the supplies, equipment, and commodities they offer will be inspected before acceptance. This action is legally required because the Government must be assured that the items offered meet each technical requirement of the specifications and other terms of the contract. If the items are rejected, the supplier’s invoice will not be paid. Inspection includes required chemical, operational, and functional tests.
Suppliers should also remember that a record of their performance is a part of the contract file. Rejections, late deliveries, and other failures of performance under a contract are noted in the record. This record is reviewed by contracting officers before new awards are made and has a direct bearing on whether the supplier will be considered for any future awards.
Contract Terms
The Government Printing Office has issued “U.S. Government Printing Office Contract Terms No. 1” (GPO Form No. 198), a copy of which is sent to all prospective bidders. The important contractual provisions contained therein become part of all contracts by reference in the bid papers.
The contents of this document govern the relationship between the Government Printing Office and the contractor regarding purchase orders, specifications, performance, delivery and payments, and other subjects of concern to both parties, and should be read carefully and retained for future reference. The necessity to become fully conversant with the provisions of Contract Terms No. 1 cannot be over-emphasized. Failure to do so can result in needless and costly errors being made by the contractor.
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Materials Purchased
Paper, Envelopes, and Containers
The Government Printing Office procures all blank paper, envelopes, newsprint, containers, binding materials, and other items used in its operation. Some of these items are furnished to other Government agencies and to commercial printers engaged in contract printing. Approximately 90 percent of our blank paper and envelopes are purchased by the use of term contracts. Term contracts are established for the following periods of time:
Blank Paper—3-month contracts; commencing February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1 of each year.
Envelopes—6-month contracts, commencing February 1 and August 1 of each year.
Containers—6-month contracts, commencing January 1 and July 1 of each year.
Newsprint—12-month contracts, commencing January 1 of each year.
Standard samples of the various types and qualities of paper used are available, and supplemental detailed specifications are furnished with the invitation for bid.
Paper, envelopes, and containers are normally procured through competitive bidding, but small requirements may be procured by informal purchase. These are special items procured for specific individual needs not applicable to the contracts. Specifications are developed for each item as the need occurs. Firms interested in bidding on the items described above should submit a properly executed Bidders’ Mailing List Application, indicating thereon the type or class of items in which they are interested. During Fiscal 1970 purchases in these categories were as follows: Paper by pounds, 155,702,679, paper by sheets, 29,412,681; envelopes, 228,875,315; and containers, 3,422,883.
Materials, Equipment, Supplies, and Services
Items generally in these categories are procured through competitive bidding. Exceptions are: Materials available from contracts established by the General Services Administration, available for use by all Government agencies; items for which there is a specific need, and for which no substitute can be accepted, or items having only one source of supply. Such items are procured on a proprietary basis.
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Small requirements of standardized products (shelf items), that are available on the market at modest dollar-cost, are normally procured on an informal basis. Several sources of supply, if available, are checked to insure procurement on terms most beneficial to the Office.
Firms interested in bidding on items in this category must submit Bidder’s Mailing List Application, indicating thereon the items they are interested in supplying.
Printing, Binding and Blank Book Work
During Fiscal 1970 the procurement of printing, binding, and blank book work from the 3,500 pi inting firms on our bid lists amounted to 104,515 orders, valued at approximately $120.0 million. This category consists of hot- and cold-type composition; printing by letterpress, offset, silkscreen, flat-sheet and rotary gravure; and binding and necessary finishing operations. Individual products procured in connection with our printing procurement operation are listed by category elsewhere in this publication.
As a general rule, composition is procured on a contract separate from the printing and binding contract. If a job is not too large, however, it may be bid in the aggregate, requiring the contractor to have the type set. It may then be run by the contractor from the type itself or by any other method of his choice. On the greater majority of our work, reproducibles are available and are furnished to the contractor.
A large volume of our work is produced by commercial contractors on contracts established for a yearly term. This type of contract is particularly adaptable for items of a repetitive nature such as recurring issues of periodicals, pamphlets, forms, or printing of a specialty nature such as snap-out forms and marginally punched continuous forms.
Firms interested in becoming suppliers for any of the items listed should submit a properly executed GPO Form 2524, Commercial Contractors Equipment Questionnaire, indicating all of the categories in which they are interested and equipped to manufacture.
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Sale of Surplus Equipment and Material
Equipment
As a general rule, the Government Printing Office offers unserviceable or surplus equipment for outright sale, or for trade-in if new equipment is being purchased. If the equipment is considered to have no sale value, however, it is broken up and sold as scrap metal. In any event the competitive bid process is utilized. When sale is contemplated and new equipment is being procured, bids are invited from both new equipment suppliers and used equipment dealers. The greatest overall return to the Government is then considered in determining the final disposition of the equipment.
Specifications are prepared for each disposal, including the following: Description of the equipment, including age and condition; serial number; date of availability; method of removal; and terms of payment. All equipment is available for bidders’ inspection prior to the submission of his bid.
Sale of Scrap
During Fiscal 1970 the Government Printing Office disposed of 20,855,020 pounds of waste paper; 496,580 pounds of scrap iron; 497,553 pounds of scrap type metal and dross, and 26,669 pounds of scrap film. All sales were made by competitive bidding.
Bidders’ mailing lists are maintained of the various classes and types of machinery, equipment, scrap metal, scrap film, damaged or surplus paper, and other scrap products. Bidders’ Mailing List Application, indicating the categories interested in, must be filed for placement on these bid lists.
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General
Printing Items Procured Commercially
Acetate printing Addressing and mailing Aniline printing Art work Bags Binders
Binding Blank books Blueprints Books Boxes Briefs (law) Brochures Bronzing Bumper stickers Carbonless forms Calculators Calendars Car cards Case binding Catalogs Charts Coin wrappers Checks Coatings
Composition (English and foreign hot and cold)
Continuous forms Counter displays Coupon books Decalcomanias Die cutting Displays Electrotypes Embossing Engraving Envelopes
Fan folds
File folders
Filing devices
Finishing
Flight strips Foil printing Gravure (flat bed and rotary)
Gumming and strip gumming
Hectographs
IBM Selectric composition Imprinting
Labels
Laminating
Letterpress printing (black and color)
Lithographic printing (black and color)
Loose leaf products Magazines
Maps
Marginally punched continuous forms
Mats
Mechanical binders Microfilming Multilith masters Multilith printing Music printing Mylar printing News, rotary and flat Optical scanning forms Offset printing Paint chips Pamphlets Perfect binding
Photo-composition Photoengraving Photogelatin printing Photostats
Plastic laminating
Plastic plates Platemaking Posters
Presentation folders
Reproduction proofs Rotary web printing Ruling
Rulers
Safety paper printing Salesbooks
Seals
Sequential cards
Signs
Silk screen printing
Snapouts, flat and rotary
Stamps
Stencils
Tabulating cards
Tags
Telephone books Thermography Tickets
Time cards
Tinting
Tracing paper Transparencies Twenty-four sheet posters Varitype composition Varnishing
Vinyl printing
W-2 tax forms
Wax carbon forms
Material and Supply Items Procured Commercially
Acetate, cellulose Acetate, emulsion, (polyvinyl)
Acetate, ethyl
Acid, acetic
Acid, chromic
Acid, fatty, (aliphat)
Acid, nitric
Acrylic, emulsion Adhesive, asphalt Adhesive, casing-in Adhesive, hot melt
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Adhesive, remoistenable, resinous
Adhesive, wrapping machine
Aerosol, EG
Agitators
Air conditioning equipment
Albumen, egg
Alcohol, isopropyl Alcohol, poly hydric Aluminum oxide Aluminum roll leaf 2-amino-2-methyl-1 -propanol
Anode, copper Antimony metal Anti-skinning spray Artist’s supplies Automotive parts Backing, saber tooth perforation
Bags, cushioned, shipping Ballasts, lighting, fluorescent
Bases, magnesium Batteries, storage Bearings, ball, roller and sleeve
Belting, canvas
Belting, conveyor
Belting, leather
Belting, V, for linotype machines
Belts, composition Benches, steel, work Benzoate sodium UPS Benzol technical Binders, loose leaf Bisulphite sodium, photographic
Bits, router
Blankets, cork molding
Blankets, offset and letterpress
Blankets, web offset Blankets, 300-line halftone Blinds, Venetian Blocking wood Blowers
Board, mat
Board, overlay
Board, wall, masonite Bottles, ink.
Boxes, casting
Brass, bar, rod or sheet Brass, photoengraving Bricks
Bronze, bar, rod Brushes, carbon Brushes, collector Brushes, fountain Brushes, glue Brushes, paint Brushes, wire drawn Brushes, rubber bound Brushes, type cleaning Brushes, twisted wire Brushes, white Tampico fiber
Buckram, bookbinding Building supplies
Butyrate, cellulose acetate Cabinets, steel, all types Cable, electrical Cable, elevator Cameras, industrial Cameras, printing frames Cans, ink Cans, safety Canvas
Caps, plastic, bottle Carbon black
Carbons, photographic Carriers, document, pneumatic tube
Cartons, shipping Casters, truck Castings, iron Ceiling tile Cellulose, ethyl Chain, roller Chain, sprocket Chairs
Chairs, posture type Chargers, battery Chases
Chloride, ammonium
A purified Chloride, ferric Chloride, methylene tech.
grade
Chloride, stannous ACS Chlorothene, inhibited Cinder blocks Circuit breakers Cleaner, press rollers Cleaners, vacuum Cloth, backlining Cloth, book
Cloth, cotton
Cloth, drop, canvas and plastic
Cloth, gummed
Cloth, Holland
Cloth, sign
Cloth, tracing blue Colors, dyes and toners Color key and developer Compound, rubber tile Compound, ink, heatset Compressors
Conduit
Containers, metal Converters
Conveyors, lowerators Conveyors, trimmer Controllers, starters, switches
Controls, registration Copper, bars, rods and sheets Copper, photoengraving Counters, magnetic and mechanical
Cranes
Cutters, circular
Cutters, strap, steel
Cutters, paper Dandy rolls Dehumidifiers Demineralizers Densitometers Developers, photographic Diethylbenzene Diffusers
Disinfectant
Dispensers, gummed tape
Dispensers, roll film Dockboards
Doors, hollow metal, fireproof
Doors, rolling, steel
Doors, traffic, plastic and rubber
Drafting equipment Drawsheeting, Spherekote Dressing, belt
Drier, cobalt
Drier, ink regulator
Drier, paste Drilling, drab Drills, mechanical Dri-Spray units for presses Duck, cotton
Electrical supplies, general
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Eliminators, static	Gloves, work	Leaf, rolled, aluminum,
Emblems, award pins, etc.	Glue, animal and bone	gold, bronze
Equipment, cafeteria	Glue, case sealing	Leather, cowhide, oasis,
Equipment, drying, offset	Glue, fish	and goatskin
Equipment, electronic	Glue, ground	Lexide, book binding
Equipment, electroplating	Glycerine	Lifts, paper roll and skid
Equipment, hospital and	Glycol, diethylene	Lifts, tail gate
surgical	Glycol, hexylene	Lithographic equipment
Equipment, laboratory	Glycol, octylene	Locks, signature chain
Equipment, materials	Glyoxal	Lockers, steel
handling	Gold, bronze	Lubricators
Etch, Dow	Gold, deep, glossy	Lumber
Etching powder	Gold, leaf	Machines:
Etch, lithengrave	Goldenplast	Banding & wrapping
Ether, diethylene glycol	Grease, anhydrous	Beveling
monobutyl	Grinders, bench and drill	Book covering
Ether, ethylene glycol	Gum, wool, lithographic	Book stitching
monoethyl	Baume	Book trimming
Fabric, pyroxylin impreg-	Guns, spray	Gasemaking
nated	Hardware, miscellaneous	Casting
Fabric, pyroxylin coated	Hauling, refuse and general	Cloth cutting
box grain	Headbands	Collating
Fabricators	Hoists, chain	Corner cutting
Fans, ventilating	Hoisting and rigging	Dampening roller cutting
Fasteners, metal file	services	Etching
Felt, white, woven	Hooks and eyelets, for	Eyeletting
Felt, molding	calendar board	Floor polishing
Felt, roofing	Hoses, metal, flexible, and	Floor sanding
Felt, stereotype gummed	fire	Folding
Ferricyanide, potassium	Hubs, truck, retreaded	Gathering
Fiber	Humidifiers	Glueing
Film, cronar	Hydromixer	Jogging
Film, photographic	Incinerators, relining and	Labeling
Filters, air conditioning	repairing	Laminating
Fire extinguishers	Indicators, static	Mailing
Fire protection equipment	Industrial truck	Mat trimming
Fixtures, fluorescent	Inks, all types	Nipping
Fixtures, lighting	Installation, rugs	Numbering
Flannel, lithographic	Integrators, light	Paper counting
Fleshers, sheep	Jacks, hydraulic	Paper cutting
Flooring, wood	Janitor supplies	Paper drilling
Flour, soft winter wheat	Kettle, steam	Perforating
Foil, tin	Knives, cutting machine	Photocomposing
Fountains, drinking	Knives, resharpening	Pipe threading
Frames, printing and vac-	Knives, shoe	Plate curving
uum	Laboratory supplies	Platemaking
Freon, dichlorodifluro-	Laces, shoe	Punching
methane	Laketine	Roll gold cutting
Furniture, office	Lampblack	Roller casting
Gages, pressure	Lamps, tire and printing	Roughing and shaving
Galleys, type	Lathes	Routing
Gears	Laundry service	Scrubbing
Glass, linex	Lavatory equipment	Sewing
Glass, window & plate	Lead	Sheet metal forming
Glasses, optical, safety	Lead antimony	Sheeting
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Machines—Continued	Paper, mono keyboard	Scorchers for stereotype
Slitting and rewinding	Paper, photographic	mats
Slug casting	Paper, printing	Sealer, floor
Stamping	Paper, tracing	Seals, lead, wire, and
Stapling	Paper, Tympan	aluminum
Stencil cutting	Paper, Van Dyke	Sesquisilicate, sodium,
Strapping	Partitions, metal	granular
Tape sealing	Partitions, steel toilet	Sewer cleaning equipment
Tipping	Partitions, woven wire	Shavers, rotary
Trimmer, metal saw	Parts, Intertype and Lino-	Sheaves
Tying	type	Sheet, metal
Typecasting	Pasting equipment	Sheets, polished Matte
Typesetting	Pens, ballpoint	layout
Waxing	Phosphor, zinc orthosilicate	Shellac
Welding	Pipe, galvanized, glass,	Shelving, metal
Magnesium (plate)	steel	Shower heads
Masters, coated	Plates, printing	Sinks, photographic and
Mats, dry	Plexiglass	lavatory
Mats, stereotype, no-pack	Plumbing supplies	Skid turners
Material, bookbinding	Plywood	Skids, wooden
Material, makeready	Polyfibron, blanket face	Skivers, leather
Material, matrix	and back	Sleeves, Molleton
Mats, floor, rubber	Posts and screws, metal	Soap, liquid
Medical supplies	Pots, glue and melting	Sodium, sesquisilicate
Metal, typecasting	Presses, molding	granular
Metal, galv. sheeting	Presses, printing	Solenoids
Methocel	Presses, punching	Solutions, anti-static
Mixers, paste	Presses, signature	Solutions, offset process
Moisteners, label	Pulleys	Solvents
Molds, ingot casting	Pumps, barrel	Space bands
Molds, monotype, new,	Pumps, centrifugal	Sponges
rebuilt	Pumps, gasoline dispensing	Spray, anti-skinning
Molleton (seamol)	Pumps, ink	Sprockets, wheel
Motors, electric	Pumps, rotary	Stamps, rubber
Needles, industrial sewing	Pumps, vacuum	Starters, motor
machine	Punches, plastic binding	Steel, misc.
Oakite compound	gang	Steel, stainless
Oil, castor	Quoins and quoin keys	Stencils
Oil, cottonseed	Ramps, loading, adjustable	Sticks, cutting
Oil, lard	Reducers, speed	Sticks, job
Oil, linseed	Ribbons, office machines	Stones, imposing
Oil, mineral	Rods, welding	Strapping, steel
Oil, paraffine	Roller, press, new	Strings, tag
Oil of sassafras	Roller, press, recovering	Suckers, rubber
Oil, lubricating	Rope, hoisting	Super
Packing	Rosin	Switches, electric, micro
Pads, steel wool	Rubber, Buna N	Switchboards, electric
Paints Pallet racks	Rubber, foam	Syrup, white corn Tables, miscellaneous
Pallets, bookbinders	Rules, brass, steel and	Tags, shipping
Panels, electrical switch	perforating	Tanks, acid and chemical
Paper, abrasive, floor	Saws, wood and metal	Tanks, electrotyping
surfacing	cutting	Tanks, mopping
Paper, garnet	Scales	Tape, acetate,
Paper, keyboard and casting	Screens, line, for offset	gummed
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Tape, masking
Tape, press and folder
Tape, pressure sensitive
Tape, transparent
Terpioneol
Testers, paper stiffness
Thread, cotton and nylon
Ties, baling, steel wire
Tile, accoustical
Tile, floor, asphalt and vinyl
Timers, miscellaneous
Tin antimony alloy
Tin, pig
Tinsel
Tires and wheels, industrial truck
Tires, retreading, new Toggle hooks
Toluene
Tools, hand
Tools, machine and pneumatic
Torches, cutting and welding
Towels, paper
Towels, wiping, litho Training aids
Transformers
Transistors
Trays, photographic T ric hloroethylene 1,1,1 -trichloroethane Trisodium phosphate Trucks, industrial electric Trucks, form, hand, mop, galley
Tubes, electronic
Tubes, mailing
Tubing, copper and brass
Tubing, bushing or bearing stock
Tubing, rubber Tubs, paper
Twine, cotton wrapping Twine, flax and jute Type, printing
Valves, air, angle, check, gate, globe, etc.
Valves, automatic temperature control
Valves, flush and pressure
Varnish, alkyd
Varnish, heatset and litho
Varnish, magazine, offset Vehicles, automotive Vellum
Vinylite
Vises
Wallboard
Wash, blanket and roller
Wax, miscellaneous and Candelilla
Welding equipment and supplies
Welding rods, electrode
Wheels, buffing
Wheels, grinding, abrasive
Whirler, plate Wipes, Webril Wire, binding Wire, stitching Wire, electrical and miscellaneous
X-ray equipment and supplies
Xylol
A Final Word of Advice
The Government Printing Office offers fair and impartial treatment to all suppliers who are honest in their efforts to furnish the required quality and quantity of goods in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract. It is important to us that our contracting personnel give their full support and cooperation to achieve a better understanding of contractual responsibilities. It is equally important that both buyer and seller have appreciation and respect for each other’s rights and privileges in order to carry on a satisfactory working relationship.
Some businessmen believe that Government contracts are a paternalistic refuge from the ills of normal commercial dealings. The Government can be, and usually is, strict in its enforcement of contract terms. On the other hand, the Government’s demand for full performance on its contracts and specifications is not necessarily severe. Thousands of small business firms obtain Government contracts and continue to seek them because profits and contract relationships have proved to be mutually satisfactory.
We again invite you to become one of our contractors and hope this pamphlet will make it easier for you to do so.
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FIELD SERVICE OFFICE ADDRESSES:
Chicago:
U.S. Government Printing Office,
Field Service Office,
Main Post Office Building, Room 300-A,
433 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607.
Denver:
U.S. Government Printing Office,
Field Service Office,
Building 52, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225.
New York:
U.S. Government Printing Office,
Field Service Office,
341 Ninth Avenue, 6th Floor,
New York, New York 10001.
San Francisco:
U.S. Government Printing Office, Field Service Office, 49 Fourth Street, Basement, San Francisco, California 94103.
Seattle:
U.S. Government Printing Office, Field Service Office, 2430 Fourth Avenue South, Seattle, Washington 98134.
Contractors located in these areas, and wishing to supply field service requirements should contact the field service managers at the above locations.
REGIONAL PRINTING PROCUREMENT OFFICE ADDRESSES:
Atlanta:
U.S. Government Printing Office, Regional Printing Procurement Office, 900 Peachtree NE.,
Room 435,
Atlanta, Georgia 30309.
Telephone: 526-3666.
Boston:
U.S. Government Printing Office, Regional Printing Procurement Office, JFK Federal Building,
Room 2003F,
Boston, Mass. 02203.
Telephone: 223-7566.
Chicago:
U.S. Government Printing Office,
Regional Printing Procurement Office, 433 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607.
Telephone: 353-2943.
Dallas:
U.S. Government Printing Office, Regional Printing Procurement Office, Room 1804—Davis Building, 1309 Main Street,
Dallas, Texas 75202.
Telephone: 749-3111.
Denver:
U.S. Government Printing Office, Regional Printing Procurement Office, Building 52, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225.
Telephone: 233-3611, ext. 8811.
Los Angeles:
U.S. Government Printing Office, Regional Printing Procurement Office, Federal Office Building, Room 8037, 300 N. Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California 90012.
Telephone: 688-2580.
Philadelphia:
U.S. Government Printing Office, Regional Printing Procurement Office. Federal Office Building #6, 5000 Wissahickon Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 19144.
Telephone: 848-5658.
St. Louis:
U.S. Government Printing Office, Regional Printing Procurement Office. U.S. Court and Customs House, 1114 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63101.
Telephone: 622-4371.
San Francisco:
U.S. Government Printing Office, Regional Printing Procurement Office. 49 Fourth Street, Basement, San Francisco, California 94103.
Telephone: 556-5356.
Seattle:
U.S. Government Printing Office, Regional Printing Procurement Office, 2430 Fourth Avenue South, Seattle, Washington 98134.
Telephone: 583-7744.