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<br /> 2401 Mounds View Boulevard <br />Mounds View, MN 55112-1499 <br />763.717.4045 <br /> <br />March 14, 2017 <br />Request for Proposal/Quote <br />City Newsletter: Printing & Distribution <br /> <br />Background: <br /> City is looking to improve look, function, costs, and efficiency in distribution. <br /> Improve distribution so all residents are getting the City newsletter including all individual mail boxes in <br />apartment buildings and all businesses. <br /> Optimize paper weight and page count with refolding and stickers to allow for USPS Letter instead of Flat <br />rate and facilitation of placement in apartment unit individual mail boxes. <br /> We will drop all existing advertisers, as this is insignificant for our purposes. <br /> Goal is to make entire newsletter not as static, will consist of more current articles to be written by City <br />staff. <br /> Current layout software is Microsoft Publisher 2016. Please advise if this is acceptable for digital file <br />delivery. <br /> <br />Scope of services requested: <br /> Cost to Print per indicated specifications <br /> Cost of Delivery per indicated specifications <br /> Cost of à la carte services offered by company (layout, editing, copywriting, design, article writing, etc.). <br />Please provide an explanation of how you address layout, style, grid, color theme. (How does it work and <br />what is the cost?) <br /> <br />Print Specifications: <br /> Description: 8- or 12-page quarterly newsletter <br /> Size: 8- or 12-page, finished sized 8-1/4" x 10-3/4" to trim bleed <br /> Paper: 70# Endeavor Velvet Book <br /> Ink: 4-color process, 2 sides, bleed both sides <br /> File: Microsoft Publisher 2016 or PDF files by FTP <br /> Proofs: Color laser proof <br /> Quantity: 5700 <br /> Bindery: Fold, staple and carton pack <br /> Shipping: Include local delivery of 5500 to mail house, with 200 delivered to City of Mounds View <br /> <br />Delivery Specifications: <br /> Quantity 5500: Refolded to 5.5" x 8.5" for mailing <br /> Wafer seal to meet USPS Letter-Size Booklet-Type Mailpiece regulations <br /> Purchase Mailing List. Delivery to all addresses in Mounds View including Single Family, Multi-Unit, and <br />Business. <br /> Inkjet label; include exceptional address format, such as “John Doe or Current Resident” to meet USPS <br />Move Update standard <br /> CASS Summary Report <br /> Postal Drop <br /> Postage USPS Standard Mail, Letter rate