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

Notice Date

March 30, 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

Point of Contact

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

E-Mail Address

Dora Sanders (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 will be available on or about April 12, 2001 at the above website. Potential Offerors are responsible for accessing the website. 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: dora.sanders@uspto.gov. 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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