This contract is for the provision of diploma covers for Eastern Kentucky University. The university is seeking to establish a price contract for diploma covers with various vendors. The contract term is for one year, with an option to renew for four additional one-year periods. The university is committed to reducing its environmental impact and encourages bidders to include sustainable products and services in their responses. The contract requires the vendors to provide samples of diploma covers for review and to ship the covers to the university's central stores location.
• The contract includes four vendors: Herff Jones Inc., Jostens Inc., Paradigm, Inc., and The Award Group.
• The prices offered by the vendors range from $3.79 to $14.98 per diploma cover.
• The contract requires the vendors to provide extended warranties on their products.
• The university reserves the right to award the bid in part or in whole and to award multiple vendors.
• The contract includes a provision for the vendors to extend pricing to other state universities and university affiliate organizations within the Commonwealth of Kentucky.