GPO Facing Formidable Challenges
He refers to the concept of "best value," which awards printing contracts not based on the best price but on the best deal. Printers offer various packages of services, and best value procurement takes these into consideration. OMB's proposal has incorporated best value procuement.
Sherman agrees that using best value standards offers some benefits, and GPO has been looking into incorporating them. Still, after discussing best value with customer focus groups, he says, "The response was overwhelmingly luke warm."
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
