# AWARD NOTICE - Currency Inks

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/2031za24r00002

- Solicitation number: 2031ZA26D00002
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as special notice)
- Status: Awarded to Sicpa Securink Corp. for $65,900,000.00
- Department: Department of the Treasury
- Agency: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Contracting office: Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (2031ZA)
- NAICS: 325910 Printing Ink Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 6810 Chemicals
- County: Fairfax County (FIPS 51059). https://abierto.us/counties/fairfax-county-va-51059
- First posted: June 20, 2024
- Last posted: January 13, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/61d41eb0e3d74ef4a2a8ae4eb0ffeaf1/view

## Description

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 Office of Research and Development (R&D) 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 6.302-1(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 health 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 falcon.albino@bep.gov and kimberly.read@bep.gov, NO LATER THAN 4:00PM, EASTERN STANDARD TIME, 19 July 2024. 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 Falcon Albino at falcon.albino@bep.gov. Contracting Office Address Bureau of Engraving and Printing 14th & C Streets SW Washington, DC 20228

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Sicpa Securink Corp. (UEI JXZLMHMXAFB4)
- Contract: 2031ZA26D00002
- Obligated: $0.00
- Competition: Not Competed, 1 offers received
- Link: award number 2031ZA26D00002 equals the contract number; same awarding office 2031ZA (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_2031ZA26D00002_2041/


## Publications

- June 20, 2024: Special notice, due July 19, 2024 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice f1820b48088f4892b6613e208baee38e. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f1820b48088f4892b6613e208baee38e/view
- January 13, 2026: Award notice. Notice 61d41eb0e3d74ef4a2a8ae4eb0ffeaf1. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/61d41eb0e3d74ef4a2a8ae4eb0ffeaf1/view

## Points of contact

- Falcon Albino, falcon.albino@bep.gov
- Kimberly Read, kimberly.read@bep.gov

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