Legal News Subscription Service

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI): ACQ22-0954
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
Scientific and Technical Information Center (STIC)
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) BEING RELEASED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 10: MARKET RESEARCH.
This RFI is issued solely for informational, market research, and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Quote (RFQ), or a promise to issue an RFP or RFQ in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is not at this time seeking proposals, and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondents are advised that the USPTO will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to the RFI will be solely at the responding party’s expense. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor the System for Award Management (www.SAM.gov) site for additional information pertaining to this RFI.
The USPTO reserves the right to review responses to this RFI and issue a Request for Proposal (RFP)/Request for Quote (RFQ), to selected vendors who are determined to be the most likely to successfully meet the Agency requirements using the Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 13.5, and the 41 USC 1901. The NAICS for this requirement is 519130, Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals.
1. Background, Objective & Requirements: See attached Statement of Work
2. Requested Information: As part of the RFI response, vendors are asked to discuss their abilities and business offerings to address this requirement.
Interested and capable businesses should submit a copy of their company capability statement in response to the RFI. The submission shall address all of the following:
3.0 Company Information: Each response should include the information below.
3.1 Company Overview:
• RFI Number: ACQ-22-0954
• Vendor Name and Address
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• Vendor Size Standard and all applicable set-aside programs (i.e. Women Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, etc.) for NAICS 519130
• Vendor Point of Contact information
• Vendor Website Address
• Description of Legal News Subscription Service provided
• Explain how the vendor’s recommended platform meets USPTO’s requirements, or equivalent.
• Vendor’s DUNS/UEI
• Commercial and government markets for which your company provides similar supplies/services.
3.2 Company Capabilities Describe which of your company’s product/s might meet the needs described in the SOW and how.
3.3 . Pricing USPTO seeks to issue a Firm Fixed Price contract.
• What is your price structure for providing a legal news subscription service in accordance with the attached Statement of Work?
• What information would you need from USPTO in order to provide a priced solution?
4. RFI Response Instructions
a.) The response should be no longer than 2 pages in length.
b.) Responses shall be submitted via email to: michelle.ellis@uspto.gov no later than March 17, 2022, 5:00 p.m. The email subject line must be labeled:
RFI ACQ-22-0954 Legal News Subscription Service
c.) Respondents to this RFI shall designate a primary and one alternative point of contact for the company (Name, Address, Email and Telephone Number).
d.) Only vendors that can provide the services at the scale and scope described in this RFI and all attachments should respond to this RFI.