U.S. Government Printing Office Needs 350,934 National Detainee Handbooks Printed by 29 April 2011
April 19th, 2011Update: U.S. Government Printing Office Deletes Solicitation Page and “Jacket Number” Specification Document
I thought that might happen, but not after just a few minutes.
So:
Here’s a screenshot of www.gpo.gov/gpo/bidopps/bidopps.action?region=chicago before it was taken down:
GPO Solicitation for Hundreds of Thousands of National Detainee Handbooks Needed by 29 April
It’s also still visible in Google cache as of this writing.
And here’s a Cryptogon mirror of the Jacket Number: 735-412/413 document.
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Ok, probably nothing, maybe something.
The U.S. Government needs 350,934 National Detainee Handbooks printed by 29 April 2011. Here’s a 2007 English version of the National Detainee Handbook. I don’t know if that’s the same document as what has been ordered below.
The GPO solicitation went out on 18 April and the handbooks must be delivered by 29 April. Is eleven days a short time for something like this? I have no idea, but clicking on “Jacket Number: 735-412/413” brings up a specification document, which states the following:
TIME CRITICAL:
Notify Ron Boyum at 312-353-3916 x 17 or at rboyum@gpo.gov of the delivery status in the morning 2 days prior to the first shipment to meet the at destination delivery date. [sic]This is a time-critical order. For the purpose of this contract, the provision in GPO Contract Terms Pub. 310.2 (Rev. 6-01) for schedule extensions does not apply. No automatic extensions of schedules will be made. All interested contractors must commit to the original schedule. Shipments must be made by a carrier that will guarantee delivery at destination within the specified schedule. Carrier’s “targets” in lieu of “guaranteed” deliveries will not be acceptable.
They seem pretty serious about needing the handbooks by 29 April.
Via: U.S. Government Printing Office:
Jacket Number: 735-412/413
Bid Opening Date: 10:00 AM, PREVAILING CHICAGO, IL TIME, ON April 18, 2011.
Product: Paste-on-fold (self cover) Pamphlets (Spanish and English Versions).
Title: 735-412: National Detainee Handbook: Spanish 735-413: National Detainee Handbook: English
Quantity: 735-412: 221,367 (includes 2 GPO Chicago inspection samples) 735-413: 129,567 (includes 2 GPO Chicago inspection samples)
Ship/Deliver Date: MUST deliver complete on or before April 29 D, 2011.
Research Credit: WS
Kevin, If this is the U.S. govmint putting out his Purchase Order, this is BIZARRE to the nth degree. Nothing moves that fast through the wheels of procurement in this nation. NOTHING.
Here in the US – anymore we’re all national detainees. But that number of phamphlets needed –
350,934. Is that the number of people at the top of the financial heap in the U.S.? Bizarre scenarios come to my mind.
I guess we in the U.S. must get zee papers in order. Buy more bullets, guns, and have our money ready to defend the people.
I’m a second generation immigrant from Slovakia, and I’ll be damned if I allow a pogram of ethic cleansing to occur in this country, and in my face. This is our land. That Statue of Liberty comes to mind.
Nothing moves that fast through the wheels of procurement in this nation. NOTHING.
That was my general impression too.