View Book Printing and Distribution Services

The Vendor is required to provide view book printing and distribution services to create a prequalified vendors list capable of producing high-quality, full-color student view books and managing related fulfillment, shipping, and distribution within established timelines to support recruitment and marketing activities.
- Technical environment
1. Printing and production
• Commercial-grade offset and high-volume digital printing equipment
• Established colour management processes, including pantone and brand colour matching
• Ability to produce consistent, high-quality full-colour publications at scale
• Binding, trimming, and finishing capabilities (perfect bind and associated processes)
• Production capacity sufficient to meet volume and compressed timelines
2. Fulfillment and distribution
• End-to-end fulfillment capability, including picking, packing, and shipment preparation
• Packaging processes aligned with college requirements (maximum 50 units per box)
• Multi-location shipping capability, including coordination of batch and bulk shipments
• Carrier integration and shipment tracking systems
3. Quality assurance and process control
• Documented QA/QC processes across:
o Pre-press (file (fi validation)
o Press
o Post-production (binding, trimming, packaging)
• Defined proofing workflows and approval controls
• Mechanisms for defect detection and resolution
4. System, tracking and reporting
• End-to-end fulfillment capability including picking, packing, and shipment preparation
• Packaging processes aligned with college requirements (maximum 50 units per box)
• Multi-location shipping capability, including coordination of batch and bulk shipments
• Carrier integration and shipment tracking system
5. Reliability and continuity
• Redundancy in equipment, staffing, or production capacity
• Business continuity and contingency planning to mitigate production or logistics disruptions
• Ability to maintain service delivery under compressed timelines or unexpected volume changes.