U.S. Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Procurement, Box 6, Washington, D.C. 20231

X -- DOCUMENTARY - AMERICA: A STORY OF INVENTION SOL 52-PAPT-5-00023 POC Naomi Sorrell, Contract Specialist; 703-305-8563; David J. Zelnick, Contracting Officer. The Patent and Trademark Office intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to manage the development, production, and placement of a documentary about the history of the patent system in America to be shown on the Public Broadcasting System. The Patent and Trademark Office will provide startup funding for research, scripting, and shooting of a partial segment. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will obtain the necessary funding to complete the project which will entail research of the U.S. patent system, interviewing living members of the Inventor's Hall of Fame and others with knowledge and experience with the patent system, and reviewing material at the National Archives, the Smithsonian Institute, the National Inventor's Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio, and the files and records of the Patent and Trademark Office. Also required will be the writing of the script and the shooting and editing of a partial segment of the documentary that is at least ten minutes in duration. The segment shall then be shown to potential corporate and foundation underwriters of the documentary. The goal of this process is to produce a one hour program to be aired on nationwide television on the Public Broadcasting System in order to enhance awareness regarding the vital role invention and inventors have played in the history of our country as well as in the development of our economy. Only the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has the capabilities to ensure total funding for the project and has the knowledge of the current operating environment of the Public Broadcasting System to obtain distribution on nationwide television. Authority for other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1. It should be noted that this is not a solicitation, but a statement of the Patent and Trademark Office's intent to negotiate on a sole source basis with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Note 22 applies. (0076)

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