Published date: 23 January 2023

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: 22 February 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Patent and copyright consultancy services - 79120000

Location of contract

LA1 4YW

Value of contract

£150,000

Procurement reference

IT-32-1082-SP/23/1301

Published date

23 January 2023

Closing date

22 February 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 August 2023

Contract end date

31 July 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Research Services: IP team at Lancaster University are seeking to appoint one or more professional services agencies to act on its behalf in the drafting, filing, prosecution and also potentially the renewal of it's IP portfolio. This includes but is not limited to its patent portfolio of approximately 35 patent families comprising some 85 active patents, and a small number of registered designs and trademarks.

Please note, some elements of the scope of works may be split out, e.g. patent renewals (for granted/registered IP) and retained in-house.

More information

Links

Additional text

This tender is being conducted electronically using the Lancaster University e-tendering system which can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/lancaster/
To receive documents new users must first register and obtain log in details. Existing users should log in to the web site and express interest.



Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Angela Wearden

Address

Lancaster
Lancaster
Lancaster
LA1 4YW
United Kingdom

Telephone

01524 594087

Email

a.wearden@lancaster.ac.uk