Published date: 23 November 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 19 December 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

  • Miscellaneous business and business-related services - 79900000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

20221123110800-72814

Published date

23 November 2022

Closing date

19 December 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

24 January 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Not applicable

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

UKAEA seeks to appoint a single provider of patent searching and IP landscaping services ("the Supplier") in the field of fusion energy.

We will establish a single supplier framework; the framework will run from January 2023 to 31st March 2024. The anticipated contract value of the term is £180,000 excluding vat, however there is no commitment to spend up to this amount.

Tasks will require IP Landscaping to understand the patenting activities and existing protection into which UKAEA technology prospects under consideration are entering. Where technology decisions are already made the UKAEA IP team can provide a view on infringement risk. But where different technology options are still being assessed, UKAEA requires help to understand these areas through a series of IP Landscapes. Tasks will require IP Analysis to understand the infringement risk to which technology options already undergoing feasibility studies expose UKAEA.

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Joanne Davies

Address

Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
ENG

Telephone

+44 1235467082

Email

joanne.davies@ukaea.uk

Website

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority