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Creative Design, Printing and Mailing Services

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Marketing, Advertising & Social Media
California, United StatesPosted: August 21, 2026Deadline: September 9, 2026

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SUMMARY


The agency is seeking a three-year vendor to design, print, and support mailing of seasonal community resource and recreation guides, including approximately 600 guides and 20,000 postcards. Additional promotional, graphic design, and printing services may also be required.

DESCRIPTION


The agency seeks a vendor to provide creative design, printing, and mailing services for its seasonal community resource and recreation guide and related products. The selected vendor will design each guide using content supplied by agency staff through Smartsheet, prepare approximately four to five drafts for review and approval, and complete the design process within an estimated 17-week timeline for each guide.

Approximately 600 copies of each guide will be produced. The guide will measure 8.25 by 10.875 inches and contain approximately 58 to 72 pages plus an eight-page cover wrap. The cover wrap will be printed four-color process on 70-pound, number 3 Sonoma gloss book stock, while the text will be printed four-color process on 45-pound, number 3 Advance gloss book stock.

The vendor will also produce approximately 20,000 postcards, presort and bundle them for mailing, deliver them to the agency for approval and payment, and subsequently support mailing of the postcards. Additional services may include special edition guides, apparel, decals, promotional items, banners, graphic design, stickers, magnets, postcards, business cards, agency printing, and brochures. The contract period will be three years.

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Frequently asked questions


When is the submission deadline?
Submissions are due September 9, 2026.
Who is a good fit for this opportunity?
  • Experienced commercial printing and mailing services provider
  • Proven capabilities in publication design, editing, and production
  • Experience producing recreation guides, brochures, postcards, and promotional materials
  • Ability to manage multi-stage design reviews and approximately 17-week production timelines
  • Capacity for presorting, bundling, and coordinating large-volume postcard mailings
  • Three-year service delivery capability with broad graphic design and promotional product expertise

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