Overt Security Feature R&D - RFI Tender, USA - 41893572

Procurement Summary

Country : USA

Summary : Overt Security Feature R&D - RFI

Deadline : 25 Mar 2021

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 41893572

Document Ref. No. : 2031ZA20N00022

Competition : ICB

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Overt Security Feature R&D - RFI

Active Contract Opportunity

Notice ID : 2031ZA20N00022

Related Notice

Department/Ind. Agency : TREASURY, DEPARTMENT OF THE

Sub-tier : BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING

Office : BEP OFFICE OF ACQUISITION

General Information

Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Original)

All Dates/Times are: (UTC-04:00) EASTERN STANDARD TIME, NEW YORK, USA

Original Published Date: Mar 26, 2020 02:07 pm EDT

Original Response Date: Mar 25, 2021 05:00 pm EDT

Inactive Policy: Manual

Original Inactive Date: Mar 26, 2021

Initiative: None


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Place of Performance:, 20228 USA

Description

This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. This RFI is for informational planning purposes only and it should not to be construed as a commitment by the Government for any actual procurement of materials, machinery, or services. This notice does not constitute a solicitation or a promise of a solicitation in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to a contract for any supply or service. Respondents are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI are solely at the responding parties` expense. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). If so, respondents are solely responsible for properly marking and identifying such information within their responses for Information (RFI)(hereinafter Notice).

Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract or agreement. The BEP will not be obligated to pursue any particular acquisition alternative as a result of this RFI. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation inany future solicitation, if one is issued.

The U. S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), is interested in obtaining, testing, and evaluating technologies and/or materials with potential application in overt, visual authentication features on future generations of U. S. currency. Technologies offered should provide effective counterfeit deterrence against all types of threats including traditional printing as well as digital reproduction. Proposed counterfeit deterrent features may be incorporated into the banknote (inks, substrate) or applied to the note, and should not require the use of any external device for verification. An effective overt feature should be extremely difficult to simulate or duplicate, but should be easy to aut...

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