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$35,651,261

Department of Commerce·U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

to IRON MOUNTAIN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT LLC

ai-infrastructureactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-05-14·LATEST ACTION2026-04-08·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_1333BJ21F00282022_1344_GS03F049GA_4732
Award description

DATA CENTER RELOCATION REVISED SOO AND DOCUMENTS BASED ON OPTION PERIOD #1 NOT BEING EXECUTED IN TIME ACQ-21-1400 PID:404 POP: DOA-12 M AFTER AWA'

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: medium
In plain English

Relocation and revision of USPTO data center facilities under an option period contract with Iron Mountain.

Sub-sectors
data-center-operationsgovernment-it-infrastructure
Why this matters

USPTO data center infrastructure supports patent and trademark processing critical to U.S. innovation and IP protection systems.

Supply-chain signal

Indicates reliance on third-party data center operators for federal IT infrastructure; signals potential consolidation or modernization of government computing assets.

U.S.–China competition angle

Robust USPTO IT infrastructure is essential for processing and protecting U.S. intellectual property against foreign competitors and IP theft.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002169.

Period of performance
Start
2021-05-14
End
2028-05-13
Status
activein 725 days
Sources

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