Currency Reader
Award Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- BEP-RFP-14-0256
- Agency
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Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Department of the Treasury
- Awarded
- to Orbit Research, LLC
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- TEPD141757 Federal IDV award
- NAICS code
- 339999 All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
- PSC
- Not on record
- Place of performance
- Department of Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 14th and C Streets SW, Washington, District of Columbia 20228, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
Notice text
4 versions
Update #4 · Latest ·
Added: Oct 29, 2013 1:10 pm
The purpose of this amendment, Amendment No. 002 is to amend the solicitation in order to clarify the solicitation closing time and to provide responses to questions received.
Section L, Paragraph 3.0 is changed:
FROM:
To be considered for evaluation, electronic proposals AND the currency reader device shall be received by the stated due date in block 8 of the SF 1449. The due time is 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Submission of technical and pricing via fax will not be accepted.
TO:
To be considered for evaluation, electronic proposals AND the currency reader device shall be received by the stated due date in block 8 of the SF 1449. The due time is 3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Submission of technical and pricing via fax will not be accepted.
QUESTION 1: Please confirm that no authentication is required that the note is an "authentic note" and that the BEP and Treasury will take responsibility and any liability if a counterfeit note is accepted by the reader.
GOVERNEMENT RESPONSE: No authentication is required by the currency reader concerning whether or not bill is a counterfeit. The currency reader's sole purpose is to denominate currency for the blind and visually impaired as stated in the Statement of Need.
QUESTION 2: Will the BEP or an outside agency be completing the testing for the readers and since this has been a very long process, will any weight be given as to using older and possibly outdated components?
GOVERNMENT RESPONSE: Acceptance testing is to be done by the Offeror or their subcontractor (if contracted out). The results are provided to the Government per paragraphs 3.1.8.1 and 3.1.8.2 of the Statement of Need. This is a pass/fail lowest priced technically acceptable requirement, and the proposed reader must meet the requirement stated in the Statement of Need. No additional weight or tradeoff is given to any aspect of a proposal that exceeds the technical requirement as stated in the Statement of Need.
QUESTION 3: Warranty needs to be better-defined in the RFQ. There is no mention for the person being responsible for abuse or neglect or "acts of God".....especially water damage.
GOVERNMENT RESPONSE: The warranty should be a standard one-year commercial warranty against manufacturing defects as stated in the Statement of Need. Accidents and misuse are not considered manufacturing defects.
All other terms and conditions of the solicitation remain unchanged.
Update #3 ·
Added: Oct 11, 2013 11:09 am
The purpose of this amendment, Amendment No. 001 is to amend the solicitation in order to provide response to questions received.
QUESTION:The due date of 10/30 will be very difficult to meet. There is no product on the market today that meets these specs so the item will have to be designed from scratch or modified from the existing product. What are the possibilities of getting an extension?
GOVERMENT RESPONSE:Through extensive market research and requests for information (BEP-RFI-13-0222), the Government was able to determine that there are products on the commercial market that do meet the specifications listed in the Solicitation. The Government will not revise the proposal due date.
All other terms and conditions of the solicitation remain unchanged.
Update #2 ·
Added: Oct 03, 2013 3:40 pm DUE TO TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH OUR CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM, SECTION 10 OF THE SF 1449 IS INCOMPLETE. THE SOLICITATION SHOULD READ IN SECTION 10 OF THE SF 1449 THAT "THIS ACQUISITION IS SET ASIDE 100% FOR A TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS UNDER NAICS CODE 339999 WITH A SIZE STANDARD OF 500 EMPLOYEES."
Update #1 ·
Added: Sep 30, 2013 4:35 pm
This is the Request for Proposal for previously named BEP-RFP-14-0246 for Currency Readers. The updated name is BEP-RFP-14-0256.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) in Washington, DC is issuing a Request for Proposal in order to purchase currency readers for the blind and visually impaired. The BEP is soliciting this requirement utilizing Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources as a 100% Small Business set-aside. The applicable NAICS code is 339999 "All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing" with a size standard of 500 employees. The anticipated award will be a firm, fixed price Requirements contract. PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT FOR COMPLETE SOLICITATION
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| BEP-RFP-14-0256.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Currency Readers | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Award Notice |
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