NIH Patent Legal Services

Award Date 4/20/2020
Last Date To Order 4/19/2021
Shared Ceiling Not listed
Contract Type
Master IDIQ
Predecessor
Not listed
Successors

The NIH Patent Legal Services Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is a comprehensive vehicle for providing patent-related legal services across multiple technology domains for the National Institutes of Health. Established through a solicitation by the NIH Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations, the contract covers patent prosecution, intellectual property support, and related legal activities for inventions originating from NIH's intramural research programs. The vehicle spans four primary technology categories: biotechnology, chemistry, mechanical engineering, and software, with the goal of securing patent protection and managing intellectual property for federally funded biomedical research innovations.

Task orders under this IDIQ typically range from $10,000 to $350,000, with performance periods spanning six to twelve months. Frequent prime contractors include Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, Leydig, Voit & Mayer, LTD., McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP, Polsinelli PC, and Armstrong Teasdale LLP. The majority of task orders are issued by NIH institutes such as the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and National Cancer Institute, with services primarily performed at the law firms' offices in locations like Portland, Oregon; Kansas City, Missouri; and St. Louis, Missouri. No set-aside designations were used in the observed task orders, indicating full and open competition. The contract vehicle enables NIH and associated agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to efficiently acquire specialized patent legal services across various scientific and technological domains.

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