Notice of Intent to Brand Name Sole Source - for Total Patent Legal Research

The Department of Energy, Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E), intends to award a brand name sole source modification to its existing LexisNexis legal database purchase order for the 'Total Patent One' software. This acquisition is for one user license to access LexisNexis Total Patent One, a specialized patent search and analysis tool, designed for seamless integration with ARPA-E's current LexisNexis subscription. The required features of this software include: • Access to over 175 million documents across more than 100 authorities. • Availability of 70 authorities with full-text Boolean search capability. The critical factor necessitating this sole source action is that no other vendor currently offers a patent module capable of integrating with ARPA-E's existing LexisNexis licenses.