81 -- Packaging and Equipment - US Mint

The United States Mint is seeking a vendor or a vendor with subcontractors or partners, to provide the design, construction and installation of automated packaging equipment and packaging materials for its annual Uncirculated Set and other similar products. The successful vendor will deliver a complete business solution for the automated packaging of product from individual coin stage through shipping of finished goods to the Mint's centralized warehouse in Memphis Tennessee. This will include overall process design, the design and supply of the packaging materials, and the development of material handling schemes. The equipment must be as close to off the shelf as possible, quickly and easily installed and maintained, and easily configurable to support the packaging of multiple product configurations. Additionally, particular attention must be paid to the process of combining product components from two or more locations so that there is a minimum of handling, counting, storing, transportation and other non value added activity as defined through a Lean Manufacturing approach. The main product configuration categories to be addressed are the United States Mint's annual Uncirculated Coin Sets (approximately 1 million units per year); the United States Mint's ongoing medals and miscellaneous coins (approximately 200 designs totaling 245,000 units per year); and the Mint's Special Products (2-4 products per year at 50,000 units each). Potential vendors should submit a corporate profile outlining their ability to meet the stated requirements to the listed points of contact no later than noon (EST)on Monday, March 7, 2005. For additional information, please contact Dorothy A. Lay, Chief of Manufacturing Procurement at (202) 354-7423, via e-mail at Dolay@usmint.treas.gov or by fax at (202) 756-6940.