35.56 Base prices and specifications.
(1) As a basis for bids for public printing in classes 1, 2, 3 and 4, the department shall, before advertising for bids and after consultation with agencies, establish base prices and specifications for 2-year periods unless otherwise determined by the department, except that:
(a) As a basis for printing the biennial Wisconsin statutes under s. 35.18 (1) (a), the department shall, before advertising for bids and after consultation with the legislative reference bureau, establish base prices for 2-year periods and establish specifications subject to approval by the legislative reference bureau for 2-year periods.
(b) As a basis for printing of the Laws of Wisconsin, the department shall, before advertising for bids and after consultation with the chief of the legislative reference bureau, establish base prices for 2-year periods and establish specifications subject to approval by the chief for 2-year periods.
(2) The specifications shall include a provision that the contract price shall be adjusted as affected by an increase or decrease in the printers' wage scale, providing no adjustment will take effect before 3 months of a new contract period has elapsed.
(3) The specifications shall include normal production schedules for completion and delivery of each class; and shall provide penalties for failure to comply with production schedules or standards of quality.
(4) The specifications shall provide that all work will be performed within the plant of the contract printer unless excepted by the department.
(5) Notwithstanding subs. (1), (3) and (4), the legislative reference bureau shall approve specifications and production schedules for the printing and binding of the Wisconsin statutes.
History: 1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 34; 1991 a. 215; 1993 a. 16; 2007 a. 20; 2013 a. 20.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 35 - Publication and distribution of laws and public documents.
35.01 - Public printing; definition and classification.
35.012 - State printing; exception.
35.035 - Printing costs and charges.
35.05 - Printing in general, how ordered and executed.
35.07 - Proposed constitutional amendments.
35.17 - Correcting obvious errors in enrolling and publishing.
35.20 - Wisconsin Town Law Forms.
35.265 - State budget, copies.
35.27 - Limitation of editions of official reports.
35.29 - Books, pamphlets and magazines.
35.34 - Job printing and all printing not otherwise classified.
35.35 - Requisition procedure.
35.36 - Fees; state legal notices.
35.43 - Printing for out-of-Madison state agencies.
35.44 - Specialty printing and book printing excluded from class 3.
35.51 - Proofs; where received.
35.52 - Authority for printing; increase, and diminution of editions and pages.
35.53 - State printing orders.
35.54 - Title pages; names of authors.
35.55 - Editing printer's copy.
35.56 - Base prices and specifications.
35.57 - Advertisement for bids.
35.59 - Breach of printing contracts.
35.63 - Expenses of printing, how charged.
35.78 - Distribution and sales costs and charges.
35.82 - Designation of state document depository libraries.
35.825 - Duties of state document depository libraries.
35.83 - State document distribution.
35.835 - State document distribution; exemptions.
35.84 - Distribution, to whom.
35.87 - Sales of legislative documents.
35.88 - Official documents to remain public property.
35.89 - Lists of distributees in counties.
35.90 - Inventories by other state officers.