The office of the Illinois Secretary of State is seeking bids from qualified vendors for printing of temporary registration permits issued to Illinois customers while they await the arrival of their license plates. FORM NAME: TEMPORARY REGISTRATION PERMIT FORM NUMBER: VSD420.7 QUANTITY: 1,000,000 SIZE: 8 1/2" x 11” PERMIT STOCK: 8 ½” by 11” sheets of .07 mil polyester, single sided with the back of the sheet being matte to help with feeding sheets into laser printers, treated to resist moisture for approximately 90 days (at least 18 pt.). The permit portion shall be regulation license plate size, 6” x 11” with four (4) horizontal elongated holes (size of elongated holes shall be 1/4” H x 7/16” W) for mounting. The positioning of the holes shall be based on the SAE, International – Motor Vehicle License Plates Standard J686 (revised July 2012). The holes will start at 1 ¾” from sides and 1/2” from the top, the same measurements shall translate to the bottom of the permit. The Secretary of State and Agent portion of the sheet needs to be separated by T CUT perforation. Vendor must provide 90-day guarantee on finished product. Color flood- Goldenrod #116 or comparable. PERMIT PRINTING: Flexo inks and UV inkjet (black). Compatible with Lexmark MS415, MS431, MS421, MS810, MS811, and MS823, series laser printer utilizing the OEM toner specified for each machine. PERMIT NUMBERING: Sequential numbers are to be at least 1 3/16” in height, fade resistant black ink. Eight (8) characters with the 4th and 5th character being alpha, specified by Secretary of State office (ex: 123-AA-456). One-half (1/2) space and hyphen between the 3rd and 4th character and one-half (1/2) space and hyphen between 5th and 6th character. DO NOT USE LETTERS I, O OR Q. Barcode will be constructed of the permit number placed in all 3 spots on the permit. Consists of 8 digits starting with 793-AC-000 thru 792-AD-999. Beginning number of each new alpha run should start with 100 (ex:100-AD-001, 100-AE-001).