Product Development of Currency Production Materials

I. PURPOSE: The U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) seeking sources, to promote competition in future acquisitions, with the capabilities to supply materials (herein production materials) for the production of U.S. paper currency or other BEP printed secure documents. From this broad class notice, the BEP is interested in determining potential sources for materials with potential use in printing U.S. paper currency or other BEP printed secure documents. The BEP is seeking sources that can provide current existing materials or materials with possible minor modifications with the potential to meet the needs for production materials. For example: materials such as currency paper; intaglio, dry offset, and typographic inks; rigging boards; drawsheets; and currency packaging films. Specifications for these materials are available upon submission of a written request with a letter of intent to the point of contact identified below. Companies requesting specifications will be required to sign a Non-Disclosure Statement (NDA) before receipt of specifications. ? This Source Sought Notice (hereinafter Notice) is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government for any actual procurement of materials, machinery or services. This Notice does not constitute a solicitation (Request for Proposal, Request for Quotation or Invitation for Bid) or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. This Notice does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Companies responding to this Notice are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this Notice. All costs associated with responding to this Notice are solely at the responding party's expense. Companies responding to this Notice are solely responsible for properly marking and clearly identifying any proprietary information or trade secrets contained within their response. The Government will not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for any proprietary information not properly marked and clearly identified. Proprietary information received in response to this Notice will be safeguarded and handled in accordance with applicable Government regulations. Responses to this Notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract or agreement. The BEP will not be obligated to pursue any particular acquisition alternative as a result of this Notice. Responses to the Notice will not be returned. Not responding to this Notice does not preclude participation in any future solicitations, if issued. II. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Responses to the Notice shall include the following: a. General: - Company Name - Street Address, City, State, and Zip Code - Point of Contact (POC) for both technical and non-technical questions along with their contact information. b. Specific Capability and Technical/Product Information: A discussion of the company's capability to supply various production materials. Technical/Product information (e.g. literature, documentation, etc) for each type of production material for which the company is capable of supplying. c. General budgetary cost and delivery information: Cost is a consideration; therefore, the BEP is interested in obtaining general budgetary cost and delivery information regarding the type of productions material for which the company is capable of supplying. d. Customer list: A reference list of customers currently using the type of production material for which the company is capable of supplying. The BEP reserves the right to request from companies responding to this Notice additional information as well as to request material samples. Any material samples requested by the BEP and submitted by the company will be reviewed and evaluated for inherent and relative effectiveness as production materials in terms of meeting BEP requirements for such materials, and may be further assessed by the BEP for compatibility with design and production factors, durability, environmental acceptability, and other production/processing requirements. However, in these cases companies are cautioned that any such review evaluation, assessment and testing will be scheduled based on the availability of resources. In such instances, the BEP will only consider material samples, for which at least laboratory feasibility has already been demonstrated (i.e., means a proven concept, can provide a sample). The BEP reserves the right not to release submitted material evaluation results. III. POINT OF CONTACT INFORMATION: Interested sources shall send their response to this Notice to the attention of Larry McCain, Contract Specialist via one of the following methods: Post: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Office of Acquisition, Room 705-A 14th and C Streets SW Washington, DC 20228-0001 Fax: (202)-874-2200 E-mail: larry.mccain@bep.gov IV: RESPONSE DATE: Interested sources are requested to respond to this Notice no later than close of business as indicated as the response date. The BEP reserves the right to extend this Notice. This Notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. All costs associated with responding to this Notice are solely at the responding party's expense. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Further, the Government may contact the vendor for additional information regarding the information submitted as part of this market research effort. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract or agreement. The BEP will not be obligated to pursue any particular acquisition alternative as a result of this notice. Responses to the notice will not be returned. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future solicitation, if one is issued. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). If so, respondents are solely responsible for properly marking and identifying such information within their response.