SOURCES SOUGHT
36 -- Plastic Weld Machine Electrodes
- Notice Date
- 3/9/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 333992
— Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Office of Acquisition, 14th and C Streets, SW, Room 708 E, Washington, District of Columbia, 20228, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20228
- Solicitation Number
- 2031ZA18N00027
- Archive Date
- 3/29/2018
- Point of Contact
- Gladys M. Wilks,
- E-Mail Address
-
gladys.wilks@bep.gov
(gladys.wilks@bep.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This IS NOT a request for bids, quotes, or proposal. This is a sources sought announcement only. The purpose of this notice is to conduct market research and obtain information from qualified sources. No award may be issued from this Request for Information Notice. Interested parties of any size may submit a response to this notice. The BEP seeks sources that can provide upper and lower electrodes for a Plastic Weld Machine (PWM). The PWM, manufactured by KBA NotaSys, SA, is 35 year old technology that is no longer used in the Intaglio Plate Making process. The PWM was purchased over 10 years ago and has since been replaced as an industry practice by the Computer to Intaglio Plate (CTiP) process. The Bureau is still required to use the PWM due to our legacy notes that were made using this process and are still currently being produced. Five of our current production denominations were manufactured using this outdated technology. There continues to be a need to replace parts for this equipment in order for the Office of Engraving to maintain quality and make much needed repairs to the PWM. BEP can expect to need this technology for the next 10 years or more until all denominations can be converted to CTiP or until the Catalysts family is released. The PWM is very sensitive and requires exact parts. Due to the sensitivity of the aged PWM, the BEP does not seek vendors to replicate the electrodes, but vendors who have parts for the PWM. Introducing parts that are not made for the PWM risk creating arc which may cause catastrophic damage to this equipment and destroy the product causing the office to lose months of production. Therefore, vendors must have the capability to provide the exact replacement parts. No drawings exist for the electrodes. Vendors are requested to provide the following: Technical capabilities describing working with the PWM and the ability to provide replacement parts. Company name, address, phone number, primary contact(s), email address, ALL applicable NAICS code(s), business size (i.e., small/large), company's socioeconomics (i.e., woman-owned, Service Disabled Veteran Owned, HUBZone, 8(a), etc.) and DUNS Number. Responses shall be emailed to gladys.wilks@bep.gov. Telephone responses will NOT be accepted. Responses must be received no later than 14 March 2018, 9:00a.m. (EST). Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any interested party responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. Interested parties are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback with respect to any information submitted. 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.
- Web Link
-
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(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/f80ce5771c8d17d19597dbae0f78e142)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington, District of Columbia, 20228, United States
- Zip Code: 20228
- Zip Code: 20228
- Record
- SN04849691-W 20180311/180309231230-f80ce5771c8d17d19597dbae0f78e142 (fbodaily.com)
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