SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Banknote Security Feature
- Notice Date
- 5/7/2020 12:47:29 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541715
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- BEP OFFICE OF ACQUISITION WASHINGTON DC 20228 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20228
- Solicitation Number
- 2031ZA20N00034
- Response Due
- 5/22/2020 10:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 05/23/2020
- Point of Contact
- Fred Watson, Charles Strickland
- E-Mail Address
-
frederick.watson@bep.gov, charles.strickland@bep.gov
(frederick.watson@bep.gov, charles.strickland@bep.gov)
- Description
- THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP)Office of Acquisition on behalf of its Office of Technology Development (OTD) intends to award a sole source Research & Development contract for the development of a unique counterfeit deterrent overt banknote seacurity feature suitable to the needs of the BEP and the United States Currency Program (USCP). The Government intends to award a sole source contractutilizing �Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements� IAWFAR Subpart 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii). Anticipated Period of Performance: one twelve (12) month base and�two twelve(12) month option years. The vendor will perform a full lifecycle technology development of US exclusive overt security featureswith novel and unique optical effects. The scope of the new effort is to further the technology readiness level(TRL) of those technologies resulting from the current contract to advance them through theTechnology Development Process (TDP) and to incorporate new concepts as necessary to ensure a secure andtechnically relevant feature platform. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive offers/quotes/proposals. A determination not to competethis requirement is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The solicitation will not be posted. To be considered, responses MUST be received NO LATER THAN 1:00PM, EASTERN STANDARD TIME, May 22, 2020. Additionally, interested sources must be registered and currently active in the System for Award Management (SAM), found at https://www.sam.gov. Responses MUST be submitted within the closing date/time of publication of this notice. Point of Contact regarding this notice is Frederick Watson Contract Specialist at Frederick.Watson@bep.gov and Charles Strickland, Contracting Officer at Charles.Strickland@bep.gov. Contracting Office Address 14th & C Streets SW Washington, DC 20228
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/e6dccd9265e142d0a9adb33fd836cf6f/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN05649687-F 20200509/200507230202 (samdaily.us)
- Source
-
SAM.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
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