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R -- SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER SERVICES SOL 52-PAPT-0-01006 DUE 063000 POC Jason Taylor, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 305-8218, Fax (703) 305-8294, Email jason.taylor@uspto.gov WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=52-PAPT-0-01006&LocID=251ocID=251. E-MAIL: Jason Taylor, jason.taylor@uspto.gov. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has a requirement for full-time and on-call sign language interpreter services for meetings, training, special observances, and during the daily interchange between their supervisors, co-workers and the public. These services will be performed on-site at the various USPTO locations in Arlington, VA. The interpreters should possess experience in interpreting from Pidgin Sign English (PSE) and American Sign Language (ASL) to English and vice versa as well as experience transliterating from spoken English to Manually Coded English (MCE) and vice versa. The USPTO anticipates the period of performance of this acquisition to be for a one year base period, and four one-year option periods. Any contract(s) awarded as a result of this acquisition are anticipated to be fixed price, requirements type. This acquisition will be conducted using a modified version of the Department of Commerce's Reengineered Mission Acquisition Process (REMAP). Although this project is notan official USPTO ReMAP Project, the acquisition will be conducted in accordance with the process described in the Acquisition Concept of Operations which may be found on the internet at http://www.conops.doc.gov. Additional information on the methodology of the USPTO's streamlined acquisition process is available on USPTO's ReMAP page at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/comp/proc/process.htm. As part of this process, a Project Agreement and a Request for Proposals (RFP) will be made available on the Internet at http://www.uspto.gov/go/proc/conops/pto/current.htm on or about May 15, 2000. This acquisition is expected to be awarded under Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 7389 as a 100% small business set-aside. In accordance with FAR 14.205-1(a), electronic commerce methods will be used to transmit the solicitation documents; therefore, a solicitation mailing list will not be established. QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROCUREMENT WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED AT THIS TIME. Questions will be entertained following issuance of the Project Agreement and RFP utilizing the format specified in the RFP. No additional announcements or notifications will be given prior to the posting of the solicitation documents; therefore, it is the responsibility of each offeror to monitor the USPTO web site. Posted 05/02/00 (D-SN450440). (0123)

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