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# Provision of Patent Renewals

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-patent-renewals-ocds-h6vhtk-0513cb). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Strathclyde: "Provision of Patent Renewals". Published status: complete. Published Value: £400,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Aug 2025, 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:** £400,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 6 August 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Copyright consultancy services, Legal services, Patent and copyright consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM82
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £500,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0513cb`

## 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/provision-of-patent-renewals-ocds-h6vhtk-0513cb#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/provision-of-patent-renewals-ocds-h6vhtk-0513cb#participate

## Description
The University of Strathclyde’s IP & Commercialisation team within the Innovation & Industry Engagement Directorate annually administers around 300 active patent cases, for around 35 countries including instructing renewals to maintain those cases in the territories of USA, Europe, Canada, India, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and Brazil.
These patent cases require to be renewed in each territory on a regular basis, and we require a provider that can do this competently.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79100000, 79121000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The University of Strathclyde’s IP & Commercialisation team within the Innovation & Industry Engagement Directorate annually administers around 300 active patent cases, for around 35 countries including instructing renewals to maintain those cases in...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 008422-2026-UOS-35860-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **IPRIS AG**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-23871`
  - Value: £500,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 008422-2026-UOS-35860-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £500,000
  - Signed Date: 28/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008422-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-30T12:27:17.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T14:39:33.266Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0513cb