U. S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Procurement, Box 6, Washington, DC 20231

D -- OPTICAL SCANNING AND DATA CONVERSION SERVICES FOR THE CREATION OF POSTSCRIPT TAPES FOR THE PRINTING AND PUBLICATION OF GRANTED PATENTS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS DUE 102095 POC Douglas R. Clift, Contracting Officer (703) 305-8399 The U.S. Patent and Tradmark Office (PTO) is conducting a market survey of firms specializing in optical scanning, the production of microfiche and microfilm, and the preparation of PostScript tapes for publication purposes. PTO currently has a contract which provides PostScript tapes for the printing of granted patents, publication of the Official Gazette of Granted Patents, and database tapes of granted patents in ASCII text. This market survey is being conducted to identify potential sources capable of satisfying the current requirement as well as requirements which may or will involve the conversion of patent related documents to digital image, production of microfiche and microfilm for archival purposes of patent related documents from paper and Level 2 PostScript tapes, production of Level 2 PostScript tapes for printing and publication of patent related documents, production of image files of patent related documents (in Tiff Version 6 format and Yellow Book--U.S. Patent/Trademark Full Text Data Base Specification) or SGML format, production of color photoprints of patent related documents, and distribution of patent related documents on CD-ROM. Quality standards in compliance with ISO 9000 industry standards are anticipated to be implemented. PTO grants and publishes 100,000+ patents per year consisting of an average of 12 pages per patent. If legislation passes, PTO anticipates publishing 150,000+ patent applications annually in addition to the granted patents. This requirement would consist of conversion of approximately 35 pages per application to digital image with a publication consisting on average of one to two pages. Parties responding to this sources sought synopsis should have extensive knowledge and experience in the conversion of paper to digital image files, production of Computer Output Microform (COM), and formatting and production of PostScript tapes for printing and publication purposes. Interested parties should forward two copies of a corporate capabilities statement demonstrating expertise in the described areas to: U.S. Paten and Trademark Office, Office of Procurement, Attn: Mr. Douglas R. Clift, Box 6, Washington, DC 20231 no later than the response date provided. PTO may release an abbreviated Functional Requirements Document (FRD) and conduct technical/cost estimate discussions with those firms responding to this announcement who possess expertise in the above requirements. This synopsis shall not be construed as a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a commitment of a contract award by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (0279)

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