The National Institutes of Health awarded an indefinite delivery contract to Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.C. to provide patent legal services across four technology categories. The contract has a potential value of $386 million over a ten-year period of performance. The National Institutes of Health, including the National Cancer Institute, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, have issued multiple delivery orders against this contract valued between $11,000 and $169,000 to obtain patent prosecution and intellectual property legal services in support of biomedical research programs. Services include drafting and filing patent applications, providing legal advice, and assisting with the agencies' technology transfer missions. Work is performed in Boston, Massachusetts by Mintz Levin Cohn and covers areas such as biotechnology, chemistry, medical devices, and software.
The original solicitation sought proposals for patent legal services contracts to support the research activities of the National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. No set-aside provisions were specified. The solicitation anticipated awarding multiple contracts in biotechnology, chemistry, medical engineering, and software categories totaling over $520 million. Respondents were required to demonstrate the ability to handle 2,500 active patent cases and file 200-300 new applications annually across the agencies' technology transfer offices.
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