PTAG Intent to Sole Source - USPTO Design, Space Planning, TRIRIGA Administration, and Building Management Support Services
Commerce (all) · DEPT OF COMMERCE PTO
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation ACQ-27-0127 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 10, 2026Special NoticeOpen
- Sep 10, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
PTAG Part 6.1.1 � Intent to Sole Source For this procurement, the USPTO is exempt from most of the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) as the subject requirement is being procured using the Alternative Competition Method in accordance with the Patent and Trademark Office Acquisition Guidelines (PTAG) and the Patent and Trademark Office Efficiency Act 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(4)(A). The full text is located here: https://federalregister.gov/a/2013-24316. As a result of its exemptions, the USPTO is not required to meet the test of �full and open competition� as defined in FAR Part 6 and may use agency-s… (show all)
pecific acquisition procedures as described below when the circumstances warrant it and it is in the best interest of the agency to do so. We have identified THE BUILDING PEOPLE LLC located at 215 Depot Ct SE FL3, Leesburg, VA 20175-3017. UEI: H294NPGNMEB5, a large business as the sole contractor able to effectively continue work on the IBM TRIRIGA configuration and as they are currently performing the system-related and integrated design tasks which remain unfinished. NAICS 561210 Facilities Support Services. Specifically, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) intends to award a logical follow-on sole-source purchase order to The Building People (TBP) to build upon and continue the interior design service support work utilizing and re-configuring the IBM TRIRIGA Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS) for the administration, configuration, and support services at USPTO Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia and other USPTO facilities. TBP are currently in the process of customizing and adjusting the USPTO�s IBM TRIRIGA platform to meet USPTO-specific business requirements, including system configuration, module development, report and dashboard creation, user support, and integration with USPTO design, space planning and occupancy management operations. It would not be fiscally responsible, prudent or in the best interest of USPTO to solicit new vendors at this time. This action ensures continuity of ongoing system integration and development efforts and prevents disruption to active TRIRIGA solution implementation activities that have not yet reached full operational capability. As a result, per PTAG 6.1.1 (d) USPTO intends to negotiate and award a logical follow-on firm fixed contract with The Building People LLC to meet this requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, nor will a solicitation be issued to the public. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to the following point of contact (POC) and alternate point of contact no later than 9:00 AM ET on Friday, September 18, 2026 POC: Christopher Ward at Christopher.ward@uspto.gov Alternate POC: Yen Nguyen at yen.nguyen1@uspto.gov NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE PTAG SYNOPSIS STATEMENT The subject requirement is being procured using the Alternative Competition Method in accordance with the Patent and Trademark Office Acquisition Guidelines (PTAG) and the Patent and Trademark Office Efficiency Act 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(4)(A) The subsequent solicitation will not be posted on SAM.gov and instead sent directly to the vendor listed above DISCLAIMER All information received in response to this Special Notice that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this special notice. ###
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Commerce (all)), same NAICS 561210.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERGRAVIS LLC | 2 | $1.8M | Sep 16, 2026 |
| ARK CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT LLC | 1 | $3.2M | Jun 25, 2025 |
| BROWN POINT FACILITY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC | 1 | $656K | Sep 15, 2025 |
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.
- Sep 16, 2026PERGRAVIS LLC$41KB24 UPS Maintenance and Repair, NIST, Boulder, CO
- Sep 18, 2025PERGRAVIS LLC$1.8MPreventative Maintenance and Emergency Repair of Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), Gaithersburg, Maryland
- Sep 15, 2025BROWN POINT FACILITY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC$656KS--Facility Maintenance Support Services for NEFSC
- Jun 25, 2025ARK CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT LLC$3.2MFacilities Operations Support Services
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 Commerce, Dept of (DOC) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Commerce, Dept of (DOC) 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
- 372 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.
- 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.