Notice of Intent to Sole Source_Ink.pdf

Notice of Intent to Sole Source

Notice Date:

01/21/2020

Notice Type:

Special 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, District of Columbia, 20228

ZIP Code:

20228

Solicitation Number:

2031ZA20R00005

Small Business Set-Aside:

None

Description

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES

ONLY.

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source, as provided by 41 U.S.C. 3304 (a)(1), and as implemented under FAR 6.302- 1(a)(1)(2)(b)(1)(i), this authority is used in preference to any of the other authorities as it is determined on a reasonable basis that the agency’s minimum need can only be satisfied by this extremely unique supply and it is only available from one supplier with unique capabilities, patents and trade marking with exclusivity rights to the BEP.

The acquisition is for specialized materials proprietary and patented in nature for the color shifting ink. The ink shall be suitable for use in printing on De La Rue Giori I-10 and Super Orlof Intaglio (SOI) cylinder-wipe sheet-fed Intaglio presses at the BEP printing facilities.

This notice of intent to solicit and negotiate an award of a sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals, quote or an invitation for bids. In accordance with FAR subpart 5.207(c)(15)(ii), all responsible sources may provide a capabilities statement for consideration by the BEP no later than 12:00 p.m. EST on Monday, January 27, 2020. Any cost associated with the preparation and submission of data or information or any other costs incurred in responding to this notice is the sole responsibility of the respondent and will not be reimbursed by the Government. A determination not to compete this proposed requirement upon receipt of any responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future.

Telephonic requests are not supported. The NAICS code is 325910 — Printing Ink Manufacturing and the small business size standard is 500 employees. All responses shall be submitted in writing, and via email, to the point of contact specified in this notice. Interested parties must be registered and currently active in the System for Award Management (SAM), found at https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ . Responses MUST be received no later than the closing date/time specified in this notice by e-mail or other mail service. Point of Contact regarding this notice is Tonya Sullivan, Contract Specialist at Tonya.Sullivan@bep.gov Tony Sixon, Contracting Officer, at antonio.sixon@bep.gov .

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