Request for Information Overt Security Features

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20228

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Type of Notice: Request for Information
Notice Number: 2031ZA26N00006
Short description of supply or service: Research and Development RFI for Overt Security Features PCS or FSC Code: AJ13
NAICS Code: 541715
Response Date: 2:00 PM Eastern Standard time, November 15, 2026 Primary POC: Kevin Ibershoff, Contract Specialist, [email protected] Secondary POC: Falcon Albino, Contracting Officer, [email protected] Program Office POC: Chris Dollberg, Ph.D., Division Manager, [email protected] Description: This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. This RFI is for informational planning purposes only and it should not 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. 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 as overt, visual authentication features for public usage on future generations of U. S. currency. Technologies offered should provide effective counterfeit deterrence against all types of threats including traditional printing, digital reproduction, as well as resisting simulation by commercially available materials. Proposed counterfeit deterrent features should be novel and that are not otherwise in commercial use or the public domain. Therefore, the features may be eligible to become distinctive counterfeit deterrents 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