The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, awarded an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to Serco Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit organization, for document classification and reclassification services. The $344.2 million contract, with a period of performance from March 1, 2017 to February 28, 2027, is a multiple-award vehicle that enables the USPTO to obtain full classification, routing, and reclassification services to support its mission of examining, granting, and disseminating patents and trademarks.
Under this IDC, the USPTO has issued numerous firm fixed-price delivery orders to Serco, ranging in value from $12,446 to $17.6 million, for tasks such as initial classification of patent applications, United States Patent Classification (USPC) routing, Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) expert classification, and document reclassification projects. The work is primarily performed at Serco's facilities in Herndon, Virginia and Chandler, Arizona. Serco utilizes a team of subcontractors, including small businesses, to provide a variety of IT products, software licenses, and professional services in support of the USPTO's document classification requirements.
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