Notice · not open for bids · United States · Public tender
Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) Request for Information (RFI) - R&D Hidden Machine-Readable Security Features - FY26
Bureau of Engraving and Printing · DC
Bureau of Engraving and Printing in the United States has published a notice (Special Notice) about “Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) Request for Information (RFI) - R&D Hidden Machine-Readable Security Features - FY26”. It is not a call for bids: no tender is open to bid on yet, or the buyer has already chosen a supplier.
The tender in brief
US currency bureau seeks hidden machine-readable anti-counterfeit technologies for banknotes
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is gathering information on novel technologies and materials that could act as hidden machine-readable counterfeit deterrent or authentication features on future US currency. Features should be hard to discover or duplicate and readable by a standalone detection system. This is a request for information, not a contract or solicitation.
Key facts
- Procedure
- Special Notice
- How bids are judged
- Reviewed for inherent and relative effectiveness as a security feature, then assessed for compatibility with design, production, durability and environmental factors
- Published
- 14 Nov 2025
- Reference
- 2031ZA26N00005
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