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S -- SECURITY GUARD SERVICES SOL 52PAPT901002 POC Becky Morehart, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 305-8555, Fax (703) 305-5484, Email becky.morehart@uspto.gov -- Marva Brown, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 306-2701, Fax (703) 305-8294, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://eps.arnet.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=52PAPT90100 2&LocID=251. E-MAIL: Becky Morehart, becky.morehart@uspto.gov. The purpose of this amendment is to revise the information contained in the synopsis issued in the Commerce Business Daily on January 2, 1998. This announcement supersedes the previous announcement published January 2, 1998 and revises the SOLICITATION NO. to 52-PAPT-9-01002. There will be no formal solicitation document for this acquisition. A Project Agreement will serve as the solicitation document for this requirement (see below). The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) will not distribute printed copies of the Project Agreement. The Project Agreement will be made available to industry via the Internet on PTO's Internet home page at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/comp/proc/cbd.htm. The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), located in Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia, anticipates entering into a fixed-price type of contract for Security Guard Services with a period of performance of one (1) base year and four (4) one-year option periods. The proposed contract is 100% set-aside for firms under the Small Business Administration's (SBA's) 8(a) Program. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 7381. The Project Agreement will require that interested firms possess a minimum of five (5) years past experience in similar work. The purpose of this 8(a) competitive acquisition and the resultant contract is to provide stationary and roving unarmed security guard services to building sites occupied by the PTO in Crystal City, Arlington, VA. Guard services will be required 365 days a year/24 hours a day. This 8(a) 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.doc.gov/oam/conops. The intent of this new process is to provide an improved acquisition environment that will benefit both the vendor community and the Government. In accordance with this acquisition process, the Project Agreement will serve as the solicitation document for this requirement. Interested parties must respond to the Project Agreement in order to be considered for award of any resulting contract. Interested parties must check the PTO's web site at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/comp/proc/cbd.htm for posting of the Project Agreement which is anticipated to be available on or about January 25, 1999. The RFP closing date will be thirty (30) days after issuance of the Project Agreement on the PTO's Internet home page. FACSIMILE OR ELECTRONIC BIDS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR THIS ACQUISITION. All submissions in response to the Project Agreement, must be submitted in writing to the following address: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Procurement, Attention: B. Morehart, 2011 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202. All submissions must also cite the REVISED RFP NO. 52-PAPT-9-01002. This acquisition is being offered for competition limited to eligible 8(a) concerns. All responsible 8(a) sources may submit an offer, which will be considered by the Agency. Posted 01/08/99 (D-SN286537). (0008)

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