GPO Facing Formidable Challenges
Sherman goes on to point out the down side of best value.
"It injects a degree of subjectivity and judgement into the contract award process," he notes. It also makes contract disputes hard to resolve. And though the extra services some printers offer may create a good deal, what if they are not part of the government's requirement for that job?
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.
