Patent Annuity Services
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 1232SA24Q0013
- Agency
-
Agricultural Research Service
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Place of performance
- Beltsville, Maryland, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service is seeking information from potential vendors for patent annuity services. Responses to this pre-solicitation notice will help determine the acquisition strategy for maintaining approximately 800 foreign patent applications by ensuring timely payment of annuities, maintenance fees, and taxes. Vendors must demonstrate an established computerized docketing and payment system, safeguards to reduce errors, the ability to verify data with patent offices, and the capability to provide online annuity management and exchange rate guarantees. Responses are due by December 14, 2023.
There is no set-aside designated for this requirement. Interested vendors must include their organization name, DUNS number, business size status, and a statement of capability to perform the details of maintaining foreign patent annuity payments for the SOW period of one base year and four option years. Responses will help determine acquisition planning for this patent annuity services requirement.
Notice text
Sources Sought Notification for Patent Annuity Services.
This is a Sources Sought Announcement issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for informational and planning purposes only. This is NOT a solicitation, nor is it an announcement for a forthcoming solicitation. Submission of any information in response to this notification is purely voluntary. The Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred in providing a response. The USDA has requirement for Patent Annuity Services in accordance with the attached SOW.
Responses to this notification will help to determine the acquisition strategy for any future solicitation.
Submission Instructions: Interested vendors are invited to submit a response to this source sought notification by 4:00 p.m. on December 14, 2023, to the attention of Sabrina Brown, Contract Specialist, Sabrina.Brown@usda.gov. All questions are asked to be submitted in writing to the Primary Point of Contract and will be addressed accordingly.
Responses should b e no more than 10 pages and include the following information:
1. Organization Name.
2. Contact Name, e-mail address and phone number.
3. Organization DUNS number.
4. Business size status for the applicable NAICS code.
5. Statement of interest in any forthcoming acquisition.
6. A statement of capability to perform details of the requirement.
Interested vendors are instructed to provide only the data requested. No proprietary classified confidential or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any nonproprietary information will not be reviewed by the USDA.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| SOW.docx | DOCX document |
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