Various Materials and Supplies for Flint Group Nyloprint Plate Making Equipment

This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not receive a response. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is issuing this Sources Sought Notice (Notice) in order to identify companies, preferably small businesses that can provide various materials and supplies for Flint Group Nyloprint Plate Making Equipment Combi 96 x 120 ED and Flowline Washer DWT 90 that the BEP owns and uses to support the U.S. currency production process. Examples of the type of materials and supplies BEP would seek to purchase under include, but are not limited to, the following: Nyloprint (Offset Plates) No. NC63-1011-0101 Nyloprint (Offset Plates) No. NC95-1001-0101 Nyloprint (Offset Plates) No. NC96-1001-0101 Digital Depth Gauge Interested vendors are requested to submit Technical Information that includes, but not limited to the following: 1) reference to Sources Sought number; 2) company name, address, telephone number, and website address (if available); 3) the type of business (large or small); 4) the name, telephone number, and e-mail address of a technical point of contact having the authority and knowledge to clarify responses with Government representatives and 5) technical literature regarding the subject materials and supplies your company can provide. Response should be received no later than 12:00 P.M. Eastern Time October 26, 2012 and shall be submitted via e-mail to Casey Meng, Contract Specialist at casey.meng@bep.gov. This Notice is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a Request for Proposal or Request for Quote or as an obligation on the part of BEP for conducting a follow-on-acquisition. BEP does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Notice, or otherwise pay for the information requested. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by BEP will arise as a result of submission of responses to this Notice and BEP use of such information. BEP recognizes that proprietary data may be part of this effort. If so, respondents are responsible for identifying proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and clearly mark restricted or proprietary data and present it as an addendum to the non-restricted / non-proprietary information. See Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 3.104.4; 52.215-1(e). In the absence of such identification, BEP will assume to have unlimited rights to all technical data in the information paper. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXISTS AT THIS TIME. The North American Industries Classification System (NAICS) code for this is 333244. This Notice is not to be construed as a commitment by BEP and does not imply an intention or the opportunity to acquire funding to support current or future efforts. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the information submitted.