SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- USPTO Bibliographic Metadata Database Solution
- Notice Date
- 1/27/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Office of Procurement, P. O. Box 1450 - Mail Stop 6, 600 Dulany Street, MDE, 7th Floor, Alexandria, Virginia, 22313-1450
- ZIP Code
- 22313-1450
- Solicitation Number
- DOCSSPAPT1100004
- Archive Date
- 3/15/2011
- Point of Contact
- V. Anne Tugbang, Phone: 5712726550
- E-Mail Address
-
bibmetadata@uspto.gov
(bibmetadata@uspto.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) FOR USPTO'S BIBLIOGRAPHIC METADATA DATABASE SOLUTION - DOCSSPAPT1100004 THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) BEING RELEASED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 10: MARKET RESEARCH. 1.0 RFI OBJECTIVE: Patents End to End (PE2E) is the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office's (USPTO) project to deliver a next-generation IT infrastructure supporting Patents business operations. This project will replace the nearly four dozen aging legacy systems used today with a single system that unifies electronic processing over the entire patent application lifecycle (hence "end-to-end"). The PE2E system will serve the needs of not only internal users such as patent examiners and supervisors, but also external customers including patent applicants, patent attorneys, patent researchers, and the general public. Prior art references are paramount in the prosecution of a patent application. The examiner and the applicant/inventor cite references to support the disclosure and to determine the patentability of the invention. Currently, the USPTO records and saves a copy of the prior art documents for each application even though the document might already reside in many other applications in the USPTO system. This inefficiency is prevalent with Non-Patent Literature and Foreign Patent References. Additionally, currently the USPTO does not provide examiners with bibliographic metadata for prior art other than patents, so the examiner has to enter that metadata even if the document has been used many times in previous office actions. The new Patents End to End system will contain an internal database of bibliographic reference metadata to be used both by examiners citing art and by applicants submitting art. (It will also contain a full text database of relevant art, but that is not the subject of this RFI). This RFI seeks to obtain information from interested parties, including the vendor community, about potential opportunities to acquire bibliographic metadata reference information in bulk and preferably with minimal cost. The USPTO is seeking comments on the identified problem and solutions that will make the data available to the office, preferably free of charge. The USPTO is also seeking comments about formats for this data. This RFI seeks information about the availability of bibliographic metadata. For the purposes of this RFI, the term bibliographic metadata refers to the citation to the item, if applicable, including: title, author(s), publication, date, volume, number, pages, Document Object Identifiers (DOI), etc. As secondary information, if indexing or other kinds of value-added metadata are available free of charge, that information is welcome. Respondents are requested to address as many of the following questions as possible. What metadata fields are available? (Examples or samples are encouraged.) How many records are available? What are the date ranges that are covered in the data? What documents are available in the data? (For example, which publications are covered?) Does the data contain any kind of special unique identifier, preferably universally recognized, such as DOIs? If so, please provide details about it. In what format are the records available (e.g. comma-delimited file, XML, etc.)? Is the data continually updated with new information over timeIf so, how often and at what rate? What are the options for downloading/receiving this data (e.g. FTP, a data feed, etc.)? Is this information available in an unencumbered manner (free of charge, free of copyright)? If not, how much would this cost? 2.0 ACQUISITION STRATEGY: The USPTO acquisition strategy alternatives are still under development. The acquisition strategy will be partially dependent upon the solutions offered as a result of this RFI. The respondent is encouraged to identify and provide any unique solutions that will result in effective/efficient operations. 2.1 Inquiries: Attendees who wish to submit questions concerning the RFI may do so by e-mail to bibmetadata@uspto.gov by February 11, 2011, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Please include the RFI number in the subject line. All questions and answers will be made available in a FAQ format on the USPTO website url: http://www.uspto.gov/about/vendor_info/current_acquisitions/bibmet_hom.jsp no later than 1 week before the due date of the RFI responses. Those parties that are interested in this project will be requested to provide written responses which discuss their technical solutions and the feasibility of their approach. The written responses may include other alternatives and solutions for USPTO consideration. 2.2 Instructions for RFI Responses: Responses must be submitted electronically to the e-mail address below: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Office of Procurement ATTN: V'Anne Tugbang EMAIL: bibmetadata@uspto.gov Respondents must submit their responses via email in pdf format no later than February 28, 2011, 5 p.m. EST. The response should be no more than 15 pages in length and no larger than 5 megabytes and should use font size 11 or larger. Proprietary information submitted in response to this RFI will be protected from unauthorized disclosure as required by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). All proprietary markings should be clearly delineated. The respondent shall identify where data is restricted by proprietary or other rights and mark it accordingly. The format for the RFI responses is described below: The cover page shall contain (1) RFI Number, (2) Organization name, and Address, (3) Primary Point of Contact, and (4) Phone Number and Email Address. Solution: Please describe your organization's solution or dataset that can be applied to the stated problem. Answer as many questions from Section 1 as possible. Organization Experience/Past Performance: Provide a brief description of your organization's experience in same or similar services and/or product solution(s) to both commercial and government organizations; and optionally up to three references for same or similar services and/or any product solution(s) should be provided. Not responding to the RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP. If a solicitation is released, it will be issued via the Federal Business Opportunities website ( www.fbo.gov ). It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor this website for any information that may pertain to this RFI or a future RFP. The information provided in this RFI and any future changes to the RFI are subject to change and are not binding on the USPTO. Participation in this effort is strictly voluntary. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested respondent's expense. Respondents are advised that the United States (U.S) Government will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this RFI The objective of this RFI is to assess vendor capabilities and interest. Review of the responses to the RFI will focus on the offeror's technical capability to provide a quality solution, corporate experience/past performance for same or similar activity with commercial activities or government agencies, and responsiveness to the RFI. 2.3 RFI Response Due Date : Please submit information via e-mail to V'Anne Tugbang, Contracting Officer, at bibmetadata@uspto.gov no later than February 28, 2011 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. 2.4 RFI Response Contact: Respondents to this RFI shall designate a primary and one alternate point of contact within the company (Name, Address, Email, and Telephone Number). 2.5 Clarification of RFI Responses To fully comprehend the information contained within a response to this RFI, there may be a need to seek further clarification from those respondent(s) identified as capable. This clarification may be requested in the form of brief verbal communication by telephone; written communication; electronic communication; or a request for a presentation of the response to a specific USPTO group or groups. The USPTO reserves the right to seek additional information from those vendors identified with unique solutions that are determined to be beneficial to the USPTO. 2.6. This RFI is issued solely for informational, market research, and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is not at this time seeking proposals, and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned.
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