Memo Resolution Media - Printing Services for Schertz TalesAgenda No. 4
CITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM /RESOLUTION
City Council Meeting: January 15, 2008
Department:
Subject:
BACKGROUND
Media Relations
Printing Services for Schertz Tales
Bid No: 07- CMR -48 -P
Beginning in April 2008, Schertz Tales Magazine, which is currently being printed under a
contract with Neighborhood News, will begin to be published in -house with a significant design
overhaul and quality upgrade. Working with the Purchasing Department, the cost of printing
12,000 copies of Schertz Tales was bid out through the normal process and vendors were asked
to submit quotes for an 8.5 x 11 finished page size, four color process glossy magazine with a
UV coated cover. The vendor would also be responsible for folding and stitching, ink jet
addressing, and delivery of the magazine to the U.S. Post Office (Postage not included).
Four vendors submitted bids with the Craig R. Doyle Company (6438 Flint Rock Drive, San
Antonio, Texas) having the bid that not only meets all the needs as specified, but also was the
most cost effective.
FISCAL IMPACT
For 12,000 copies - $8,281.00 per month.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council award a bid to Craig R. Doyle for printing, addressing, and mailing of
the Schertz Tales Magazine effective with the April, 2008 publication.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ:
That the above stated staff recommendations are hereby approved and authorized.
PASSED AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Schertz,
Texas this 15th day of January, 2008, at which meeting a quorum was present, held in
accordance with the provisions of V.T.C.A., Government Code, §551.001 et seq.
APPROVEI.
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Hal Baldwin, Mayor
City Council Memorandum
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renda Dennis, City Secretary