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Definitive contract DOC50PAPT1200041CARDINAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.

Overview

Award facts

Net obligations
$191.94M
$191,939,794of $191.94M potential value
Period of performance
Jan 3, 2012 to Feb 1, 2025
Ended
Modifications
70
Latest action Jul 16, 2026
Contract type
Definitive contract
PIID DOC50PAPT1200041

Description of requirement

PATENT COOPERATION TREATY.

Dates and value

Award date
Signed on Jan 3, 2012
Current value
$191,939,794Base and exercised options
Potential value (if all options are exercised)
$191,939,794

Obligations by fiscal year of action

  • FY2026: -$1,462,786 (de-obligation)
  • FY2025: $5,831,220
  • FY2024: $13,443,970
  • FY2023: $16,747,645
  • FY2022: $16,365,139
  • FY2021: $21,424,607
  • FY2020: $18,693,530
  • FY2019: $16,454,993
Show all 15 years
  • FY2018: $16,456,439
  • FY2017: $11,183,545
  • FY2016: $11,533,730
  • FY2015: $12,420,655
  • FY2014: $9,397,089
  • FY2013: $8,955,268
  • FY2012: $14,494,750

Total across 15 fiscal years: $191,939,794

Net de-obligation in that fiscal year (obligations withdrawn).

Source: Federal Procurement Data System contract actions as published by SAM.gov and USAspending.gov; latest action recorded Jul 16, 2026. View on USAspending · Recipient on SAM.gov

Recipient

NameCARDINAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.
LocationEVANSTON, IL
UEIEJDMCFHZFMJ8
CAGE code4CPY0
Business sizeOther than small businessSize at award, per the contracting officer
Organization typeCorporate not tax exempt
Parent companyCARDINAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.

Business types and certifications

Veteran-ownedFor-profit organizationCorporation (not tax-exempt)

Self-reported at the time of the action.

Agency and place

Awarding and funding

Awarded by
  1. Department of Commerce
  2. U.S. Patent And Trademark Office
  3. DEPT OF COMMERCE PTO
Funded by
  1. Department of Commerce
  2. U.S. Patent And Trademark Office
  3. DEPT OF COMMERCE PTO
Funded from
Patents; Field is optional prior to fy21Program activities013-1006Federal accounts (agency financial reports)

Place of performance

Place of performance
Evanston, Cook County, Illinois 60201-3845
Congressional district (place of performance)
IL-09As reported at the time of the action

Classification and competition

Classification

NAICS
541990ALL OTHER PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNICAL SERVICES
Product or service (PSC)
R499SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: OTHER (service)

Competition

Extent competed
Full and open competitionA
Solicitation procedures
Negotiated proposal/quoteNP
Set-aside
No set-aside used
Contract pricing
Firm fixed priceJ
Offers received
8

Contract details

Subcontracting plan
Plan required - incentive includedD
Cost Accounting Standards clause
Not applicable exempt from CASX
Certified cost or pricing data
No
Service Contract Act labor standards
No
Commercial procedures
Commercial products/servicesA
Government-furnished property
Transaction does not use GFE/GFPN
Bundled requirement
Not a bundled requirementD
Consolidated requirement
No
Undefinitized action (terms not final)
No
Multi-year contract
Yes
Performance-based service acquisition
Yes - service where PBA is used.Y

Transaction history

Modification history

Base award
Jan 3, 2012Base obligation at award: $2,011,702
Latest action
Jul 16, 2026 — CloseoutModification P26069; obligation change -$1,462,786; administrative: no change in scope or value
Latest substantive action
Oct 1, 2024 — New work added (outside scope)Modification P25068; obligation change +$5,831,220
Latest funding action
Jun 30, 2022 — Funding onlyModification P22060; obligation change +$6,884,387; funding only: changes obligations, not scope
Actions by type
  • Base award1
  • Funding only46
  • Option exercised10
  • Supplemental agreement (within scope)5
  • Other administrative action5
  • New work added (outside scope)2
  • Change order1
  • Closeout1
71 actions recorded, Jan 3, 2012 to Jul 16, 2026; each action counted once.

All contract data

All contract data

Every other field reported for this award, as of its latest reported action

Competition

Evaluation preference
No preference used
Local area set-aside
No
Synopsized publicly (SAM.gov / FedBizOpps)
Yes
Simplified procedures for commercial items
No
A-76 (FAIR Act) action
No

Pricing and financing

Paid by purchase card
No
Latest action: change in base and exercised options
-$1,462,786
Latest action: change in base and all options
-$13,891,426

Socio-economic and policy

Recovered materials and sustainability
No clauses included and no sustainability includedC
EPA-designated product
Not requiredE
Clinger-Cohen Act planning (IT)
No

Place and origin

Domestic or foreign entity
U.S. owned businessA
Country of product or service origin
United statesUSA
Place of manufacture
Not a manufactured end productC

Structure

Award or IDV
Award
Award type
Definitive contractD
Awarding agency code
1300
Awarding sub-tier code
1344
Contracting office code
1333BJ
Transactions recorded under this award key
71

Funding

Funding agency code
1300
Funding sub-tier code
1344
Funding office code
1333BJ
Treasury accounts
  • 013-X-1006-000
Object classes
  • 25.1: Advisory and assistance services
Disaster or emergency funding (DEFC)
  • Q: Not Designated Nonemergency/Emergency/Disaster/Wildfire Suppression