MODIFICATION
R -- Payment of Patent Maintenance and Annuity Fees
- Notice Date
- 4/30/2013
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Administration, 6011 Executive Blvd, 5th Floor, Rockville, Maryland, 20852-3804, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20852-3804
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-HHSN263201200067I
- Archive Date
- 9/1/2013
- Point of Contact
- Sheryn N. Etti, Phone: 3015943560
- E-Mail Address
-
ettis@mail.nih.gov
(ettis@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A SOLICIATION FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. A SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Technology Transfer (OTT), intends to negotiate on a non-competitive, sole source basis with Computer Packages, Inc. for commercial items. This contract provides payment of patent maintenance and annuity fees for the patent protection of inventions of the NIH and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) employees in the United States and foreign countries. This sole source is to enable Computer Packages, Inc. to also provide the above services on behalf of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The period of performance is four (4) one-year periods. This action is under authority 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) as set forth in FAR 6.302-1 (Only One Responsible Source) because of the below: The current Contractor, Computer Packages, Inc., has already undertaken on behalf of the Government the tracking of cases in order to maintain the patents in the United States and foreign countries and would continue to provide the service. The United States and each foreign country have different requirements, timeframes, and fees to pay. Failure to follow the appropriate steps will cause the U.S. Government to lose intellectual property rights in the United States and the foreign countries. Such a loss has a serious and direct effect on the Government. Organizations having demonstrated experience in performing the below requirements are invited to submit capability statements. Statement of Work 1. Maintain records of all patents which have been filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and foreign countries by the Office of Technology Transfer (OTT), NIH. 2. Provide the OTT Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) with reports listing patents which require maintenance or annuity fees to be paid with the estimate of cost in U.S. dollars for each patent. Separate reports shall be provided on the patents filed in the United States and foreign countries. Each report shall be organized and subtotaled by government organizational component and provide a grand total of fees to be paid. 3. Pay annuities or maintenance fees by the due date as designated from the reports submitted to and agreed to by the OTT COR. 4. Examine the impact of adjustments or revisions in the patent annuity or maintenance fees of the United States and foreign countries with whom the CDC has activity and advise the OTT COR as to the action that needs to be taken to meet those changes. 5. Treat all information as strictly confidential. 6. Maintain all such information and the media on which it is stored with the full understanding that they are the exclusive property of the Government. At the completion of the contract, this information and media shall be delivered to the Government or the successor Contractor at the direction of the OTT COR. Capability statements submitted in response to this notice that do not provide sufficient information for review will not be considered. This is NOT a Request for Proposals (RFP), and responses should NOT include budgetary information. Respondents to this notice shall provide capability statements (one (1) original and three (3) copies) no later than 2:00 p.m. EST on May 15, 2013 to Sheryn N. Etti, Contracting Officer, National Institutes of Health, Office of Acquisitions, 6011 Executive Blvd., Room 541E, (MSC 7663) Bethesda, MD 20892-7663. (NOTE: If you are using a courier service, Federal Express, or UPS the city, state, and zip code should read ROCKVILLE, MD 20852). Please be aware that the U.S. Postal Service's "Express Mail" DOES NOT deliver to the Rockville, Maryland address AND delivery to the Bethesda, Maryland address will result in a delayed delivery to our office in Rockville, MD (up to 3 - 5 days). ALL INFORMATION SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE. Email and facsimile copies will not be accepted. Note: This synopsis follows Sources Sought Notice HHS-NIH-OD-OLAO-SBSS-13-002 that was released on February 5, 2013.
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