Specifications include, but are not limited to: Item: VITAL RECORDS SECURITY PAPER Size: 8 ½ inches wide x 11 inches high Quantity: 150,000 sheets/certificates Paper: 28lb basis weight. White offset paper compatible with intaglio process; no optical brighteners; dead paper. At a minimum, the paper must have a useful life of seventy-five (75) years Watermark: Genuine multitone fourdrinier watermark or equivalent which says: “Official Vital Record” and contains artwork which can be viewed from front and back of the document. Watermark must be reserved for the exclusive use of this type of steel engraved safety paper only. (No simulated or artificial watermark, either printed or overprinted will be accepted.) Vendors shall list a description of the watermarks offered in the bid. The State will decide at the time of award which watermark will be ordered. Paper/Ink Requirements: A “toner grip” technology or an equivalent process must be incorporated which would render evident any attempts to remove or lift off print. No deviations will be accepted. Intaglio steel plate printed documents must be acceptable for processing on electrostatic copying equipment, for processing on laser printers meeting the heat requirements of the printer, and for processing on a microfilm reader/printers and include physical properties to accept and hold the image recorded. Certificate forms must have fine line banknote intaglio steel plate printing in one color and surface printing in fluorescent erasure-sensitive ink. Security Printing: Certificate form must have fine line banknote intaglio steel plate printing: one color face must include a fine line lathe work border. The lathe work border is to be consistent with vital records issued by the state. The engraved border must include the words, “STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA” and "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH," centered on the top edge of the border above the title line centered in white ink in the top border and the words, "ANY ALTERATION, ERASURE, OR DUPLICATION VOIDS THIS CERTIFICATE," will be centered in white ink in the bottom border. The “STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA” and "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH," and “ANY ALTERATION, ERASURE, OR DUPLICATION VOIDS THE CERTIFICATE” lines must be incorporated into the intaglio steel plate without exceptions. The engraved border must include latent image letters "V" to the left and "R" to the right, in positivenegative treatment, to appear, on the certificate as part of the lathe work border and must appear only when viewed from a prescribed angle. The images cannot be photographed or copied by conventional printing processes.
