RDECOM Patent Drafting Support Services 2016-2021

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) awarded a Master IDIQ for patent drafting support services on July 27, 2016, with ordering authority closing on July 30, 2021. This vehicle is no longer active; no new orders may be placed against it.

The vehicle contracted preparation of non-classified U.S. and Patent Cooperation Treaty patents, formal drawings, prior art research, patentability analyses, and patent prosecution for inventions developed by RDECOM inventors at Adelphi, Maryland; Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; and White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

The IDIQ issued 22 delivery orders over its five-year ordering window, with ordering momentum concentrated in 2020 (seven orders) and tapering in 2021 (three orders final orders). Combined potential value totaled $520 thousand, with $517 thousand obligated—99 percent of available value. Three patent law firms dominated the awardee population: Rahman LLC captured nine orders worth $308 thousand in combined potential value; Moser LLC received eight orders for $144 thousand; and Meagher Emanuel Laks Goldberg And Liao LLP earned five orders valued at $69 thousand. All 22 orders funded a single customer: RDECOM itself.

Task-order values ranged from $3.5 thousand to $75 thousand, with most awards in the $20 thousand to $60 thousand range. Firm Fixed Price pricing prevailed across all orders. Fourteen orders (64 percent) carried Total Small Business set-aside designations; eight orders (36 percent) were unrestricted. Recent orders from July 2021—the final orders placed under the vehicle—included awards to two of the three incumbents at $40 thousand, $7.1 thousand, and $14.45 thousand, all Total Small Business and all firm fixed price.

This vehicle is closed to new pursuits but remains relevant as a reference for understanding RDECOM's patent prosecution support procurement patterns and the three primes' incumbent standing with the command.

The objective of this Master IDIQ is to obtain patent drafting application support services, including the preparation of non-classified U.S. and Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) patents, formal drawings, prior art, patentability researches, and patent prosecution. The required patent application support services are for inventions created by inventors at U.S. Army Research and Development Command (RDECOM), Adelphi, MD and its subordinate organizations at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD and White Sands Missile Range, NM.