SF 1009 Parvis Optimark Tool_Redacted.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

SF 1009 - FAR 13.106-1(b) SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION FOR

ACQUISITIONS AT OR BELOW THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD

Treasury Standard Form – 1009 (Rev 10/18)

Prescribed by Treasury: DTAP 1013.106(b)

1. Identification of the requesting activity and contracting activity.

The requiring activity is the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) Office of Quality Operations (OQO) and the contracting activity is the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer

(OCPO).

2.a A description of the supplies or services required to meet the agency’s needs.

BEP seeks to add to its existing capabilities with a new Parvis Optimark tool that meets or exceeds the specified requirements. The Parvis Optimark tool will be used to measure the quality of Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group (CBCDG) Banknote Detection System (BDS) printed features in current and future U.S. currency designs.

2.b Name and business size of the vendor. Parvis Systems and Services S.P.A – Small Business

2.c Requisition No.

3. IGCE/Estimated dollar value.

The IGCE is . Refer to the IGCE for additional details.

4.a Identification of the circumstances that preclude competition (Check the appropriate box that applies).

Urgency Exclusive licensing agreements Brand-name Industrial mobilization.

Other: Sole Source to Parvis Systems and Services S.P.A

4.b Supporting information and facts (i.e. the details surrounding the requirement that supports the selection made in 4.a).

This purchase order shall be issued under the Authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) only one source reasonably available.

This procurement for the Banknote Detection System (BDS) Checking System equipment is for quality assurance testing. The BDS Checking System was approved by the Federal Reserve Board for use at the BEP for quality assurance testing. The equipment was tested and validated to work offline in the Quality Operations labs. OQO has a requirement to conduct routine quality testing of the BDS feature in Next Gen and Catalyst Family Denominations. Without the equipment, verification of the BDS Security Feature will cease, and the agency will lose time meeting agency and customers’ milestones.

The system was initially developed at the request of the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group (CBCDG). The Optimark is a system conceived to detect and control the quality of the BDS Security Feature (Small Circles, SC-Marks) printed on security documents. BDS SC- Marks are detected in color copiers and will deter counterfeiting by blocking the print function or issuing a warning to the user. Optimark detects the presence of SC-Marks providing detailed geometric and densitometric measures of every element. Results are presented to the operator in several ways to allow analysis at different depth levels. Results and measures can also be exported in “csv” standard file formats and printable reports.

Treasury Standard Form – 1009 (Rev 10/18)

Prescribed by Treasury: DTAP 1013.106(b)

The equipment supports software that scans an image of printed banknotes and then detects and analyzes SC-Marks for proper print quality. BEP uses the detection and analysis results in data to conduct quality assurance testing of U.S. currency designs to assure BDS printed features will be detected by color copiers in the field. Another similar equipment will not work because the software is proprietary to Parvis Systems and Services S.P.A. Furthermore, the Parvis Optimark system is the only industrial measurement standard agreed upon by the CBCDG and color copier manufacturers to measure the quality of BDS printed features.

5. Any other important information.

Parvis Systems and Services S.P.A developed and owns the propriety and patented hardware, software, and algorithms that are used in these products and support the services specifically required for this acquisition; thereby the proposed source has the sole unique technical and other resources required for this acquisition.

6. Certifications and Approvals.

6.a Program Office certification (Requiring Activity). I hereby certify that the supporting information and data provided and which form the basis for this justification are accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Name: Date:

Signature:

6.b Contracting Officer approval. In accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), as a warranted contracting officer, I hereby determine that the circumstances of the acquisition make only one brand-name or source reasonably available for the reasons provided above; therefore precluding competition and supporting the Government’s determination to solicit as a brand-name requirement or solicit and award to the vendor stated in section 2.b.

Name: Date:

Signature: