Sources-Sought_patent_licensing.docx

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS ONLY *Revised*

This Request for information (RFI) is for the purpose of identifying companies that can meet the following Bureau of Reclamation Requirements.

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is seeking services or a company to help Reclamation find Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) and or licensing partnerships for its selected patented and patent pending technologies. The company must demonstrate a minimum of 5 years’ experience with the Federal Technology Transfer Act, CRADAs, and licensing agreements and a minimum of 5 years’ experience in working with other Federal agencies on activities associated with the Federal Technology Transfer Act and the building of startup teams around federal technologies in a lean startup model. The company will also possess unique capabilities to pair Reclamation’s technologies with a diverse entrepreneur and mentor team experienced in the technical areas of water and power. The company must also be able to lead this team through customer discovery and market validation exercises in a cohort-based model. These activities should produce deliverables that include: a go to market strategy for the technology, lessons learned video and the establishment of strategic partners in the United States and or internationally. Additionally, the company should have a proven record of accomplishment in assisting early-stage ventures in licensing, acquisition of initial capital and other activities related to startup launch. Finally, the company should have a demonstrated ability to pilot and design virtual marketing sites to market Reclamation’s technologies to new communities with the goal to foster collaborative research and technical partnerships.

This RFI shall not be considered as a request for proposal or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of the contractor submission of this RFI or the Government's use of such information. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any contractor's input resulting from this RFI. No contract will be awarded as a result of this announcement. Data submitted in response to this RFI will not be returned.

INSTRUCTION FOR RFI SUBMISSION:

After review of the attached documentation, interested parties may submit a response in an electronic format only via email to tbertsch@usbr.gov no later than April 2,2018 11:00 AM MDT. Electronic files should be in Microsoft Office Word or PDF format. All information should be UNCLASSIFIED material only.

Respondents should include as part of their submission:

a. A synopsis of the company's capabilities in this area.

b. GSA Number if applicable

c. DUNS Number

d. Company Name

e. Company Address

f. Business size, SDVOSB, HUBZone, or Woman owned status, as validated via the System for Award Administration (SAM). All offers must register on the SAM located at http://www.SAM.gov

g. Company point of contact, phone and email address.

h. Past work experience. If you have experience working with other Federal Agencies and/or commercial businesses of similar size and scope, please include agency and/or business name contract number (if applicable), amount and type of contract (e.g. FFP, T&M, Labor hour etc).

Any company proprietary information must be marked as such, the RFI information should not exceed a total of 10 one-sided 8 1/2x11 pages, with one inch margins, and font no smaller than 12 point.