Patent Legal Services
Agriculture (all) · USDA ARS AFM APD
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1232SA26Q0922 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
27AUG26 - Issuance of AMENDMENT 0001. The List of changes and additional attachments have all the information required for quoters to respond to the amendment. Acknowlegement of the Amendment as instructed is a requirement of the solicitation. The Amendment 0001 SF30, Attachment 3 Wage Determination 2015_4281_R39.pdf and Attachment 4 RFQ 1232SA26Q0922 Amendment 0001 Terms and Conditions.pdf have been added to the sam.gov attachments below. 25AUG26 - Clarification: The foreign counsel/associate referenced in Attachment 1 Performance Work Statement is considered inclusive to the Firm Fixed Price… (show all)
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.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Agriculture (all)), same industry group (NAICS 5411).
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $50K to $139K, median $74K; range $9K to $300K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBK GOVERNMENT GROUP, LLC | 2 | $95K | Sep 24, 2025 |
| TRI-STATE TITLE SERVICES, LLC | 1 | $300K | Apr 8, 2025 |
| HEIRSHARES, LLC | 1 | $63K | Apr 13, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Apr 13, 2026HEIRSHARES, LLC$63KAssessment of Title Complexity Associated with Informally Owned Real PropertyNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 24, 2025IBK GOVERNMENT GROUP, LLC$9KWhite Mountain NF Preliminary Title CommitmentNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 17, 2025IBK GOVERNMENT GROUP, LLC$85KUSDA NRCS California Title and Closing Services 2025No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 8, 2025TRI-STATE TITLE SERVICES, LLC$300KNRCS Kansas Preliminary Title Search, Commitment, & Closing Services BPANo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 3 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 133 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.