Accenture Federal Services wins $50M U.S. Patent, Trademark Office contract

Arlington Accenture subsidiary to work on financial management systems

Published January 13, 2021 by Sydney Lake

Arlington-based Accenture Federal Services (AFS) announced Wednesday it has been awarded a $50 million U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) contract to work on the agency’s financial management systems for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO).

Under the five-year contract, AFS will provide program management, operations and maintenance services to modernize USPTO’s Information Delivery Product master system.

“We are proud to support USPTO and enable the delivery of next-generation IT and enterprise data platform services to strengthen the performance of the agency’s financial management system,” Rasha Nahas, managing director and the U.S. Department of Commerce lead for AFS, said in a statement. “We look forward to working collaboratively with USPTO to deliver advanced technologies as part of our broader support for the agency’s mission, including analytics, cloud, intelligent automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence.”

AFS is a subsidiary of Irish Fortune Global 500 company Accenture. AFS has clients within the national security, federal health, military and civilian services industries. Last year, Accenture reported more than $40 billion in revenue.