Notice ID: 1141588
Description of Services: The Office of Technology Transfer (OTT), USDA, ARS requires services to docket, track, and report quarterly on the status of foreign patents including the payment of annuities, taxes and maintenance fees to maintain existing patents in force. Currently, there are approximately 800 Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications/International Patents for which annuities, taxes, and maintenance fees may become due and payable.
The Contractor shall docket, track, and report on the status of foreign patents including the payment of requisition annuities, maintenance fees and taxes. The contractor shall utilize country data to verify accuracy. The services to docket/track, and report annuities are services that will support the payment of annuities, maintenance fees and taxes under any resulting Purchase Order or Contract.
The Contractor shall provide docketing, tracking, payment and reporting services for non-domestic (foreign) applications/patents. The Contractor shall perform the following patent-related services and purchases as may be required to maintain patents in effect:
The Contractor shall maintain a current case docket to ensure that fees for annuities and taxes are paid on a timely basis. The Contractor shall enter information in its docketing system from Government-furnished and publicly available records to affect the payment of annuities, taxes, and maintenance fees. The Contractor shall have a required already established computerized docketing, tracking, and payment database system with the capabilities to calculate and administer different country by country patent regulations regarding payment of annuities, taxes, and maintenance fees. Safeguards in place to reduce or eliminate errors are a requirement, without the need of restorations. The Contractor shall provide the use of patent office electronic data to verify data. The Contractor shall provide a real time paperless (online) annuity management, including the capability to instruct the contractor online, via fax/phone and by email. Patent annuity services shall include electronic due diligence audit of patents and due diligence audits. Contractor shall provide online electronic management which allows the Government to monitor costs, and Contractor shall guarantee the exchange rate.
A market survey is being conducted to determine if there are adequate Small Business, SBA certified HUBZone, SBA-certified 8(a), Women-Owned, or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) contractors available for a proposed project who meet the specific criteria…
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