Statement of Work_Offset Blankets.pdf

Version 01/25/2018

Statement of Work (SOW) for Offset /Collector Blankets

SECTION I: Background

The Bureau of Engraving & Printing (BEP) is the component of the Department of the Treasury that designs, engraves, and prints U.S. banknote currency and other U.S. security products. Banknote currency manufacturing occurs at BEP’s DC Facility (DCF) located in Washington, DC and the BEP’s Western Currency Facility (WCF) located in Fort Worth, TX. The BEP’s primary customer is the Federal Reserve Board (FRB).

The purpose of this requirement is to establish an indefinite delivery – indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for offset/collector blankets for BEP. Offset/collector blankets are used on sheet-fed Simultan offset presses for waterless offset printing and as collector cylinder blankets on Super Orlof Intaglio (SOI) presses. These blankets are used in the manufacture of U.S. currency paper at BEP at DCF and WCF.

SECTION II: Purpose

2.1 Product, Service or Outcome Needed.

To supply Offset /Collector blankets used on sheet-fed Simultan Offset (Offset) presses for dry offset printing and used as collector cylinder blankets on Super Orlof Intaglio (SOI) presses in the manufacture of United States paper currency at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP).

2.2 Scope of the Product, Service, or Outcome.

The BEP has developed a material specification, BEP SPECIFICATION FOR BLANKET: OFFSET PRINTING PRESS AND INTAGLIO COLLECTOR CYLINDER, Revision 2 dated 29 April 2026 to establish performance and acceptance requirements for this material at the various machines. Offset press blankets shall be suitable for use on sheet-fed Simultan Offset presses for waterless offset printing and as collector cylinder blankets on Super Orlof Intaglio (SOI) presses. The offset/collector blankets will be used to print United States currency.

SECTION III: Technical Requirements/Tasks/Outcomes

3.1 Technical Requirements: See Attachment A: “Specification B: OPP-2, Revision 2 dated 29 April

2026” (BEP SPECIFICATION FOR BLANKET: OFFSET PRINTING PRESS AND INTAGLIO

COLLECTOR CYLINDER).

3.2 Deliverables:

3.2.1 Certifications and Reports: The contractor shall certify in writing that the offset/collector printing blankets supplied in each delivery are in compliance with all the requirements including health, safety, and environmental as set forth in this specification. The signed and dated certification shall include a statement of the recovered material content, if any. This certification of compliance shall accompany the report of inspections and tests. The contractor shall furnish copies of the results of inspections and tests performed for each batch or lot of shipment to the COR in electronic form. The certification of compliance shall indicate the sampling plan and lot size used to perform the testing.

3.2.2 Packaging of Offset/Collector Blankets. The offset/collector blankets shall be packaged in wooden boxes of suitable strength to provide protection during shipping, handling, and storage.

The packing shall keep the blankets flat and provide protection for the edges of the blankets. The quantity of offset/collector blankets in the wooden container may vary between 100 and 300 blankets per wooden container at contractor discretion to best fulfill BEP order quantities.

3.2.3 Control Chart. The contractor shall provide a control chart of each of the control variables identified by the BEP. The control variables are characteristics or properties of the press blanket identified in the BEP specification. The control chart is a plot of the control variable of each lot or batch of material plotted sequentially by date of manufacture and shall contain the specification limits for the characteristic or property. The contractor shall furnish a hard copy and/or an electronic copy of the control chart of each control variable to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for each single delivery.

3.2.3.1 Control Variable. At the minimum the contractor shall provide control charts for: thickness, length, and width.

3.3 Special Delivery Instructions.

The following DELIVERY information must be provided when scheduling delivery appointments:

(1) Name of supplier/manufacturer;

(2) Contract/Purchase Order #;

(3) Total number of items;

(4) Total weight; and

(5) Date and time of delivery.

1. Deliveries to ECF are to be delivered to the following address:

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Landover Warehouse Facility 3021 Pennsy Drive

Landover, MD 20785

Vendors must call the appointment hotline at (202) 874-0874 twenty-four (24) hours in advance to schedule approximate delivery times. The hotline is manned from 6:30 am to 2:15 pm Monday through Friday. A voicemail message maybe left after normal working hours.

Deliveries are accepted between 7:00 am and 2:30 pm, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays and BEP’s Year End Shutdown (Y.E.S.) Period.

2. Supplies to be delivered to BEP's WCF are to be delivered to the following address:

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Western Currency Facility 9000 Blue Mound Road Fort Worth TX 76131

Receiving hours are from 7:00 am to 2:30 pm local time, Monday through Friday, excluding U.S. Government holidays and BEP’s Year End Shutdown (Y.E.S.) Period.

The Contractor shall call the Receiving Area at (817) 847-3822 at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance to schedule all deliveries.

3.4 Performance/ Ordering Period. The IDIQ will consist of five (5) twelve (12) month ordering periods.

3.5 Travel Requirements. Regular travel is not a requirement for this contract.

3.6 Special Requirements.

3.6.1 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.

3.6.2 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.

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

This procurement does not require the handling of sensitive, classified, or proprietary information

5.1 The Contractor agrees that all information provided by representatives of BEP, either before or after contract award, concerning the design, manufacture, processing or transporting of United States currency is nonpublic. Such information will be shared only with employees or agents of the company having a need to know, and will not be disclosed to other persons without the written consent of the CO. The Contractor shall be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

SECTION VI: Attachment(s)

6.1 BEP SPECIFICATION FOR BLANKET: OFFSET PRINTING PRESS AND INTAGLIO

COLLECTOR CYLINDER, Revision 2 dated 29 April 2026.