Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Office of Procurement, 14th & C. Streets, S.W., Washington, DC, 20228

D -- UPGRADE OF SOFTWARE SOL 5400110 POC Lorraine Wilson, Purchasing Agent, Phone (202) 874-3141, Fax (202) 874-3135, Email lorraine.wilson@bep.treas.gov -- Jennifer Sellers, Contracting Officer/Manager, Phone (202) 874-3148, Fax (202) 874-3135, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=5400110&LocID =142. E-MAIL: Lorraine Wilson, lorraine.wilson@bep.treas.gov. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) intends to place an order with Giesecke & Devrient for the procurement and upgrade of software used in detection sensors and the services and software for the development of sensor boards to operate with the Bureau's curency authentication and detection equipment. This procurement action is for services and software in which the government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302 and 13.106-1 due to the proprietary nature of the supplies and effort to be procured. See numbered Note 22. The resulting purchase order will not exceed the Simplified Purchase Threshold. E-mail lorraine.wilson@bep.treas.gov. Posted 12/08/99 (D-SN406902). (0342)

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