Subscription to Derwent World Patent Index Database (DWPI) and Foreign Data Collection (FDC)

SOURCES SOUGHT: This document supports the USPTO’s market research efforts in support of STIC. This is not a Request for Quotes (RFQ) or Request for Proposals (RFP).

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking sources for a Subscription to Derwent World Patent Index Database (DWPI) and Foreign Data Collection (FDC) in accordance with the attached Statement of Work (SOW).

The mission of the USPTO is to foster innovation, competitiveness and job growth in the United States.  USPTO conducts high quality and timely patent and trademark examinations and reviews proceedings in order to produce reliable and predictable intellectual property rights, guides intellectual property policy, improves intellectual property rights protection and delivering intellectual property information and education worldwide.

The mission of the Scientific and Technical Information Center (STIC) is to enable patent examiners to accomplish the USPTO mission. Clarivate Derwent World Patent Index (DWPI) assists the STIC mission by providing a collection of foreign patent documents as well as enhanced indexing and integration into an international patent repository containing bibliographic data. They also provide Foreign Data Collection (FDC) of full text and image documents that index and integrate data to USPTO’s in-house systems.  Human and mechanical processes translate Foreign Data Collection content into English.

The USPTO may use the results obtained from this Sources Sought announcement to support one or more future procurements. Moreover, if a procurement is warranted, then the response to this announcement will be used for the purpose of determining whether a competitive or sole source procurement is appropriate (see Special Procurement Authority Notice below). Additionally, the USPTO may use the results obtained from this Sources Sought to make a small business set-aside determination. This means that if you are a small business and you are able to provide the content described below, your response may be critical in determining whether to set aside any future requirement in part or in total for small businesses. Any small business provider of the content described in this document is strongly encouraged to respond to this announcement.

Special Procurement Authority Notice: If this market research results in the solicitation and award of one or more contracts, then the procurement team reserves the right to conduct a procurement using the following authority: “The subject requirement is being procured using the Alternative Competition Method in accordance with the Patent and Trademark Office Acquisition Guidelines (PTAG) and the Patent and Trademark Office Efficiency Act (35 U.S.C. 2(b)(4)(A)).” Market research obtained above may be used to determine the extent to which one or more small businesses are capable of satisfying the agency’s need and thus eligible to participate in any alternative competition as applicable.