SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Serbia - Intellectual Property Office Operational and Organizational Technical Assistance
- Notice Date
- 4/10/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- United States Trade and Development Agency, USTDA, USTDA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, C/O US TDA 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA, 22209-3901, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-0681028B-1
- Response Due
- 6/1/2007
- Archive Date
- 6/16/2007
- Description
- POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT CONTRACTS OFFICE; PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PLACE: Mrs. Branka Totic, Acting Director, Intellectual Property Office, Kneginje Ljubice 5 (ex Zmaj Jovina 21), 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, Phone: 381-11-311-1162, Fax: 381-11-311-2377 Intellectual Property Office Operational and Organizational Technical Assistance. The Grantee invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms which are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to provide Technical Assistance to aid the Serbian State Agency for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), otherwise referred to as the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), in restructuring the agency and developing new operational protocols for processing patents and trademarks. The objective of this Technical Assistance is to enable the IPO to reach beyond its mission understood narrowly as its primary administrative tasks, and to successfully perform its wider role in furthering awareness, enforcement, innovation and economic applicability of intellectual property assets. This Technical Assistance will include the following tasks: Background Research and Trip/Project Preparation; Conduct the IPO Institutional and Operations Analysis; Draft Recommendations for Transforming the Agency; Assist the IPO in preparing presentations on the new organization and operating plan for the appropriate governance body; Provide on-site support implementing the recommended and approved IPO organizational restructuring and transformation plan; Extended Support to the IPO during the Transformation Period; and Prepare Final Report. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $465,857 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background definitional mission report are available from USTDA, at 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901. To request the RFP in PDF format, please go to: https://www.ustda.gov/USTDA/FedBizOpps/RFP/rfpform.asp. Requests for a mailed hardcopy version of the RFP may also be faxed to the IRC, USTDA at 703-875-4009. In the fax, please include your firm's name, contact person, address, and telephone number. Some firms have found that RFP materials sent by U.S. mail do not reach them in time for preparation of an adequate response. Firms that want USTDA to use an overnight delivery service should include the name of the delivery service and your firm's account number in the request for the RFP. Firms that want to send a courier to USTDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to USTDA before scheduling a pick-up. Please note that no telephone requests for the RFP will be honored. Please check your internal fax verification receipt. Because of the large number of RFP requests, USTDA cannot respond to requests for fax verification. Requests for RFPs received before 4:00 PM will be mailed the same day. Requests received after 4:00 PM will be mailed the following day. Please check with your courier and/or mail room before calling USTDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this USTDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under USTDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the USTDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the USTDA-financed activity. All goods and services to be provided by the selected firm shall have their nationality, source and origin in the U.S. or host country. The U.S. firm may use subcontractors from the host country for up to 20 percent of the USTDA grant amount. Details of USTDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit their Proposal in English directly to the Grantee by 4:00 PM, June 1, 2007 at the above address. Evaluation criteria for the Proposal are included in the RFP. Price will not be a factor in contractor selection, and therefore, cost proposals should NOT be submitted. The Grantee reserves the right to reject any and/or all Proposals. The Grantee also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. The Grantee is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals.
- Record
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