Ink ribbon and overlay film sets for Toppan MP300US

The Department of Homeland Security, Citizenship & Immigration Services has a requirement for Brand Name or Equal for the following:

Ink ribbon and overlay film sets, part # 0004A for the Toppan MP300US, to the Department of Homeland Security, Citizenship & Immigration Services for use in the manufacture and personalization of Travel Authorization Documents. The resulting contract will be a purchase order for 200 sets of ink ribbon and overlay film sets. Interested parties may submit proposals not later than 4 p.m. June 15, 2015.

The salient characteristics are:

• Photographic image and textual data/personalized onto passport is reverse-printed using special ink pigment applied onto an extremely thin-film overlay that is heat-transferred onto unique security coating.
• The overlay onto which the data is printed contains a unique, specially designed and complex security Cryptogram that provides the optically variable security pattern.
• Highly secure and unique combination of security techniques that have shown to be extremely effective in preventing and identifying attempts to produce counterfeit and alterations.

The following provision and clauses apply:

- 52.211-6 -- Brand Name or Equal applies to this acquisition.
- 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)
- 52.212-1 -- Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items.
- 52.212-3 -- Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items.
- 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (Dec 2014)
- 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (May 2015)
- 52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jul 2013) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).
- 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Aug 2013) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).
- 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Jul 2013) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)).
- 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755).
- 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2014) (E.O. 13126).
- 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015).
- 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Apr 2015) (E.O. 11246).
- 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Jul 2014) (38 U.S.C. 4212).
- 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793).
- 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627).
- 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving (Aug 2011) (E.O. 13513).
- 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer- System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332).
- HSAR 3052.209-70 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTS WITH CORPORATE EXPATRIATES (JUN 2006)
- HSAR 3052.205-70 Advertisements, Publicizing Awards, and Releases (SEP 2012)

All inquiries regarding this requirement shall be submitted electronically via e-mail to Stuart Sellears, Contracting Specialist at stuart.sellears@uscs.dhs.gov