Attachment 1 - PWS v2.pdf

Titanium Anode Replating

RFQ # 2031ZA25Q00189

Performance Work Statement (PWS)

SECTION I: Background

1.1 The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is an agency within the Department of the Treasury that designs, engraves, and prints United States currency and other security products.

1.2 The Office of Engraving manages the pre-press operations at the BEP and produces engraved plates used in currency manufacturing. The intaglio platemaking process is a multi-step manufacturing process that requires electrochemical plating to produce metal intaglio printing plates.

1.3 The Office of Engraving uses titanium anodes with platinized coating for electrolytic chrome tanks and produce intaglio plates for currency manufacturing. Intaglio plates are used by the BEP to print high quality banknotes that are recognized worldwide.

SECTION II: Purpose

2.1 Product, Service or Outcome Needed.

The BEP requires services to replate existing titanium anodes with platinum to ensure uniform chrome plating, maintain high process efficiency and yield, and extend the operational lifespan of the anodes. Replating anodes is a more cost-effective and sustainable alternative than the procurement of new anode assemblies.

2.2 Scope of the Product, Service, or Outcome.

The Contractor shall provide services to replate titanium anodes owned by the BEP with platinum. All services shall be performed at the Contractor’s facility and the Contractor shall be responsible for the return of replated anodes to the BEP upon completion.

SECTION III: Technical Requirements/Tasks/Outcomes

3.1 The Contractor shall uniformly replate 27 titanium mesh anodes with platinum 125 µm thick. The anode size the BEP will provide will be 2.375” x 45.25” TI mesh anodes.

3.2 The Contractor shall provide a certificate of analysis (COA) verifying that platinum has been replated onto the titanium anodes. The COA shall include information regarding composition and thickness.

3.3 Deliverables:

The Contractor shall deliver 27 titanium anodes replated with platinum accompanied with a COA.

3.4 Special Delivery Instructions. Not applicable.

3.5 Performance/ Delivery Period. The period of performance is 12 months from the contract award.

3.6 Place/ Location of Performance/ Delivery.

The Location of Delivery shall be the BEP facility located in Washington, DC.

Bureau of Engraving and Printing 14th and C Streets, SW Washington, D.C. 20228

3.7 Travel Requirements. Not Applicable.

Special Requirements.

3.7.1 Contracting Officer Representative (COR): The (COR) will be identified by separate letter issued by the CO. The COR monitors all technical aspects of the Contract and assists in Contract administration. The COR is authorized to perform the following functions: assure that the Contractor performs the technical requirements of the contract; perform inspections necessary in connection with contract performance; maintain written and oral communications with the Contractor concerning technical aspects of the contract; issue written interpretations of technical requirements, including Government drawings, designs, specifications; monitor Contractor's performance and notifies both the CO and Contractor of any deficiencies; coordinate availability of government furnished property, and provide site entry of Contractor personnel. A letter of designation issued to the COR, a copy of which is sent to the Contractor, states the responsibilities and limitations of the COR, especially with regard to changes in cost or price, estimates or changes in delivery dates. The COR is not authorized to change any of the terms and conditions of the Contract.

3.7.2 Physical Security: The Contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all government equipment, information and property provided for Contractor use under this Contract. This Contract requires access into the Controlled Industrial Area of the BEP. The Contractor personnel shall recognize that BEP deals with sensitive information and other proprietary information, which are valuable, special, and unique assets. All information pertinent to BEP’s information technology resources is highly sensitive and may not be released to third parties without the express, written consent of BEP. This information requires strict control procedures to preclude unauthorized disclosure or dissemination.

Information pertinent to personnel is protected from unauthorized disclosure under the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a). Contractor personnel shall not divulge, disclose, or communicate in any manner, any information to any third party without prior written consent of the BEP. Contractor personnel shall protect information and treat it as strictly confidential and will abide by the security requirements of BEP. A violation of this paragraph shall be a material violation of this Contract. Should the Contractor receive or suspect they have learned of sensitive or classified information, the Contractor shall identify and report suspicions to the COR. Contractor personnel performing work under this Contract shall be subjects of background investigations, conducted by BEP’s Office of Personnel Security, prior to start of work under this Contract.

Each Contractor employee performing under this Contract must successfully complete the Government required background check form at time of the proposal submission, and must maintain the level of security required for the life of the Contract.

3.7.3 Identification of Contractor Employees: All contract personnel attending meetings, answering Government telephones, and working in other situations where their Contractor status is not obvious to third parties are required to identify themselves as such to avoid creating an impression in the minds of members of the public that they are Government officials. They must also ensure that all documents or reports produced by Contractors are suitably marked as Contractor products or that Contractor participation is appropriately disclosed. All Contractor personnel shall clearly identify themselves as a Contractor and shall be required to wear identification (ID) badges in a visible location on the front of exterior clothing, above the waist, (except when safety or health reasons prevent such placement). ID badges shall be worn at all times when performing work. ID badges shall have an identification picture, and shall state the name of the individual and the company they represent. Contractor personnel are prohibited from possessing weapons, firearms or ammunition, on themselves or within their Contractor-owned or privately owned vehicle while on BEP premises.

3.7.4 Organizational Conflict of Interest: Contractor and subcontractor personnel performing work under this Contract may receive, have access to or participate in the development of proprietary or source selection information (e.g., cost or pricing information, budget information or analyses, specifications or work statements, etc.) or perform evaluation services which may create a current or subsequent Organizational Conflict of Interests (OCI) as defined in FAR Subpart

9.5. The Contractor shall notify the CO immediately whenever it becomes aware that such access or participation may result in any actual or potential OCI and shall promptly submit a plan to the CO to avoid or mitigate any such OCI. The Contractor’s mitigation plan will be determined to be acceptable solely at the discretion of the CO and in the event the CO unilaterally determines that any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the CO may affect other remedies as he or she deems necessary, including prohibiting the Contractor from participation in subsequent contracted requirements which may be affected by the OCI.

3.7.5 NON PERSONAL SERVICE STATEMENT: Contractor employees performing services under this Contract will be controlled, directed, and supervised at all times by management personnel of the Contractor. Contractor employees will perform their duties independent of, and without the supervision of, any Government official or other Government Contractor. The tasks, duties, and responsibilities set forth in this Contract may not be interpreted or implemented in any manner that results in any Contractor employee creating or modifying Federal policy, obligating the appropriated funds of the United States Government, overseeing the work of Federal employees, providing direct personal services to any Federal employee, or otherwise violating the prohibitions set forth in Parts 7.5 and 37.1 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). The Government will control access to its facility and will perform the inspection and acceptance of the completed work.

3.7.6 Environmental, Health, and Safety: Contracted services must be performed in a manner consistent with the all EHS federal regulations, standards, and BEP policies (75B-07.0-06).

SECTION IV: Applicable Documents

All Contractors must comply with the requirements and procedures established through the BEP Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) document(s):

• 5D-07.0-04 EHS Contractor Requirements

SECTION V: Requirements for Handling Sensitive, Classified, and/or Proprietary Information

Not applicable.

SECTION VI: Government Furnished Resources and Information

The BEP shall provide 27 titanium mesh anodes to be replated.

ATTACHMENT 1: LIST OF BEP’S FACILITIES

BEP Facility Location Address

BEP’s ECF 14th & C Streets, S.W., Washington, D.C.