3M Non-Printed Shielding Sheets

The US Government Printing Office (GPO) has a requirement to produce 3M Non-Printed Shielding Sheets. There is a security feature that will be implemented in the attenuating material that is patented by 3M and has been tested and approved by NIST. GPO intends to issue a sole source contract in accordance with MMAR 6.302-1 to the 3M Company. This notice is neither a request for proposal nor a solicitation of offers. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full an open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.