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Alternative Raw Materials for Currency Substrate Production

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER · Washington, District of Columbia

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Response status

Due in 32 days

Dec 11, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC

Responses remain open.

Posted
Sep 28, 2026
Archive date
Dec 26, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • OFFICE OF THE CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER published this sources sought.
  • Competition is listed as No Set aside used.
  • The place of performance is Washington, District of Columbia.
  • The notice uses NAICS 322120 (Paper Mills).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
bb3c9d6966d14b7d9c13dea316d376d0
Solicitation
2031ZA26N00063
Base type
Sources Sought
Version
1 of 1

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Sources Sought
Solicitation number
2031ZA26N00063
NAICS
322120 — Paper Mills
PSC
9310 — PAPER AND PAPERBOARD
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Set-aside code
—
Posted
Sep 28, 2026
Responses due
Dec 11, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Dec 26, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Sources Sought
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
—
Category confidence
—
Category source
—
Last seen
Oct 21, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
TREASURY, DEPARTMENT OF THE
Department code
—
Subagency
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Subagency code
—
Office
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER
Organization path
—
Organization path codes
—
Office address
WASHINGTON, DC, 20228, USA
Place of performance
Washington, District of Columbia
City code
—
State
District of Columbia
State code
DC
Postal code
—
Country
—

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to identify and evaluate currency and security paper substrates manufactured with commercially available and emerging alternative raw materials. The Issuing Organization seeks information regarding paper that could supplement or replace traditional cotton-linen currency paper while maintaining or improving performance, security, durability, sustainability, and manufacturability. This RFI is issued solely for market research and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation, request for proposal, or commitment to procure products or services.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

Low end (p25)$30,988
Median$75,128
High end (p75)$89,023
Comparable awards
25
Median
$75,128
Computed
Nov 4, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
32,000 BOXES OF CATTLE BACKTAGSE.J. BROOKS COMPANY$638,543.69Apr 1, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THIS ACTION IS A RATIFICATION OF AN UNAUTHORIZED COMMITMENT.E.J. BROOKS COMPANY$230,005.77Jun 11, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
JIT CATTLE BACKTAGS USDA/APHIS/VSE.J. BROOKS COMPANY$499,979.42Oct 8, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PURCHASE ORDER TO COMPLETE A RATIFIED/APPROVED UNAUTHORIZED COMMITMENT (UAC), CONTROL NUMBWECSYS LLC$12,000.00May 7, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PAPERWESTERN STATES ENVELOPE CO$53,283.65Mar 3, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PAPERB.W. WILSON PAPER COMPANY, INCORPORATED$81,040.00Apr 13, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PAPERB.W. WILSON PAPER COMPANY, INCORPORATED$75,127.50May 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PAPERB.W. WILSON PAPER COMPANY, INCORPORATED$78,584.00May 19, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PAPERWESTERN STATES ENVELOPE CO$33,169.70May 19, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PAPERB.W. WILSON PAPER COMPANY, INCORPORATED$79,817.50Jun 10, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PAPERB.W. WILSON PAPER COMPANY, INCORPORATED$78,584.00Jul 7, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PAPERWESTERN STATES ENVELOPE CO$20,505.00Jul 20, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PAPERB.W. WILSON PAPER COMPANY, INCORPORATED$39,292.00Aug 19, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PAPERWESTERN STATES ENVELOPE CO$30,988.00Aug 31, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
LETTER HEADACCURATE WORD LLC$24,900.00Jun 1, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ECF NOVEMBER 2026 DELIVERIES, CURRENCY PAPERCRANE & CO., INC.$13,936,651.60Sep 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
WCF NOVEMBER 2026 DELIVERIES, CURRENCY PAPERCRANE & CO., INC.$8,394,192.00Sep 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PAPER BLUE INTERLEAVING 27 1/2" X 32" 106M 50% RAG REGULAR FINISH (WOVE) GRAIN LONG (BAMILES AHEAD DISTRIBUTION, INC.$4,020.00Mar 17, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PAPER COPYING WHITE DRY PROCESS 8-1/2" X 11" LONG GRAINTSRC, INC.$24,963.90Jun 30, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PAPER BLUE INTERLEAVING 27 1/2" X 32" 106M 50% RAG REGULAR FINISH (WOVE) GRAIN LONGMILES AHEAD DISTRIBUTION, INC.$142,040.00Jul 21, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Oct 21, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 25 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Nov 4, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.