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Patent Legal Services

USDA ARS AFM APD · Beltsville, Maryland, 20705

Response status

Historical record

Aug 26, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC

This notice is no longer open.

Posted
Aug 25, 2026
Archive date
Sep 10, 2026
SAM status
Active
This is a preserved solicitation record. The response window is closed because the published deadline passed.

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • USDA ARS AFM APD published this combined synopsis/solicitation.
  • Competition is listed as Small Business Set-Aside - Total.
  • The place of performance is Beltsville, Maryland.
  • The notice uses NAICS 541110 (Offices of Lawyers).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
dade2a76afe24d3ba698d087d277bed1
Solicitation
1232SA26Q0922
Base type
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Version
2 of 2

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Solicitation number
1232SA26Q0922
Set-aside
Small Business Set-Aside - Total
Set-aside code
SBA
Posted
Aug 25, 2026
Responses due
Aug 26, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Sep 10, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
Category confidence
Category source
Last seen
Aug 28, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF
Department code
Subagency
Agricultural Research Service
Subagency code
Office
USDA ARS AFM APD
Organization path
Organization path codes
Office address
BELTSVILLE, MD, 20705, USA
Place of performance
Beltsville, Maryland, 20705
City code
State
Maryland
State code
MD
Postal code
20705
Country

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

25AUG26 - Clarification: The foreign counsel/associate referenced in Attachment 1 Performance Work Statement is considered inclusive to the Firm Fixed Price requirement. 21AUG26 - Clarifications: 1. The fees referenced in Attachment 1 Performance Work Statement and QASP generally in section 3.0 and specifically in section 3.1.3 are considered inclusive to the Firm Fixed Price requirement. Relevant fees typical for this work are publicly available. Work volume estimates are provided in the Attachment 1 Performance Work Statement and QASP Appendix and in section 1.2. 2. Specific docketing information will not be made available as part of this solcitation. Work volume is addressed in the previous clarification. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number 1232SA26Q0922 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for Patent Legal Services. This acquisition is set-aside for small business concerns. The applicable North American Industry Classification Standard Code is 541110. The small business size standard is $15.5M. This acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered by the agency. No level of historical contract information will be provided by the solicitation Primary Point of Contact. General historical contracting information is available to the public, free of charge, without a login requirement, using the Advanced Search tool on USAspending.gov.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

No past awards scored highly enough to form a comparable range.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

No comparable awards are attached to this notice.

Amendment history

A version is preserved whenever the normalized notice contents change.

VersionNotice typeObservedResponses dueContent hash
1Combined Synopsis/SolicitationAug 27, 2026Aug 26, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC2f0c964f7e441b1b
2Combined Synopsis/SolicitationAug 28, 2026Aug 26, 2026, 1:00 PM UTCc4a6d082eba65a7c

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Aug 28, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.

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