DfT Typesetting Services

Tender description

The main aim of the contract is production typesetting, layout and editing of publications including tabular work in setting tables, charts and other page elements. Draft text and images provided by the DfT will be supplied in the Microsoft Office 2013 suite as Word, Excel and graphics files to an agreed style according to a written specification. In the majority of cases this will be in the DfT corporate style. After typesetting, files may need to be supplied in formats suitable for commercial print or digital publishing for other media editions. Please see attached document for full description and please note that: There will be occasions when DfT officials will need to convey late and complicated last minute changes directly to the operator at the typesetter’s production site to maintain urgent publishing schedules. This will be the case during late running projects for major policy announcements, highly technical policy publications and high profile Ministerial announcements. These revises will often include many technical, design and editing refinements which can go wrong in typesetting and need to be corrected immediately to achieve an accurate revision and maintain the urgent schedule. As the final check, these on-site revises must be incorporated quickly and accurately allowing DfT to advise on adjusting page elements and controlling page creep’ to ensure the layout remains acceptable before the final sign-off. The Department therefore has an on-going operational requirement for: • 24hr turnarounds • Late evening and weekend services (by arrangement) • Instructing urgent author corrections at the contractors premises (by arrangement).