Lottery utilizes the VLT Thermal Paper in the approximately 10,500 VLT’s throughout the State of Oregon. Lottery maintains a replenishment stock of the Thermal Paper and purchases approximately nine thousand (9,000) cases, fifty-four million (54,000,000) tickets, per year. VLT Thermal Paper is a vital resource to maintain Lottery operations, and the Lottery relies on its Contractor(s) to supply the large demand. Lottery intends to review the information submitted in response to this RFI (“Responses”), understand what the marketplace has to offer with respect to VLT Thermal Paper options (“Solutions”), determine the best approach for Solution implementation, and estimate pricing for Solutions. Specifications include, but are not limited to: Paper Properties; • Weight: 105.9 g/m2 • Paper Thickness (Caliper) 4.35 ±0.2 Avg. (.00435 IN) • Brightness: 87.8% (-3%, +0%) Avg. • Face Side Roughness: (Parker Print Surface) 1.3μm Avg. +0.3 (10 kg-m Clamp) • Thermal Image Life: Minimum of 10 years for the thermal image to remain human-readable with understanding that the paper is stored in a dark environment away from light, at a temperature less than 77°F (25°C), relative humidity less than 70% and away from chemicals such as plasticizers, oils, solvents, adhesives and water. • Paper Stiffness: 240 mgf Avg ±40; Paper Finish • Paper shall be Top Coated Middleweight. Thermal Printing Properties; • Image color to be Black. • Initial Activation Temperature (O.D. = 0.2) to be 162 ± 9°F (72 ± 5°C). • Effective Activation Temperature (O.D. = 0.8) to be 168 ± 9°F (76 ± 5°C). • Optimum Activation Temperature (O.D. = 1.2) to be 176 ± 9°F (80 ± 5°C). • Energy of 20 mJ/mm2, must produce an optical density of 1.40 Macbeth, when tested with an Atlantek 300 instrument. • Quality of Printing shall produce an image capable of absorbing visible light of 600 nm minimum. • Quality of Printing shall produce an image capable of being read by a bar code scanner operating between 560 nm minimum and 660 nm maximum. • The type of scanners utilized to read the bar code on this ticket shall be capable of reading at 660 nm or below
