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title: "Award of Provision of Patent Renewal Services"
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# Award of Provision of Patent Renewal Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/award-of-provision-of-patent-renewal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02970b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Strathclyde: "Award of Provision of Patent Renewal Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £800,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 1 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Strathclyde](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-strathclyde-coh-rc000670)
- **Published Value:** £800,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 1 April 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Patent and copyright consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM82
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £800,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02970b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/award-of-provision-of-patent-renewal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02970b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/award-of-provision-of-patent-renewal-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02970b#participate

## Description
The IP & Commercialisation team administers around 650 active patent cases, including instructing renewals to maintain those cases in the
territories of USA, Europe, Canada, India, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and Brazil.
The IP & Commercialisation require a sole supplier to facilitate the renewal of the Universities active patent cases

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79120000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The IP & Commercialisation require a sole supplier to facilitate the renewal of the Universities active patent cases.
These patent cases require to be renewed in each territory on a regular basis and we require a provider that can do this competently...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 017964-2021-UOS-19396-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **IPRIS AG**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-23871`
  - Value: £800,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 017964-2021-UOS-19396-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £800,000
  - Signed Date: 27/07/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F017964-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-28T15:05:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T19:16:58.852Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02970b