R -- TRANSLATION OF PATENT AND NON-PAATENT DOCUMENTS FROM ANY = FOREIGN LANGUAGE INTO STANDARD AMERICAN ENGLISH

Notice Date

May 21, 2001

Contracting Office

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

ZIP Code

20231

Solicitation Number

52-PAPT-101016

Response Due

June 20, 2001

Point of Contact

Dora Sanders, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 305-8465, Fax = (703) 305-8294, Email dora.sanders@uspto.gov

Description

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) intends to procure = translations services (all languages) involving the translation of = patent and non-patent documents from any foreign language into Standard = American English. This procurement is open to small businesses only = and multiple awards are anticipated. The contract period is for = approximately a 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods. = The number of words to be translated per year varies from a range of = approximately 14,423,074 for base year to approximately 22,694,986 for = the last option year. The North American Industry Classification = System (NAICS) Code is 541930. The language mix and the flow rates = fluctuate in the workload of the Translations Branch. Overall, the = major portion of the work to be translated is Japanese (about 50%), = followed by German, French, Russian. The target language of the = majority of the translations will be English. Translation into foreign = languages may be required from time to time. The vast majority of the = translation work is scientific or technical in nature, mainly patent = literature; translation of articles, legal documents, letters, etc., is = also needed. Strict quality control measures are required. The = translation services must include all costs for the production and = delivery of the translations, e.g., e-mail, all photocopying, when = requested-shipping to and from the USPTO by same day or overnight = delivery and facsimile costs. The competitive solicitation, = solicitation amendments, and all questions and answers related to this = procurement will be made available via the Internet at = http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/comp/proc/currproj.htm or you may = also access the website using the following procedure: Go to = www.uspto.gov. Select Acquisitions, select Office of Procurement, = select Business Opportunities, select Acquisition Projects, = Solicitation Number 52-PAPT-1-01016. The solicitation is available on = the above website. Potential Offerors are responsible for accessing the = website for the RFP. Interested parties must respond to the = solicitation in order to be considered for award of any resulting = contract. POTENTIAL OFFERORS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS = ELECTRONICALLY VIA EMAIL TO: transpatents@uspto.gov. PROPOSALS ARE DUE = NOT LATER THAN 3:00 P.M. (EST), JUNE 20, 2001 (SEE RFP SECTION L). = POINT OF CONTACT: DORA SANDERS, CONTRACTING OFFICER, Phone (703) = 305-8465, Fax (703) 305-8294, OR EMAIL dora.sanders@uspto.gov

Web Link

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Record

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