Market Survey Questions Notice Number 2031ZA24N00007.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20228

Market Survey

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is conducting Market Research to ascertain the technical capabilities and manufacturing capacity of potential suppliers of United States Distinctive Currency Paper and Non-distinctive Banknote Paper. This is not a request for solicitation.

Company Name:

Point of Contact:

Date of Response:

1. Is your company owned or controlled by citizens of the United States?

Yes No

2. Does your company presently own and operate a paper mill in the United States that has the technical capability to manufacture paper made of cotton and linen?

Yes No

3. Are the manufacturing, operations, quality, and management personnel associated with the paper mill referenced in Question 2 above U.S. Citizens and/or lawful Permanent Resident Aliens?

4. Is the paper mill referenced in Question 2 above ISO 9001:2015 certified?

5. Does your company have the production capacity to manufacture and provide no less than

13,500,000 pounds and up to 22,500,000 pounds of cotton-linen paper in a twelve month period, assuming orders quantities are balanced throughout the year, at the paper mill referenced in Question 2 above?

6. Please complete the following questions regarding the current technical capability of your company to manufacture cotton-linen paper with security features.

Security Feature

Does your company currently have the technical capability to manufacture cotton-linen paper with this security feature?

Does the technical capability to manufacture cotton-linen paper with this security feature currently exist in the paper mill referenced in Question 2 above?

Yes No Yes No

Registered Watermarks

Embedded Security Threads

Windowed Threads

7. Does your company have the capability to convert cotton-linen paper rolls into sheets?

8. Does your company have the capacity to convert the annual pounds listed in Question 5 above into sheets?

Yes No

9. Does your company have any additional comments your company would like to include related to your technical capability and capacity?