National Institute of Standards & Technology, Acquisition & Assistance Div., Bldg. 301, Rm B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899

B -- SPECIAL STUDIES AND ANALYSIS -- MEP SOL 43SBNB760121 DUE 050797 POC Linda Shariati, Contracting Officer, (301)975-5053 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Industrial Partnerships Program, intends to procure the services of Roscoe V. Parker, Jr., Silver Spring, Maryland, for a period of 177 calendar days. This is a small business, minority owned, set aside. This period will commence three calendar days after contract award and end 177 calendar days after the day services commence. The Contractor shall provide a broad range of Patent Process Management services which include, but are not limited to: 1) work with NIST legal to accomplish timely rights determinations; 2) quality control and review work of contracted law firms; 3) jointly review each CRADA/Licensing Officer's (CLOs) patent portfolio and apprise CLO of status; 4) update CLOs on important PTO Office Actions; 5) work with CLOs, inventors, law firms, NIST legal office, and patent assistant to promptly process new, existing, and provisional applications, power of attorney, PCTs, foreign filings, and other PTO office actions; 6) ensure timely completion of patent reports. The Contractor shall provide a Key Personnel that shall meet the following qualifications: Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering; Five years experience as a Primary Patent Examiner; and, Five years experience working in the mechanical arts in areas of: Classes -- 285 Pipe Joints and Couplings; 7 Compound Tools; 145 Woodworking Tools; 306 Tool Handle Fastenings; 30 Cutlery; 81 Tools; 254 Pushing and Pulling; 279 Chucks and Sockets; 76 Metal Tools and Implements, Making; and, 51 Abrading -- the Key Personnel shall have at least 3 years experience in each of these areas throughout the five year period. In addition, the Key Personnel shall have 3 years direct experience guiding inventors through the Patent Process. The Contractor's Key Personnel shall work at the following location: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building 820, Room 205, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. The Contractor shall designate the number of hours, dates, and actual time that the workshall be performed. However, under no circumstance shall the Contractor's Key Personnel begin working before 7:00 am or work after 6:30 pm. In addition, the Contractor shall not work on Saturdays, Sundays, or Federal Holidays which occur during the 177 calendar days. The Government shall make the following items available to the Contractor in the performance of this contract: a work area (space); a desk; a chair; a telephone; a computer; a printer; access to a copier; and, access to a fax machine. No solicitation will be issued. Requests for a copy of a solicitation package for this acquisition will be disregarded. In accordance with FAR 5.207(e)(3), Numbered Note 22 DOES NOT APPLY. Numbered Note 1 and Numbered Note 26 do apply. (0112)

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