# Currency Ink

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/2031za25r00019

- Solicitation number: 2031ZA25R00019
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as special notice)
- Status: Awarded to Sicpa Securink Corp. for $70,294,019.00
- 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: District of Columbia (FIPS 11001). https://abierto.us/counties/district-of-columbia-dc-11001
- City: Washington. https://abierto.us/cities/washington-dc-1150000
- First posted: August 22, 2025
- Last posted: January 21, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/fffedd778f4948c8b68d722d545d4336/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 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

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Sicpa Securink Corp. (UEI JXZLMHMXAFB4)
- Contract: 2031ZA26D00003
- Obligated: $0.00
- Competition: Not Competed, 1 offers received
- Link: award number 2031ZA26D00003 equals the contract number; same awarding office 2031ZA (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_2031ZA26D00003_2041/


## Publications

- August 22, 2025: Special notice, due September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice acc4303e2f204cd8b4a13e42b6012870. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/acc4303e2f204cd8b4a13e42b6012870/view
- January 21, 2026: Award notice. Notice 38205cec27ea4eb692c3ec36b360c783. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/38205cec27ea4eb692c3ec36b360c783/view
- January 21, 2026: Award notice. Notice fffedd778f4948c8b68d722d545d4336. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/fffedd778f4948c8b68d722d545d4336/view

## Points of contact

- Kimberly Read, kimberly.read@bep.gov

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