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Published 15 May 2025, 08:48 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Patent Renewals

Official notice

Authority: University of Strathclyde (Education)

ServicesOpen procedure

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Scotland (UKM82)

Published estimate£400,000exc. VAT25% above published estimate

Submissions closed 6 Aug 2025awarded 28 Jan 2026

Awarded to IPRIS AG

What is being bought

Published requirement 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.

CPV: Copyright consultancy services · Legal services · Patent and copyright consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewal

Delivery: Scotland · Glasgow

Extensions: 2 x 2 year extensionsVariant bids: not allowed

79100000 Legal services 79121000 Copyright consultancy services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored

Quality: 40%Price: 60%

Published award criteria (2)

Quality: 40
Price: 60

Conditions of participation2

Economic & financial standing
4B1.1
Bidders will be required to have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of 800,000GBP for the last 2 years.
Minimum: 4B.5.1 – 4B.5.3 Insurances It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: - The Contractor shall maintain in force with reputable in…
Technical & professional ability
4C.1.2
Bidders will be required to provide examples (3) that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described in part II.2.4
Minimum: Examples provided should be relevant and proportionate to the procurement exercise. This question will have a minimum score of 2. Bidders that do not achieve this score may be eliminated from the tender at this stage in the evaluation) Bidders that do not pass the above Selection…

What this means for your bid

Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Open procedure
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: No (one-off requirement)
First published: 15 May 2025, 08:48 BST
Last source update: 30 Jan 2026, 12:27 GMT
Award evaluation window: 6 Aug 2025 – …
Authority reference: UOS-35860-2025
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-008422
Classification (CPV): Copyright consultancy servicesLegal servicesPatent and copyright consultancy services
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM82)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0513cb Find a Tender

Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:822045)

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS

Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding

Submission deadline: 6 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages: en
Bids opened: 6 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

21 May 2025 → 30 Jan 2026 · 4 dates

Next notice expected
21 May 2025, 00:00 BST
Submission deadline
6 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Bids opened
6 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Notice published271 days ago
30 Jan 2026, 12:27 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Jul 2025

Status changed to active
2 Jul 2025, 15:14 BST
Procurement method changed
2 Jul 2025, 15:14 BST
Deadline published: 6 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
2 Jul 2025, 15:14 BST
Status changed to complete
30 Jan 2026, 12:27 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £500,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 3

Contracts signed 1latest 28 Jan 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
IPRIS AG	£500,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 008422-2026-UOS-35860-2025-1 · IPRIS AG
Signed
28 Jan 2026
Value
£500,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Strathclyde

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Learning & Teaching Building, 49 Richmond Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 1XUContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body Glasgow

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

IPRIS AGAwarded supplier Pelikanweg 2, Basel, CH031, 4054

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.