SOLICITATION NOTICE
68 -- Color Shifting Sheet-fed Intaglio Ink
- Notice Date
- 8/9/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 325910
— Printing Ink Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Office of Acquisition, 14th & C Streets, S.W., Washington, DC, 20228, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- BEP-07-0032
- Description
- The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is seeking sources to provide color-shifting cylinder-wipe non-heatset intaglio currency inks for its Washington, D.C. and Fort Worth, Texas facilities in accordance with BEP Specification No. I:CSI-1C dated April 20, 2007. These inks are to be used in the printing of U.S currency as well as non-currency security documents on the I-8/I-10 intaglio presses and the Super Orlof Intaglio (SOI) press. The Government anticipates that a Fixed-Price, Indefinite-delivery, Indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) type contract will result from this solicitation. The period of performance will be one base period of 12 months, and four (4) 12-month option periods. The color-shifting combinations are green to black; copper to green, green to violet, and gold to green. The combined facilities estimated quantities for the periods of performance are as follows: Base Year: 27,530 lbs.; Option Year 1: 41,739 lbs.; Option Year 2: 21,322 lbs.; Option Year 3: 19,862 lbs.; and Option Year 4: 20,880 lbs. Offerors will be limited to the submission of two (2) material samples of the copper to green sheet-fed color shifting intaglio ink; one to be tested and evaluated on the I-8/I-10 press and one to be tested on the SOI press. Offerors may submit a universal ink sample to be tested on both the I-8/I-10 and SOI presses. The NAICS code for this requirement is 325910 with the corresponding size standard of 500 employees. The solicitation and its attachments will be published on the Federal Opportunities website at the following internet address: www.fedbizopps.gov. on or about August 20, 2007. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be mailed. Prospective offerors that would like to be notified electronically of the issuance date of the solicitation and/or amendments should register at www.fedbizopps.gov. For questions relating to this solicitation you may contact Joan Smoot at joan.smoot@bep.treas.gov. Telephone requests will not be honored. This procurement is unrestricted. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered by the Agency.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, DC
- Zip Code: 20187
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20187
- Record
- SN01367979-W 20070811/070809222651 (fbodaily.com)
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