Sherman.. IMOP, I don't believe there is any panacea called "Pwb Benchmark Survey for Servic Bureaus". I can only relate what we have done over the years to obtain "quality" service bureau help when off-loading designs during peak workloads. In outline form: 0 Generate a Statement of Work (SOW) to describe your end product ( What info you will provide, what you want as deliverables and your schedule requirements) 0 Put together a sample package of "similar to" drawings or equivalent package and send it to several sevice bureaus along with the SOW to review. 0 Met with them to discuss the design/schedule and costs (including cost/schedule impact for changes from "out of scope work". O Then YOUR DESIGNERS discuss the capabilities of the bureaus and decide which one/ones are most cost effective to do YOUR TYPE OF DESIGN. 0 Cost along should never be the driver because YOU WILL pay for it later. Your designers should make the make the decision, not the bean counters. 0 If possible, have multiple suppliers. I know this isn't exactly what you want, but only YOU can evaluate service bureaus to do YOUR type of designs. If you would like to discuss this issue in more detail, please call. Have a good day. Bob Vanech Bob (203) 852-4810