Patent & Trademark Office, Office of Procurement, Box 6, Washington, DC 20231

70 -- DATA WAREHOUSING FOR THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE POC Becky Morehart, Contract Specialist, Telephone (703)305-8555; Contracting Officer, Page A. Etzel. There is no formal solicitation document for this acquisition. In accordance with the new streamlined acquisition process described below, the Project Agreement will serve as the solicitation document for this requirement. This competitive acquisition will be conducted using a new streamlined acquisition process described in a document entitled ''Department of Commerce Acquisition Process Case for Change'' which may be found on the Internet at http://www.uspto.gov/web/doc/bpr/. The intent of this new process is to provide an improved acquisition environment which will benefit both the vendor community and the Government. As part of this process, a Project Agreement will be made available on the Internet at http://www.conops.doc.gov fifteen (15) days beginning from the date of this synopsis. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has a requirement for services, software and hardware in support of an enterprise-wide data warehouse for the PTO. Services include: support for development, delivery, and maintenance of this data warehouse. The objective of data warehousing at the PTO is to resolve data access difficulties and provide strategic business information to PTO analysts and managers. An enterprise-wide data warehouse is envisioned to support PTO data sharing and decision making into the 21st century. PTO anticipates this acquisition to be for one (1) base year plus four (4) additional one-year option periods. This acquisition is expected to be awarded under Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 7373 and on the basis of full and open competition; however, small business opportunities may be considered. Interested parties must respond to the Project Agreement in order to be considered for award of any resulting contract. Responses to questions or a printed copy of the Project Agreement may be obtained by written request to the following: Data Warehouse Acquisition Team, Attn: Becky Morehart/Solicitation No. 52-PAPT-6-00040, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Procurement, Box 6, Washington, DC 20231. Potential offerors are requested to submit questions via E-mail to the attention of Becky Morehart at http://www.conops.doc.gov or via facsimile at (703)305-8294. Unless otherwise requested, answers will be disseminated via the internet and posted at http://www.conops.doc.gov. (0215)

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