Celebrating 50 Years Serving Chicago · 1976 – 2026
Bid Runs · Chicago & the suburbs

Upload your bid. We print it, seal it and beat the deadline.

Sealed bids still have to show up on paper, at one counter, by one time. Send us the PDF and Comet prints it, binds it, tabs it, seals it in a labeled envelope and hands it to the bid desk — then sends you the time it landed. No print shop, no drive downtown, no one standing in a lobby at 1:55.

35¢ / page B&W$1 / page color$1.50 per tab$8 per binding$45/hr document prep, 15-min increments+ delivery at our standard ratesSame day for small jobs ordered by noon

Upload & get an instant price

How it works

A few minutes on this page. We do the rest.

1

Upload the bid

Each piece as its own PDF, in order: cover letter, forms, proposal, a separate price proposal. We count the pages and price it on the spot.

2

Tell us the bid desk

Agency, address, room, solicitation number, the deadline and exactly how the envelope must be labeled. Copies, binding, tabs and covers the way the solicitation asks.

3

Printed, sealed, time-stamped

We print and assemble it, seal and label the envelope, and hand it to the bid desk by the time you pick. You get a report with the time it was received.

Send a bid

Price updates as you go. Nothing is charged until the bid is delivered.

1 Who is bidding?

Comet account clients: use the email on your account and this bills to your account automatically.

✓ Billing to your Comet account

2 The bid documents

Click to choose your PDFs or drag them here — one file per documentPDF only · up to 50 MB each · up to 10 files · pages counted automatically

    Upload each piece as its own PDF, in the order it goes in the envelope — cover letter, bid forms, the proposal, and a separate price proposal if the solicitation wants one sealed on its own.

    3 Where it goes

    Leave the label blank and we use the standard SEALED BID label with your solicitation number, project, deadline and company.

    4 How it’s printed

    The original plus the copies the solicitation asks for

    Section tabs

    A card-stock cover on each set

    5 When

    Same day: small jobs we print and bind in our office — order by noon, up to 18 sheets a set, up to 5 sets. +$45 plus priority delivery. Larger jobs go next business day.

    Pick a delivery time well before the deadline. Late bids are usually turned away, and the bid desk decides what’s on time.

    Questions bidders ask

    What does it cost?

    35¢ a page black and white, $1 a page color, $1.50 per tab, $8 per bound set, document preparation (collating, tabbing, binding, sealing and labeling) at $45 an hour in 15-minute increments, plus the delivery charge from our standard Chicago rate chart. The exact total shows before you order, and card orders are charged only after the drop-off.

    How fast?

    Orders placed by 4:00 PM Central are printed and delivered the next business day — by 10 AM, noon or 4 PM. Small jobs ordered by noon can go the same day by 4:00 PM.

    Some pages need original signatures or a bid bond.

    We can’t print a wet-ink signature, a notary stamp or a bond. Tick the originals box, then send those pages to our office at 2045 W Grand Ave, Chicago IL 60612, or call and we’ll pick them up. We seal the envelope only once they’re in hand.

    Do I get proof it arrived on time?

    Yes. The driver asks the bid desk to time-stamp it or sign with the time, and you get a delivery report with the time and who received it.

    We’re not in Chicago.

    That’s who this is for. Upload from anywhere, pay by card, and get the delivery report by email. No overnight envelope, no hoping the courier beats the clock.

    Already printed and sealed?

    Book a regular delivery: choose Streak, our direct service, and put the bid desk’s room and the deadline in the notes. Or call (312) 786-2288.

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