Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Office of Procurement, Box 6, Washington, DC, 20231

99 -- COLOR/PART-COLOR PHOTOPRINTS OF PLANT PATENT DRAWINGS SOL 52-PAPT-9-01017 POC Marci Alexander, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 305-8131, Fax (703) 305-8294, Email marci.alexander@uspto.gov -- Marci Alexander, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 305-8131, Fax (703) 305-8294, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=52-PAPT-9-010 17&LocID=251. E-MAIL: Marci Alexander, marci.alexander@uspto.gov. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) seeks to award a Firm Fixed Price Requirements type contract to acquire high-quality color/part color photoprints of plant patent drawings and fulfill any reorder requirements. The period of performance for this requirement is anticipated to be for a base period of one year and four additional one-year option periods. It anticipates this requirement to be a 100% Small Business set-aside under Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 7334. Prior to the closing date of the RFP, all interested parties will be required to pickup six (6) original Plant Patent color and part color drawings, (hereinafter referred to as Government Furnished Property (GFP)), for use in preparing pre-award color and part color photoprint samples to accompany the technical proposal. These GFP drawings will be on loan until such time as proposals are submitted. At that time, all GFP drawings must be returned or the offeror will be held liable for replacement costs of up to $200.00 per original drawing. Please note that all GFP drawings must be returned on this date whether or not a proposal is submitted. This is a small business competitive acquisition that 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/go/proc/conops/pto/current.htm for posting of the Project Agreement, which is anticipated to be available around the middle part of July 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: Marci Alexander, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 810, Arlington, VA 22202. All submissions must also cite the RFP No. 52-PAPT-9-01017. Posted 06/25/99 (D-SN347260). (0176)

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