ROLM Intellectual Data/Property Rights Ownership Sought

Closed Special Notice Posted May 5, 2026

Solicitation number: ROLM_Drawings_Intellectual_Property_Rights
Agency: Nuclear Weapons Center Air Force Materiel Command, Department of Defense
Responses due: Jul 6, 2026, 7:00 PM ET
Set-aside: No set-aside

Opportunity facts

NAICS code: 335929 Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing
PSC: 1420 Guided Missile Components
Place of performance: Hill Air Force Base, Utah 84056, United States
Points of contact: Nathan Corey nathan.corey.1@us.af.mil (801) 586-5182

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated May 5, 2026.

About this opportunity

Written by GovTribe AI · May 5, 2026

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Nuclear Weapons Center is asserting its right to challenge restrictive markings on seven blueprint drawings and, absent clear and convincing evidence of authorization, will remove those markings and claim unlimited government rights to the technical data by July 6, 2026. The blueprints in question—drawing numbers 16-200901, 78-115493, 200959-05_0B6J0, 200972-03_0B6J0, 201049-01_14345, 201050-01_14345, and 201050-02_14345—contain markings that the government contends are unauthorized and that the contractor or owner has abandoned.

Any contractor or owner claiming proprietary rights in these drawings must respond to the government's inquiry within sixty days with clear and convincing evidence substantiating the propriety of limited rights markings, or with specific identification of contractual restrictions supporting restricted rights markings. Failure to respond within the sixty-day window, or submission of a response that does not meet the evidentiary standard, triggers automatic removal of the markings. Once markings are cancelled or removed, the government will treat the technical data as unrestricted and will assert unlimited rights under DFARS 252.227-7013, permitting use without further compensation or licensing restriction. This action applies to guided missile components and related manufacturing data.

Notice text

Blueprint drawing numbers16-200901, 78-115493, 200959-05_0B6J0, 200972-03_0B6J0, 201049-01_14345, 201050-01_14345, and 201050-02_14345 contain unauthorized restrictive markings, and based upon information and belief, have been abandoned by the Owner/Contractor. The Government asserts its right to require the Owner/Contractor to furnish clear and convincing evidence of the propriety of any restrictive markings used by the contractor under contract on Blueprint drawing numbers 16-200901, 78-115493, 200959-05_0B6J0, 200972-03_0B6J0, 201049-01_14345, 201050-01_14345, and 201050-02_14345. The Government shall correct, cancel, ignore and/or remove any marking not authorized by contract on any technical data on Blueprint drawing numbers 16-200901 78-115493, 200959-05_0B6J0, 200972-03_0B6J0, 201049-01_14345, 201050-01_14345, and 201050-02_14345 if: (1) the Owner/Contractor fails to respond within sixty (60) days to the inquiry by the Government concerning the propriety of the markings, or (2) the Owner/Contractor's response fails to substantiate, within sixty (60) days after the notice, the propriety of limited rights markings by clear and convincing evidence, or of restricted rights markings by identification of the restrictions set forth in the contract.

If no response to the Government’s inquiry has been received within sixty (60) days by the Contracting Officer, or if the response fails to substantiate by clear and convincing evidence that the markings were authorized, the Government shall cancel, ignore and/or remove such markings from Blueprint drawing numbers 16-200901, 78-115493, 200959-05_0B6J0, 200972-03_0B6J0, 201049-01_14345, 201050-01_14345, and 201050-02_14345, notify the Owner/Contractor accordingly, and, thereafter, the Government shall use such technical data on Blueprint drawing numbers 16-200901, 78-115493, 200959-05_0B6J0, 200972-03_0B6J0, 201049-01_14345, 201050-01_14345, and 201050-02_14345 with unlimited rights in accordance with DFARS 252.227-7013. Unlimited Rights means rights to use, duplicate, or disclose technical data, in whole or in part, in any manner and for any purpose whatsoever, and to have or permit others to do so.