NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE - Currency Inks
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- Solicitation number
- 2031ZA25R00019
- Agency
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Department of the Treasury
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 325910 Printing Ink Manufacturing
- PSC
- 6810 Chemicals
- Place of performance
- United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), under the Department of the Treasury, has issued a Notice of Intent to Award a sole source contract to SICPA Securink, Inc. for specialized currency inks. The contract will be structured as a Single-Award Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Firm-Fixed Price contract with an estimated value of $70,294,019.83 over a five-year performance period beginning July 1, 2025. The inks will be used in the manufacture of U.S. currency and other security products at BEP facilities, specifically for authentication features compatible with Federal Reserve Bank high-speed currency processing systems. This procurement is being justified under FAR subpart 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii)(A) and (B) as a sole source award. The specialized inks must meet stringent specifications for banknote production acceptable to the Federal Reserve Board and work with BEP's Simultan offset presses and U.S. Currency Program sensors.
The purpose of this notice is to inform potential contractors of the government's intent to award without competition due to the unique and proprietary nature of the required Color Shifting Ink, Type II technology. SICPA Securink, Inc. is identified as the only source with the exclusive intellectual property rights and capability to manufacture and verify the ink's security features, which serve as counterfeit deterrents for U.S. currency. Interested parties must submit capability statements, comments, questions, or concerns via email to the designated procurement officers by 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on September 12, 2025. This is not a request for competitive proposals, and the government reserves sole discretion in determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. All costs associated with responding to this notice are the responsibility of the respondent and will not be reimbursed by the government.
Notice text
NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE - SICPA Securink, Inc.
Inks
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO) on behalf of the Production Materials Department intends to award a Single-Award Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Firm-Fixed Price contract for a specialized ink that will include a feature for the authentication of U.S. currency on Federal Reserve Bank's (FRB) high speed currency processing systems utilizing a Justification and Approval in accordance with FAR subpart 6.302-l(a)(2)(ii)(A) and (B). The intended contractor SICPA Securink, Inc.
The inks will be used in the manufacture of U.S. currency and other U.S. security products at the BEP ECF and WCF facilities and for use in test printing related to change management and continuous improvement efforts. Procured security inks must meet specifications to produce banknotes acceptable to the Federal Reserve Board. The inks must be compatible with BEP Simultan offset presses, work in concert with U.S. Currency Program (USCP) sensors, and meet quality, environmental ealth and safety, security, transportation, manufacturing, and accountability requirements. Inks must also meet the specialized USCP Catalyst Family Design (CFD) requirements.
This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive offers/quotes/proposals. A determination not to compete this requirement is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any cost associated with the preparation and submission of data or information, or any other costs incurred in responding to this notice is the sole responsibility of the respondent and will not be reimbursed by the Government.
Capability statement, comments, questions, or concerns regarding this notice MUST be received via email ONLY to Frederick.porter@bep.gov and Kimberly.read@bep.gov, NO LATER THAN 4:00PM, EASTERN STANDARD TIME, 12 September 2025.
Additionally, interested sources must be registered and currently active in the System for Award Management (SAM), found at https://www.sam.gov.
The solicitation will not be posted.
Points of contact regarding this notice are Kimberly Read, Contract Specialist at
kimberly.read@bep.gov and Frederick Porter Contracting Officer at frederick.porter@bep.gov.
Contracting Office Address
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
14th & C Streets SW
Washington, DC 20228
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| JOFOC__CSIT2__FINAL_Redacted.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Currency Ink | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Special Notice |
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