Published date: 1 November 2021

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


Closing: 25 October 2021, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£50,000

Procurement reference

MID2021/4

Published date

1 November 2021

Closing date

25 October 2021

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

27 October 2021

Contract end date

30 November 2021

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

MIDAS and GC Business Growth Hub wish to jointly commission an analysis of any existing programmes that facilitate the exchange or commercialisation of Orphan IP between companies and academia, using this to understand whether there could be a viable model that Greater Manchester could pilot. It would also be necessary to gather interest from firms - both those with Orphan IP but also SMEs that may benefit from greater access to it - to determine whether a pilot project to set up a form of IP exchange platform could work in Greater Manchester, creating a central repository of Orphan IP that programmes could be run through.
The research would include:
• Investigation into whether there are any existing programmes globally that have looked at dealing with Orphan IP at collective level
• Analysis of existing models around Orphan IP - whether successful or unsuccessful - what learning is there from existing models.
• Indication of what a reasonable range of outputs/outcomes should be from such a model - i.e. number of deals, value of deals value of commercialised IP, economic impact etc - based on existing models
• Identification of 15-20 large UK or international companies with Orphan IP programmes (e.g. BT, Unilever).
• Discussions with large companies with Orphan IP programmes to understand the level of interest in the project
• Roundtable consultation/s with innovative GM SMEs to assess demand and interest in developing & commercialising Orphan IP from large companies (to be organised in partnership with MIDAS/BGH)
• Identification of large companies with Corporate VC arms (e.g. CISCO)
• An assessment of how we could engage Corporate VC firms into the model

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Invitation to Tender for Innovation and Commercialisation of Orphan IP model analysis

  • Opportunity
  • Published 15 October 2021, last edited 18 October 2021

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Award information

Awarded date

1 November 2021

Contract start date

27 October 2021

Contract end date

30 November 2021

Total value of contract

£48,945

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

STEER DAVIES & GLEAVE LIMITED

Address

28-32 Upper Ground
LONDON
SE1 9PD
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 01883830

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Kate Simcock

Address

Lee House,90 Great Bridgewater Street
MANCHESTER
M15JW
England

Telephone

0161 237 4470

Email

kate.simcock@midas.org.uk

Website

www.investinmanchester.com