Annual Contract for Advertising, Publications, and Printing

Pursuant to A.R.S. § 11-255, Gila County is requesting bids for an annual contract with Gila County to provide all advertising, publications, and printing for the year July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027. All "qualified newspapers" (as defined below) within the County are invited to submit bids. Bidders should familiarize themselves with the contents of A.R.S. §§ 11-254.01, 39-201 through 39-205, and 39-221.

The bidder shall be a qualified newspaper. A qualified newspaper is one that (1) is published within the county from a known office of publication; (2) bears dates of issue and is numbered consecutively; (3) is regularly issued for the dissemination of news of a general and public character at stated short intervals of time (daily, weekly, etc.); (4) is not designed primarily for advertising, free circulation, or circulation at nominal rates; (5) has a bona fide list of paying subscribers; and (6) has been admitted in the United States as a second-class mail matter for at least one year as of the date of the bid. All bids must be accompanied by an affidavit of the publisher that the newspaper is qualified pursuant to the foregoing requirements.