SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Enterprise Information Repository - Attachment 1
- Notice Date
- 4/29/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 518210
— Data Processing, Hosting, and Related 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
- RFI-PTO1400DCS
- Archive Date
- 6/4/2014
- Point of Contact
- Denise Sanders, Phone: 571-272-2797
- E-Mail Address
-
denise.sanders@uspto.gov
(denise.sanders@uspto.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Attachment 1 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) FOR USPTO'S EXISTING ENTERPRISE INFORMATION REPOSITORY (EIR) COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF (COTS) PRODUCT WITH GOVERNMENT OFF-THE-SHELF (GOTS) BASED DATA MODELING TOOL RFI-PTO1400DCS THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) BEING RELEASED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 10: MARKET RESEARCH. 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. 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. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the responding party's expense. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S Government to form a binding contract. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor the Federal Business Opportunities (www.fbo.gov) site for additional information pertaining to this RFI. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI or to otherwise pay for the information solicited. Although the term "offeror" is used in this RFI, your response will be treated as information only and shall not be used as a proposal. 1.1 RFI OBJECTIVE: The objective of this RFI is to conduct market research to explore available products to replace the major functions of the data architecture functionality within USPTO's existing Enterprise Information Repository (EIR) COTS product with a COTS/GOTS-based data modeling tool. The government is seeking industry input to assist in identifying features and solutions to meet the requirements described in Attachment 1. 2.1 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: Denise Sanders EMAIL: Denise.Sanders@uspto.gov Respondents must submit their responses via email in.pdf format no later than Monday, May 20, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. EST, Contracting Officer's Local Time. The response should be no more than 25 pages in length and no larger than 5 megabytes and should use font size 12 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. 2.2 Format for RFI Responses: The format for the RFI responses is described below: The cover page shall contain (1) Company name, (2) Primary and Alternate Points of Contact, (3) Phone Numbers and Email Addresses, (4) DUNS Number, (5) NAICS Code, (6) Corresponding Business Size, and (7) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) or other GWAC Contract Number, if applicable. Introduction: Provide a brief description of existing capability to meet the requirements contained herein. Technical Capability: The respondent shall validate the capabilities of the product solution described in Paragraph 1.1 of this RFI by addressing the attached requirements (Attachment 1) Organization Experience/Past Performance : Provide a brief description of at least three (3) of your organization's experience in same or similar services and/or product solution(s) within the last three (3) years of both commercial and government organizations. 2.3 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 will be in the form of 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.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/PTO/OPDC20220/RFI-PTO1400DCS/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: United States Patent and Trademark Ofice, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, United States
- Zip Code: 22314
- Zip Code: 22314
- Record
- SN03350941-W 20140501/140429234208-19e8ee15abc949708d8967c91769346d (fbodaily.com)
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