Title: Lindbergh Link Newsletter and Lindbergh Schools Registration Mailer Printing and Mailing

Deadline: 1/31/2022 4:30 PM   (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

Status: Awarded

Description:

• Page size = 23” X 12” Dimensions are approximate and depend on vendor capabilities - 1 of these pages
• Folded into 4 pages
• Full color printing throughout
• Paper = Newsprint

Spring newsletter: Paper and printing specifications are as follows:

• Page size = 23” X 12” Dimensions are approximate and depend on vendor capabilities - 2 of these pages
• Folded into 8 pages
• Full color printing throughout
• Paper = Newsprint

Registration Postcard Mailer: The selected vendor will also print the required number of copies of the district’s annual registration postcard mailer, which is sent in January of each year. For purposes of this RFP, assume a unit count of 3,100 for each printing for the mailer.

Paper and printing specifications as follows for registration mailer:

• Size = 6” x 9”
• Color Laser Printing
• Duplex Print
• 100# Gloss Cover
• Full Bleed
• Variable Data Print (Address, Sort, and Prepare per USPS Standards)

Mailing: Link Newsletters: The selected vendor will ensure the newsletters are properly prepared for mailing and mailed in accordance with the deadlines established by Lindbergh Schools.

Single-family homes, apartment residents, and businesses within the district will receive newsletters, with mailing areas corresponding to district boundaries utilizing the following six zip codes: 63126, 63127, 63026 (partial), 63128 (partial), 63123 (partial) and 63122 (partial). For a detailed map of district boundaries, please visit go.lindberghschools.ws/map.

Registration Postcard Mailer: For the January registration mailer, the vendor will create a mailing list based on the 6 zip codes listed above, including all families with children ages 4-5, and all families with children ages 13-14.

Lindbergh Schools will provide the selected vendor with a list of addresses for currently enrolled district families, which will be removed from the database that is obtained by the vendor. This is to ensure that the postcard is only mailed to families who are not currently enrolled in the district.

Postage Indicia: For all projects listed above, Lindbergh Schools would like to use the vendor’s postage indicia. Vendor will be in charge of mailing list certification, tabbing, addressing and routing to USPS.

Please include answers to the following questions:

1. What is the cost to make copy changes before printing? If the charges are incurred on a page-by-page basis, please indicate the cost for making changes per page.
2. What is the cost to make copy changes after film/plates are made? If the charges are incurred on a page-by-page basis, please indicate the cost for making changes per page.
3. Lindbergh Schools prefers to receive digital proofs. Please outline your approval process and any associated costs that are applicable.
4. Does your quote include delivery of excess newsletters to Lindbergh Schools after mailing? If not, what is the cost? For purposes of this RFP, please assume that Lindbergh Schools would like 50-100 extra copies of each project.
5. Is any part of this job subcontracted? If so, please include the name and address of the contractor.

Please provide your production schedule:

Once the file is received from Lindbergh Schools, please indicate your schedule for the following:

• # of days for proof:
• # of days for print/final:

Location information

Please state the location of where pre-press/press work is done and the number of miles from Lindbergh Schools Central Office location (9350 Sappington Road, St. Louis, MO 63126).

Deadline for Proposals

Interested parties should submit a proposal with answers to the above listed questions by Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, at 4:30 p.m.

Questions

Questions may be directed through the Lindbergh Schools Vendor Registry on or before Wednesday, Jan. 26. Questions and answers are visible to all vendors who view the solicitation. 

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