BEP Currency Plate Production Hardware and Currency Software Maintenance

This is notice of the government's intent to award a Sole Source, fixed price contract under FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP), specifically FAR Subpart 13.5 Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items, to KBA-NotaSys SA, Avenue du Grey 55, CH-1018 Lausanne. Switzerland. The contract period of performance will be for a 3-month base period and 3 option years.

The services required are maintenance and support for currency plate production equipment, and currency design software. This includes KBA-NotaSys manufactured Computer to Intaglio Plate (CTiP), Computer to Offset Plate (CToP), and PlateBright equipment and ONE design software.

The equipment and software is located at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) Western Currency Facility (WCF) in Fort Worth Texas, and the Eastern Currency Facility (ECF) located in Washington, DC.

No other source is capable of providing the necessary maintenance and support. Only personnel from KBA-NotaSys and its subcontractors are authorized and capable to perform maintenance and support services to KBA-NotaSys' proprietary hardware and software. These components operate within the Computer Document Design System (CSDDS), also known as Engraving LAN and consist of proprietary components originally manufactured by KBA-NotaSys.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes; however, interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement by 5:00pm EST on August 1, 2018, to Paul Garner via email at Paul.V.Garner@irs.gov. Responses must demonstrate the interested party's capability to perform all the services for this requirement. Information received from this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures will be used. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the government to pay preparation costs, submission costs, or any other costs incurred in response to this notice.

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