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U -- ACADEMIC COUNSELING SOL None POC Naomi Sorrell, Contracting Officer, (703) 305-8563 E-MAIL: ERROR --, naomi.sorrell@uspto.gov. The Patent and Trademark Office, plans to award a sole source simplified acquisition to Marymount University to obtain academic and counseling services for Marymount students enrolled in PTO's Corporate Learning Institute known as Patent and Trademark University (PTO-U). The PTO, Office of Human Resources requires the contractor to assume responsibility for the on-site provision of academic services and program advisement to students enrolled in classes or a course of study through Marymount University. Marymount University has the primary bachelor's program within the PTO-U curriculum structure and therefore requires expert level of knowledge of academic counseling, Marymount University program, policy and procedures as well as authority to render final and binding decisions regarding various academic counseling, placement and articulation questions. The contractor shall provide on-site educational services in conformity with academic requirements established and prescribed by Marymount University, its accrediting agency, and its governing board, which meets the educational needs of PTO-U; apply admission, transfer, grading, probation, tuition, and graduation policies and requirements as established in the Marymount University Catalog and Student Handbook; provide appropriate on-site support for PTO-U staff for registration, placement testing, and professional educational counseling/academic advising on a mutually agreeable basis consistent with the requirements of Marymount University and PTO-U programs; provide for admission of students of any sex, race, age,color, handicap, national/ethnic origin, to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students; and administer Marymount educational policies, admission policies, scholarships and loan programs, employment or athletic and or other school administered programs without discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, handicap, national/ethnic origin or age. Pursuant to the authority and guidance underFederal Acquisition Regulations Part 13, the Contracting Officer has determined that the proposed acquisition is within the simplified acquisition threshold, that the services needed by PTO are available from only one responsible source, and that the circumstances for a small business set-aside do not exists, and as such, the proposed purchase order will be negotiated using simplified acquisition procedures on an unrestricted sole source basis. This is neither a request for proposal nor request for quotations and a competitive solicitation is not available. Posted 08/18/98 (W-SN238371). (0230)

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