Specifications include, but are not limited to: An agreement with a vendor to assist SDSU with technology transfer services from technology recruitment, through technology analysis and protection, to licensing. The vendor will review technology transfer processes and help to implement and execute best practice processes, and advise SDSU at decision points. Contractor shall review existing database and protocol processes, revise and implement them as needed for optimal effectiveness during the contract period, and ensure smooth transition to fully in-house services before the end of the contract period. In the context of the university striving for doubling of its research impact over ten years, SDSU also aims to double its impact through technologies transferred into the market place. The processes and best practices that are optimized and implemented through this contract should be enabling to that growth target.