SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Embedded Thread Material (R&D) - Embedded Thread Material (R&D)
- Notice Date
- 11/8/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 54171
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life SciencesT
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Office of Acquisition, 14th and C Streets, SW, Room 708 E, Washington, District of Columbia, 20228, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20228
- Solicitation Number
- 2031ZA18N00006_RFI
- Point of Contact
- Anjanee (Janee') Taylor, Phone: 2028740095, Kathleen A. Barton, Phone: 2028743139
- E-Mail Address
-
Anjanee.Taylor@BEP.GOV, kathleen.barton@bep.gov
(Anjanee.Taylor@BEP.GOV, kathleen.barton@bep.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- R&D RFI Notice This is a Request for Information (RFI) (hereinafter Notice). This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, request for bids or quotations, nor, a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. The purpose of this RFI is to obtain knowledge and information for project planning purposes only. BEP has interest in, and is seeking information regarding embedded thread materials that can be used as a machine readable or device-assisted, public user-interpreted security feature for US currency. This is not a solicitation for windowed, surface applied or other security threads that are overtly visible under standard viewing conditions. This thread will be embedded into US currency substrate during the paper making process and compatibility with the process employed by paper manufacturers is a requirement. Developmental efforts will be limited to those minor adjustments necessary to make an otherwise completed thread material compatible with the current paper making process. Current market research shows that embedded threads can possess a variety of functions including, but not limited to, magnetics, UV fluorescence, electrical conductivity, and polarization. Any of these physical attributes, as well as any unlisted, will be considered as long as the response is readily interpreted by a minimally trained user and the assisting device is readily available and not cost prohibitive for a member of the general public to obtain. Although the embedded thread can demonstrate a wide variety of functionality, the embedded thread will be used as a device-assisted, public user interpreted security feature and will not be used for authentication; i.e. it will not be used as a central bank feature or for high speed sensor detection. Technologies and/or materials submitted for consideration will be reviewed for inherent and relative effectiveness as a security feature as well as ease and readiness of incorporation into a paper substrate. The BEP are seeking a near-market ready material that can be developed and easily integrated into our paper making process; no theoretical descriptions will be accepted. The BEP will only consider technologies, materials, and detection systems for which at least laboratory feasibility has already been demonstrated (i.e. concept proven, lab prototypes or samples available).
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/80928452c232623c78ba0a4fa40ea550)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), 14th & C Streets, SW, Room 705-H, Washington, District of Columbia, 20228, United States
- Zip Code: 20228
- Zip Code: 20228
- Record
- SN04735704-W 20171110/171108231255-80928452c232623c78ba0a4fa40ea550 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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