Top 50 GPO Suppliers List for the Third Quarter Released
CHAMBERSBURG, PA—Oct. 18, 2011—Federal government printing work awarded to private sector printers has shown no signs of increasing based on third-quarter data released by the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), the federal agency through which federal government agencies are to submit their printing needs. Print volume for the third quarter of 2011 (3Q11) was $78 million, compared to $79 million for second quarter of 2011 (2Q11) and $82 million for the third quarter of 2010 (3Q10).
Total work awarded by the GPO to private sector printers in FY2010 was $358 million, and total work awarded for FY2009 was $425 million.
“Disturbingly, it appears we are on a course to end the year with less than $300 million awarded by the GPO to thousands of private sector printers who depend on federal print jobs for their livelihoods,” said Deborah Snider, senior vice president of e-LYNXX Corp. and head of its Government Print Management division. “The GPO was awarding half a billion dollars a year to the private sector in the 1990s. Some decline can be attributed to less demand because of e-communications, but the main reason for the decline is federal agencies have been allowed to setup their own print shops in defiance of Title 44 of the U.S. Code.”
Title 44 states that all federal printing, with a few exceptions, is to be channeled through the GPO. If, in practice, this were happening Snider said GPO work awarded to private sector printers would be a boon to an industry that very much needs a shot in the arm. Public Printer William Boarman has said that if the estimated $800 million in print work now being done by agencies were awarded to the private sector the federal government and taxpayers could save about $400 million and the jobs created would help with the economic recovery.
For 3Q11, the top 50 print suppliers produced GPO work valued at $49 million, compared to $57 million for 2Q11 and 48 million in 3Q10.
Of the more than 1,423 print suppliers that obtained GPO work during 3Q11, NPC Inc. of Claysburg, PA, won the most work with $5.748 million awarded to the firm. Rounding out the top five GPO job winners for the quarter were Gateway Press of Louisville, KY—$3.607 million; Monarch Litho of Montebello, CA—$3.329 million; Pearson Custom Publishing in Boston—$2.524 million; and Signature Graphics in Portland, OR—$2.331 million.
With declining GPO work, Snider said it is more important than ever for a printer to fully understand the GPO marketplace. “A printer can expect to increase its profitability from an industry average of 2 percent, before GPO work, to 14 percent or more afterwards,” she notes. “Those percentages are based on a printer working with an experienced GPO bid service firm, identifying open production capacity and offering margin pricing to fill otherwise non-productive, non-revenue generating schedule openings.”
Top 50 Contractors for the GPO – Third Quarter 2011
| Rank |
Company, Location | Winnings |
| 1 | NPC, Inc., Claysburg, PA | $5,748,230 |
| 2 | Gateway Press, Louisville, KY | $3,606,682 |
| 3 | Monarch Litho, Inc., Montebello, CA | $3,329,197 |
| 4 | Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, MA | $2,524,410 |
| 5 | Signature Graphics, Portland, OR | $2,331,420 |
| 6 | Cenveo, Stamford, CT | $2,267,354 |
| 7 | Sourcelink LLC, Miamisburg, OH | $2,015,542 |
| 8 | Gray Graphics, Capitol Heights, MD | $1,909,862 |
| 9 | McDonald & Eudy, Inc., Temple Hills, MD | $1,651,015 |
| 10 | National Envelope, Nashville, TN | $1,267,113 |
| 11 | P.A. Hutchison, Mayfield, PA | $1,041,669 |
| 12 | Compton & Sons, St. Louis, MO | $1,007,893 |
| 13 | Coastal Mailing, Salinas, CA | $921,104 |
| 14 | District Creative Printing, Upper Marlboro, MD | $910,449 |
| 15 | RR Donnelley, Chicago, IL | $884,603 |
| 16 | United Book Press, Baltimore, MD | $852,805 |
| 17 | Colonial Press Int’l., Miami, FL | $811,965 |
| 18 | Envision, Wichita, KS | $795,301 |
| 19 | Darby Printing Company, Atlanta, GA | $762,502 |
| 20 | Fry Communications, Mechanicsburg, PA | $743,964 |
| 21 | KD8 Enterprises, Centerville, UT | $732,324 |
| 22 | Balmar Printing & Graphics, Gaithersburg, MD | $639,541 |
| 23 | Litho Press, San Antonio, TX | $638,359 |
| 24 | CRT Color Printing, Santa Fe Springs, CA | $632,752 |
| 25 | BKR Printing, Salt Lake City, UT | $571,766 |
| 26 | Precision Printing, Moberly, MO | $549,167 |
| 27 | Premium & Specialty, Inc., Medford, NJ | $517,147 |
| 28 | Universal Printing Company, St Louis, MO | $505,738 |
| 29 | Art Litho Company, Baltimore, MD | $491,816 |
| 30 | Production Press, Jacksonville, IL | $490,983 |
| 31 | ICM Conversions, Phoenix, AZ | $487,942 |
| 32 | Intelligencer Printing, Lancaster, PA | $482,109 |
| 33 | Alphagraphics, Boston, MA | $466,555 |
| 34 | Banknote Corporation of America, Browns Summit, NC | $454,432 |
| 35 | Bosworth Printing, Stoughton, MA | $451,201 |
| 36 | Learfield Communications, Jefferson City, MO | $450,000 |
| 37 | Printing Resources, Cleveland, OH | $414,690 |
| 38 | West Shore Printing & Distribution, Mechanicsburg, PA | $385,160 |
| 39 | Corporate Media Solutions, LLC, Falls Church, VA | $377,964 |
| 40 | Printwell Acquisitions, Taylor, MI | $375,343 |
| 41 | Data Integrators, Woodbridge, VA | $365,146 |
| 42 | Sekan Printing, Ft. Scott, KS | $358,756 |
| 43 | Todd Allan Printing, Beltsville, MD | $354,984 |
| 44 | Goodway Graphics of VA, Springfield, VA | $346,163 |
| 45 | Graphic Visions & Associates, Gaithersburg, MD | $346,072 |
| 46 | Nocona Envelope & Tag, Nocona, TX | $342,144 |
| 47 | The Standard Register Company, Dayton, OH | $337,475 |
| 48 | Pinnacle Data Systems, Hoover, AL | $322,134 |
| 49 | Consolidated Graphics, Houston, TX | $320,559 |
| 50 | Las Vegas Color Graphics, Las Vegas, NV | $311,894 |
About e-LYNXX
e-LYNXX Corp. patented the technology integral to e-commerce. Endorsed by Educational & Institutional Cooperative Purchasing (E&I) and Printing Industries of America (PIA), e-LYNXX drives results through its three divisions. • AVS Technology licenses the patented automated vendor selection procedure used in e-commerce and procurement systems. • American Print Management provides web-based system, services and patented AVS Technology to reduce substantially the procured costs of direct mail, marketing, publications, packaging, labels and other procured print. • Government Print Management offers effective U.S. GPO bid services and strategies.
Source: e-LYNXX.
