U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Procurement, 1 Crystal Drive, Crystal Park Building 1, Suite 810, Arlington VA 22202

R -- COPY SALES SUPPORT SERVICES SOL 52-PAPT-7-00004 POC Dora Sanders, Contracting Officer/Contract Specialist, 703-305-8465; David J. Zelnick, Contracting Officer, 703-305-8068. The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) located in Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia anticipates entering into a five year (base and four options) fixed unit price/cost plus award fee/requirements contract for Copy Sales Support Services. This acquisition is a full and open competition. Interested offerors should request a copy of the solicitation as expediously as possible since the solicitation will be issued without further notice. The Standard Industrial Code (SIC) is 7363. Only written requests for the solicitation are acceptable. Under this acquisition, the Contractor shall provide a staff of qualified personnel to support the copy sales support and customer services requirements: initial reception, processing, tracking/control and document distribution for orders for copies of issued patents and trademarks and other available documents and information; retrieval and reproduction of printed copies from a variety of locations and sources, maintenance of source document files, operation of all equipment used in order reception, processing, control, copy reproduction, and distribution; operation of a public service facility; maintenance of Government Funrished Equipment and customer services. The solicitation requirements for proposal preparation are a written proposal and oral presentation. A pre-proposal conference is planned. A copy of the solicitation may be requested in writing to the issuing office, or by facsimile at (703) 305-8294. Interested parties should refer to the solicitation number, and provide company name, address, point of contact, phone number,and FAX number. The point of contact for all information regarding this acquisition is Dora Sanders at (703) 305-8465. (0359)

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