4381 Promotional Products
 TERM OF CONTRACT: 3/1/2021 - 2/28/2024

The Purchasing Department has bid Promotional Products, pre-approving vendors for your convenience. When purchasing products for promotional use, please refer to the below list of recommended vendors that have been awarded a contract. When making a purchase, the requesting department should obtain a quote from one of the awarded vendors and attach it to the requisition.

Artwork must be either created or approved by the Public Relations (PR) Department.  Departments must take full responsibility for delivery of artwork to the vendor or coordinate delivery through PR.

Following are instructions for artwork created by PR:

• Allow up to 6 weeks for artwork design. Contact PR for art design request.
• Provide PR with the print specifications for the item (e.g., vendor, description of item, size of imprint area, number of ink colors).
• PR will provide a job number for the artwork. This job number must be included with the item description on the requisition.
• PR will send the artwork to the vendor upon design approval by the client and receipt of department's Purchase Order number. 

Following are instructions for artwork approved by PR:

• Departments creating their own artwork must adhere to Public Relations graphics standards provided on the Public Relations link on CougarWeb.
• Departments must email a PDF of the art design to Marlene Miller, Coordinator of Graphic Design, MARMiller@collin.edu. PR will return an email approval to the department.

 Vendors should be capable of receiving art files electronically. Artwork provided by PR is on MAC systems. PR artwork includes, but is not limited to, current versions of MAC InDesign, Quark, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, and/or Illustrator Files. 

Delivery date is the lead-time required by the vendor "after receipt of artwork."