Office of Procurement Current Acquisition Projects
IQ220P120258 Sole Source: Online Media Monitoring Services (posted 2012feb13)
PTO1200046 Court Reporting Services (posted 2012feb9)
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for a commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.
DOC52PAPT1000025 Sole Source Award Notice: Public Dissemination of bulk Patent and Trademark Data (posted 2012feb2)
DOC44PAPT1202071 Sole Source Award Notice: PrimeOCR Software Maintenance (posted 2012feb2)
PTO285P1250487 Sole Source Award Notice: Blue Fish Navigation Manager (posted 2012jan24)
DOC144P1201160 - Request for Information (RFI): Online Registration Service/System (posted 2012jan5)
The United States Patent and Trademark Office is conducting market research for an Online Registration Service/System which can be used as an event registration service to register participants for upcoming events. Interested businesses which can provide the capabilities described in the attached posting should respond no later 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), January 13, 2012.
PTO163P1201138 Sole Source Award Notice: Thomson Reuters for Geneseq Database Service (posted 2011dec29)
PTO163P1250352 Sole Source Award Notice: Carahsoft for ColdFusion Enterprise 9 Suite (posted 2011dec29)
PTO284P1250153 Sole Source Award Notice: Entrust (posted 20dec2011)
The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) intends to issue a sole-source award to Entrust, Inc. Responses can be sent to the Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Procurement, via email to Tashiana.Carter@USPTO.GOV no later than 5:00 P.M. (Eastern Standard Time) on December 28, 2011.
PTO163P1201098 - The Research Investment, Inc. - Sole Source Award Notice (posted 14dec2011)
The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) intends to issue a sole-source award to The Research Investment, Inc., the anticipated award date is December 19, 2011.
DOC52PAPT1200020 - Tactical Strategy Group, Inc. - Sole Source Award Notice posted 29Nov2011
The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) intends to issue a sole-source award to Tactical Strategy Group, Inc., the anticipated award date is December 5, 2011.
DOC50PAPT1200012 - Sole Source Award Notice - TranBen, LTD
The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) intends to award a sole-source award in the amount of $2,077,800.00 for a single fare media that can be used both for immediate distribution to new employees commuting within the D.C. Metro area, as well as by employees to be commuting within the Detroit metro area where the USPTO plans to open a satellite office in the near future. The North American Classification System Code is 485111. This is not a solicitation nor will a solicitation be issued in regards to this announcement. Therefore, no RFP will be issued as a result. This announcement is also posted on Federal Business Opportunities. You may send electronic inquiries regarding this award notice, referencing announcement number DOC50PAPT1200012, to Erin Fox-Ramirez.
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for a commercial item prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as applicable, and as supplemental with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is solicitation number DOC-52-PAPT-12-00013 issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-53, effective on August 4, 2011. This is a total small business set-aside and the associated NAICS code is 517919 Broadband Internet Service. The prospective contractor must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Please submit responses electronically to Shellie Eaton.
DOC52PAPT1200002 - User Interface Designs (UID) draft Combined Solicitation/Synopsis
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is soliciting for comprehensive services for User Interface Designs for various improvement projects. Multiple Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity awards are anticipated on the basis of a full and open competition for a 12 month base period, with two 12 month option periods.The NAICS code is 5419511. This is a 100% small business set-aside.
Request For Information (RFI) No. PRCPROC1100239 – Employee Relocation Allowance Program
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is compiling information to develop policy and implement an employee relocation allowance program. The employee relocation allowance is a tool available to federal agencies to help recruit highly qualified individuals. THIS IS A RFI ONLY. The purpose of this RFI is to determine if there are firms capable of providing the USPTO with all the services as described in this RFI. This RFI is issued by the USPTO solely for information and planning purposes; it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ) or a promise to issue an RFQ.
Sole Source Award Notice: Puppet Labs, Inc.
The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) intends to award a sole-source purchase order in the amount of $61,325.00 for Puppet Enterprise Software Support to Reductive LLC (Puppet Labs, Inc.), 222 NW Davis Street, Suite 321, Portland, OR 97209-3900 for one year of Puppet Enterprise Support & Maintenance for 250 Nodes, Puppet Labs DevOps Consulting with Quick Start, and Puppet Lab Bootstrap.
Sole Source Award Notice: Actuate Corporation
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) plans to award a sole source commercial item purchase order using FAR Part 12 procedures to Actuate Corporation, 2207 BridgePointe Pkwy Suite 500, San Mateo, CA 94404. The total purchase order period of performance will be for a twelve (12) month period from September 30, 2011, through September 29, 2012. The USPTO has a requirement to procure ActuateOne product suite (platform) that consists of ten (10) total licenses, eight (8) Business Intelligence Report Tools (BIRT) User and two (2) BIRT Designer Pro license agreements. The aforementioned software operates in the BIRT onDemand cloud to provide USPTO’s Office of Trademark Program Control (OTPC) the ability to integrate data from disparate data sources so that end users can view and manipulate corporate data in the form of static reports, ad hoc reports, dashboards or inactive reports that is comprised of First Action System for Trademarks (FAST) 1.X. In addition, Actuate will provide two (2) training sessions as well as forty (40) hours of consulting services. BIRT onDemand tools are only available from Actuate Corporation. Actuate is the sole developer and supplier of the required BIRT software. No other source can successfully meet the USPTO’s requirements. Anticipated contract award date is September 30, 2011. Primary point of contact is Tomei Funderburk at 571-272-8296.
150P1101468 - ISO 9001 Audit and Certification Services
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Office of the Patent Quality Assurance desires to fulfill a requirement to obtain a combined audit and certification of its Management System (ISO 9001) services in accordance with the international accreditation standards. The purpose of the ISO 9001 certification is to access the quality standards and the continual improvement of overall performance. Additionally, the contractor shall identify and provide all phases of the certification process. This acquisition will be conducted as a full and open competition requirement for a five (5) year period. This NAICS code associated with this project is 541611 - Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services.
Sole Source Award Notice: SumTotal Systems, Inc.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) intends to award a sole-source purchase order in the amount of $15,351.61 for annual Pathlore software maintenance utilizing simplified acquisition procedures to SumTotal Systems, Inc., 2850 NW 43rd Street, Suite #200, Gainesville, FL 32606, in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 (only one responsible source). The period of coverage commences from October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012. No RFP will be issued as a result. The point of contact for information regarding this notice is Nathia Casey at (571) 272-5467, nathia.casey@uspto.gov.
Sole Source Award Notice: ATTACHMATE (posted 2011sep13)
The United States Patent and Trademark Office intends to issue a sole source award to ATTACHMATE, 1500 Dexter Ave North, Seattle, WA 98109-3032 for Databridge Client License Unit/Maintenance on September 15, 2011 in the amount of $16,159.99.
DOC52PAPT1100031 – Printing, Imaging, Binding, and Distribution of United States Patents>>SF30 Amendment 1>>Solicitation Modification>>Questions and Answers >>Award Announcement posted 2011dec26
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has a continuing requirement for the printing, imaging, binding, and distribution of United States Patents. USPTO intends to compete this requirement as a Competitive Small Business Set-aside for a 12-month base period, with four (4), one (1)-year option periods for a maximum period of performance of five (5) years and will be issued as a single award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) requirements contract. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 323117.
Sole Source Award Notice: Entrust, Inc. (posted 2011sep07)
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) intends to award a sole-source purchase order in the amount of $12,157.25 for the Entrust Enterprise Licensing Software and Maintenance utilizing simplified acquisition procedures to Entrust, Inc., 5400 LBJ FWY STE 1340, Dallas, TX 75240, in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 (only one responsible source). No RFQ will be issued as a result. The point of contact for information regarding this notice is Tomei Funderburk at (571)272-8296.
Sole Source Award Notice: Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) intends to award a sole-source purchase order in the amount of $12.173.87 for the annual AlternaTiff software maintenance utilizing simplified acquisition procedures to Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc., 6302 Constitution Dr, Fort Wayne, IN 46804-6815, in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 (only one responsible source). The period of coverage commences from October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012. No RFP will be issued as a result. The point of contact for information regarding this notice is Connie Lum at (571)272-4167, connie.lum@uspto.gov.
Sole Source Award Notice: Desk Flex, Inc.
The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) intends to award a sole-source purchase order in the amount of $16,444.00 with options for additional maintenance utilizing simplified acquisition procedures to Desk Flex, Inc. 309 W. Washington Street, Suite 1225, Chicago, IL 60606 in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 only one responsible source. No RFP will be issued as a result.
This is an update to the synopsis posted on July 20, 2011 for Solicitation DOC52PAPT1100036. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Systems Development and Maintenance Group (SDMG), Patent Systems Division (PSD) desires to modernize its capabilities and has a requirement for software and maintenance support services utilized for polynucleotide and polypeotide searching sequences that are submitted with biotechnology patent applications. The purpose of the ABSS system is to sustain the USTPO's business function of performing prior-art searching of polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences claimed in patent applications examined by the USPTO's biotechnology center. The current search software (GENCORE Version 6) is currently provided by Biocceleration, Inc. This acquisition will be conducted as a full and open competition requirement with a period of performance of a 1-year base period and two 1-year option periods with contract award to a single vendor. The NAICS Code associated with this project is 541511 - Other Computer Related Services (size standard: $25M). Please submit responses electronically to Becky Morehart.
PTO282P1150405 Requirements Engineering Training Program (Combined Synopsis/Solicitation)
USPTO intends to establish a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to obtain commercially available on-site, instructor-led training support in identifying and providing all phases of a Requirements Engineering Training Program for both business analysts and systems analysts to improve their capabilities to develop and use all levels of requirements for information technology (IT) to support the mission of the USPTO. The Training Program must be based on the work of Karl Wiegers' book, Software Requirements, 2nd Edition, which establishes basic principles, processes and best practices of requirements engineering and enhanced with the ability to provide training in additional topics as identified during the assessment phase. This acquisition is reserved for small businesses including HUBZone and Service-Disabled Veteran-owned businesses and will be fulfilled using the Simplified Acquisition procedures, Part 13 of the FAR, and the test program authorized in FAR subpart 13.5, to the maximum extent possible. The associated North American Classification System (NAICS) code is 611420. The small business size standard is $7.0 million.
DOC52PAPT1100013 Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (Solicitation)
USPTO is soliciting for comprehensive services to provide international search reports and written opinions under the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) . Multiple Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity awards are anticipated on the basis of a full and open competition for a 12 month base period, with four 12 month option periods and the ability to earn 5 performance award term periods for a maximum period of performance of 10 years. The NAICS code is 541990. The small business size standard is $7.0M. Posted 2011aug15: Final Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) RFP Final Questions and Responses Attachment 9 - Past Performance
DOC52PAPT1100017 Enterprise Contact Center (ECC) Infrastructure Support Services
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) seeks to award a contract for Enterprise Contact Center (ECC) infrastructure support services providing internal and external customers with easy, convenient and speedy access to USPTO provided information and services. The ECC currently operates in the USPTO’s Alexandria Headquarters (with users connected to the USPTO’s Nortel PBX) and Randolph Sq., Shirlington, Va. and serves 25 business centers utilizing approximately 500 agents and supervisors. The period of performance is anticipated to be for a base period of one year and four additional one-year options. This requirement is an 8(a) set-aside under North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code 541519. The Request for Proposal (RFP), RFP Cover Page and attachments (Attachment 1, Attachment 2, Attachment 3) were released on the FEDBIZOPS.GOV website on June 29, 2011 . Any questions pertaining to the subject RFP should be submitted to the following email address: AcqusitionsEcc@uspto.gov
DOC52PAPT1100021 Administrative Support Services
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking proposals for Administrative Support Services requirements (a follow-on requirement) under NAICS Code 561110 and is a Competitive Small Business size standard of $7M, 8(a) Program procurement using the Best Value continuum. A single award, Labor Hour-type Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract of one base year and four (4) 12-month option year periods is anticipated. September 1, 2011 is the anticipated contract start date.
Sole Source Award Notice: QuestionMark Corporation
The United States Patent & Trademark Office intends to issue a sole source award to QuestionMark Corporation for the renewal of maintenance of software licenses owned by the USPTO.
DOC52PAPT1100029 Trademark Clerical Support Services (TCSS) RFP
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has a requirement for Trademark (TM) Clerical Support Services to provide income and outgoing mailroom services, paper TM application handling and scanning functions, fee processing, refunds processing and cashier duties, scanning documents related to TM applications and registration, managing email boxes for TM requests from TM examining attorneys and customer requests.
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DOC52PAPT1100029 Trademark Clerical Support Services (TCSS) Pre-Solicitation Notice
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is soliciting for Trademark (TM) Clerical Support Services to provide income and outgoing mailroom services, paper TM application handling and scanning functions, fee processing, refunds processing and cashier duties, scanning documents related to TM applications and registration, managing email boxes for TM requests from TM examining attorneys and customer requests.
DOC52PAPT1100031 Patent Printing Pre-Solicitation Notice
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has a continuing requirement for the printing, imaging, binding, and distribution of United States Patents.
Sole Source Announcement - Boyers, PA Facility Maintenance
The United States Patent & Trademark Office intends to issue a sole source award to Iron Mountain/NUS for facilities maintenance of the Boyers, PA secure facility.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) intends to issue a sole source award to Iron Mountain/National Underground Storage for leased space at its Boyers, PA limestone mine to serve as a secure, remote production operation and disaster recovery data center.
DOC-SS-PAPT-1100009 - PATENT DOCUMENT CONVERSION AND XML GENERATION SOLUTION
This RFI seeks to obtain information from interested parties, including the vendor community, about potential solutions to the problem of converting legacy documents to XML format. The Office is exploring a wide range of possible solutions for several different but related needs.
DOC52PAPT1100022 - Expert Advice and Assistance (RFQ) >>Amendment 1>>Amendment 2 (Questions and Answers) 
This procurement is a 100% total small business set-aside. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has a requirement for expert advice and assistance in support of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Office of Planning and Budget (OPB). The expert advice and assistance will focus on strategic planning, budget formulation and related areas.
- AWARD NOTICE: DOC50PAPT1100022 was awarded to Frances Michalkewicz on June 8, 2011. The total ceiling is $411,000.00.
DOC52PAPT1100021 - Administrative Services Support (Pre-solicitation Notice)
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is hereby providing a pre-solicitation notice pursuant to FAR Subpart 5.2 - Synopses of Proposed Contract Action for Administrative Support Services (NAICS 561110). The subsequent solicitation is a follow-on contract requirement that is currently being performed by Chugach Industries, Inc. under contract number DOC50PAPT0601019.
SS-PAPT1100005 - Situational Awareness and Incident Response (SAIR) Request for Information (RFI)
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has developed a CIO Command Center, referred to as the C3, to manage Situational Awareness (SA) and Incident Response (SAIR) of the network enterprise.
Sole Source Award Notice: 053P1101146 - Hotel and Conference Services Cancelled
The United States Patent & Trademark Office intends to issue a sole source award to Marriott Baltimore Waterfront Hotel for conference center services and guest rooms and services for attendees.
DOC-SS-PAPT1100004 - Bibliographic Metadata Database Solution RFI
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has a project known as Patents End to End (PE2E) which will deliver the next-generation IT infrastructure supporting Patents business operations. PE2E will contain an internal database of bibliographic reference metadata. USPTO seeks to obtain information from interested parties, including the vendor community, about potential opportunities to acquire bibliographic metadata reference information. This RFI is issued solely for informational, market research, and planning purposes only.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has a requirement for conference space in a retreat-like setting for its Trademark Managers’ Training Workshop.
Sole Source Award Notice: Snowbound Software Corporation
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) intends to issue a sole source award to SNOWBOUND SOFTWARE CORPORATION for RasterMaster Software Maintenance.
RFQ Solicitation No. 281P1150142 - Agile/SCRUM Training Modules
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) intends to establish a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to fulfill its requirement to obtain commercially available on-site, instructor-led training support for the use of Agile/SCRUM framework at the USPTO.
DOCSSPAPT1100002 - Automated Biosequence Search System (ABSS) RFI
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is conducting market research to determine potential commercial products and/or sources/companies to design, develop, and deploy a widely distributed computing system for biosequence alignment and data management.
DOCSSPAPT1100001 - Machine Translation Software (MTS) RFI
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking information from interested parties who can provide commercially available machine translation software suitable for an enterprise-wide solution.
Unisys ClearPath Software Sole Source Announcement
The United States Patent & Trademark Office intends to issue a sole source award to Metalogic, 113 Rue de Luxembourg, L7540 Rollingen, Luxembourg for the acquisition of job scheduling environmental software for the USPTO’s Unisys ClearPath server.
DOCSSPAPT10-00003 Administrative Password Management Products Request For Information
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is interested in commercially available administrative password management products to find a solution that will make password management simpler solely for System Administrator Accounts and enterprise Application Accounts.
Sole Source Award Notice: IdeaScale
The United States Patent & Trademark Office intends to issue a sole source award to Survey Analytics, 3518 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, WA, for IdeaScale Platform licenses, an additional moderator, and customization of the IdeaScale platform.
DOC52PAPT1000039 - Qualified Parking Benefit Program Management Services (RFP Released 2010jul22)
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has a requirement for management services for a Qualified Parking Benefit program, a qualified transportation fringe benefit (QTF) plan authorized by Internal Revenue Code Section 132 (IRC $132(f)(5)(C).
DOC52PAPT1000025 - USPTO's Public Data Dissemination
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) seeks to meet the President’s Open Government Initiative (OGI) to provide increased transparency of Government operations and information by making more patent and trademark bulk data in machine-readable format available to the public via the Internet.
DOC52PAPT1000018 – USPTO’s Legal Information Filing and Tracking System (LIFTS) Project
The purpose of this RFQ is to acquire commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) legal case-management software for the USPTO. This software is required to allow USPTO's Office of General Counsel manage legal cases and matters from inception to completion. This is a 100% small business set aside.
DOC52PAPT1000022 - Systems Development and Integration - Next Generation (Small Business Set-aside)
In addition to USPTO solicitation no. DOC521000015 which is a full and open competition for SDI-NG services, the USPTO is issuing this solicitation (DOC52PAPT1000022) as a 100% small business set-aside.
Sole Source Award Notice: Arpin International Group
The United States Patent & Trademark Office issued a sole source contract award in the amount of $45,721.00 to Arpin International Group for an International Relocation and Storage of Household Effects, Unaccompanied Baggage and a vehicle.
Sole Source Award Notice: Tevron, Inc.
The United States Patent & Trademark Office intends to issue a sole source award to Tevron, Inc. for the purchase of two (2) CitraTest APM License and 1-year maintenance.
Sole Source Award Notice: Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
The United States Patent & Trademark Office intends to issue a sole source award to Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., for follow-on subscription services to IFI Comprehensive Database.
Only Connect Consulting Sole Source Award Notice
The United States Patent & Trademark Office intends to issue a sole source award to Only Connect Consulting for follow-on Coaching and Mediation services with the Trademarks Managers and Staff Attorneys.
DOC52PAPT1000003 - General Purpose IT Equipment (GPITE) Request For Quotes (RFQ)
The USPTO intends to add to its existing ID/IQ vendors to fulfill its continuing IT requirements for computer hardware and software products and to further competition.
Sole Source Award Notice: SafeNet
The United States Patent & Trademark Office intends to issue a sole source award to SafeNet for the renewal of maintenance of software licenses owned by the USPTO.
DOC52PAPT1000015 - Software Development & Integration Next Generation (SDI-NG): Amended RFP posted 2010jun01
The USPTO has a continuing requirement for Software Development and Integration, Configuration Management Support, Software Maintenance, Transition and Program Management Support.
Sole Source Award Notice: Iron Mountain/NUS Facilities Maintenance
The United States Patent & Trademark Office intends to issue a sole source award to Iron Mountain/NUS for facilities maintenance of the Boyers, PA secure facility.
DOC52PAPT1000017 International Intellectual Property 2010 Project Initiatives
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking proposals from parties interested in performing policy studies, conferences, and other development programs in support of fair international protection of intellectual property rights. The USPTO intends to issue joint projects and/or cooperative agreements to conduct these programs with a non-profit organization or organizations.
DOC45PAPT1000004 - Merit Final Agency Decision Writing Services:
The USPTO Office of Civil Rights has a requirement for Merit Final Agency Decision Writing Services in support of its Equal Employment Opportunity program.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking proposals from parties interested in performing policy studies, conferences, and other development programs in support of fair international protection of intellectual property rights. The USPTO intends to issue joint projects and/or cooperative agreements to conduct these programs.
Sole Source Award Notice: GeneSeq Database Service
The USPTO intends to issue a sole source award to Thomson Reuters (Scientific) for access to its exclusive gene sequence database for one year in the amount of $252,528.
Sole Source Award Notice: Westlaw Database Services
The USPTO intends to issue a sole source award to Thomson/West for access to its exclusive databases for use by the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board for one year in the amount of $57,144.
DOC-SS-PAPT-09-1006-2 USPTO's Unified Business Collaboration System (UBCS) RFI
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is conducting a Request for Information to aid in the development and refinement of business collaboration scenarios for deriving the Unified Business Collaboration System business requirements to be used for future UBCS acquisition.
Limited Competition: DOC52PAPT1000001 - Sign Language Interpretation Services
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has a requirement for Sign Language Interpretation Services. In accordance with the Patent & Trademark Acquisition Guidelines, USPTO has made a determination to invoke its exemption to the Federal Acquisition Regulation requirement for “Full and Open Competition” , and instead intends to utilize “Maximum Practicable Competition” in an effort to streamline the acquisition process.
Sole Source Award Notice: Maintenance of USPTO WITS Handheld Scanners - Metro Mail Services
The United States Patent & Trademark Office intends to issue an 8(a) sole source award to Metro Mail Services, Inc. for the maintenance of WITS Handheld Scanners utilized by the USPTO Mail Center in the amount of $10,040 for a one-year period of performance.
DOC52PAPT1000005 - Parking Expenses Reimbursement Accounts - Commuter Benefits (Cancelled - Replaced by DOC52PAPT1000039)
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has a requirement for the administration of the Qualified Parking Benefit program, a qualified transportation fringe benefit (QTF) plan authorized by Internal Revenue Code Section 132 (IRC $132(f)(5)(C).
Sole Source Award Notice: USPTO Executive Library Law Treatises
The United States Patent & Trademark Office intends to issue a sole source award to Thomson/West for the maintenance of publications that are only published by Thomson/West. The USPTO Executive Library maintains a collection of intellectual property law treatises utilized by the Office External Affairs which are maintained by Thomson/West.
The United States Patent & Trademark Office intends to issue a sole source award to Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. for the maintenance of 12 publications that are only published by LexisNexis Matthew Bender. The USPTO Executive Library maintains a collection of intellectual property law treatises utilized by the Office External Affairs which are maintained by LexisNexis Matthew Bender.
