US Coast Guard Business Cards (A-1)(A-2)
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE · Customer Services
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation USCGBusinesscards2707S(2026) in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
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- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
SCOPE: These specifications cover the production of business cards requiring such operations as on-line ordering, composition, data capture, printing, trimming, packing; and distribution. TITLE: U.S. Coast Guard Recruiting Business Cards. FREQUENCY OF ORDERS: Approximately 500 orders per year. There will be approximately 40 orders per month. NOTE: The number of orders per may may fluctuate to as many as 75 per month during the several months following the fiscal year (October to December). The number monthly orders may also rise during any business card design change or when there is a sudden … (show all)
change in recruiters. These instances cannot be determine. Print orders will be issued monthly (as necessary) for all on-line orders placed at the end of the ordering month or within five (5) work days after the end of the month, whichever comes first. QUANTITY: 500 cards per individual name. NUMBER OF PAGES: Face and back TRIM SIZE: 3-1/2 x 2. PRINTING: Prints face and back, head-to-head. The face of the card will feature two (2) elements with metallized foils, matching Pantones 152 (red) and 163 (blue), variable data (name, address, phone# and e-mail address). Back will print a full color image along with a variable QR code in Pantone 163 (blue). See Exhibit A. QR code will contain will link to a web site designated by the agency. Both sides are finished by applying a coat of clear non-yellowing high gloss varnish or aqueous coating. Coating must not contain particles or smear.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (Customer Services), same product/service code (PSC) T011.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $75K to $312K, median $107K; range $44K to $516K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advantage Mailing LLC | 1 | $516K | Apr 22, 2025 |
| Specialty Print Communications Niles IL 60714 USA | 1 | $107K | Sep 9, 2026 |
| IMAGE SQUARE, INC. | 1 | $44K | Jan 6, 2025 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- Sep 9, 2026Specialty Print Communications Niles IL 60714 USA$107KIntake/Interview & Quality Review SheetNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 22, 2025Advantage Mailing LLC$516KArmy Desktop Scheduler & Guidance Letter 2025-2026.No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 6, 2025IMAGE SQUARE, INC.$44KArmy National Guard Recruiting Material: Outdoor BannersNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 3 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 0 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.