Published date: 16 December 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 22 August 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Printed matter and related products - 22000000

  • Printed books, brochures and leaflets - 22100000

Location of contract

NP10 8QQ

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

CF-0049100D1r000001nvObEAI1

Published date

16 December 2022

Closing date

22 August 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 January 2023

Contract end date

31 December 2027

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The IPO has a statutory requirement to publish legal reports the 'Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases' ("RPCs")

Beyond the statutory obligation, the RPCs are an authoritative and established law report which is heavily relied upon in the IP sector. They are a potential source of prestige for the IPO and are important to many influential IPO stakeholders such as Patent and Trade Mark attorneys and the Judiciary (who confirmed this to be the case in a discussion held with Justice Meade on the future of the RPCs).

This contract is for the supply of the RPC publishing service to include editing, printing, distribution, sales and marketing,
awarded as a concession contract.

The successful Bidder will publish significant cases relating to patents, trade marks, service marks, registered designs, design right and copyright in accordance with the IPO statutory obligations Patents Act 1977 s.123(7) and Patent Rules 2007 r.118.

More information

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Award information

Awarded date

15 December 2022

Contract start date

1 January 2023

Contract end date

31 December 2027

Total value of contract

£0

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Relx (UK) Limited t/a LexisNexis

Address

1-3 Strand, WC2N 5JR

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Category Manager

Address

Concept House, IPO
Newport
NP10 8QQ
United Kingdom

Telephone

03000200015

Email

Corporate-Commercial@ipo.gov.uk