Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of Patent Filing and Management Services

The Office of Government Procurement

In summary, the Services concern the provision of Patent Filing and Management Services. The purpose of this tender is to establish a Framework of suitable suppliers who can provide a range of Patent Filing and Management Services specialisms (each a Lot) to meet the demands of the Framework Clients in the Education Sector

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-05-25. The procurement was published on 2023-04-20.

Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
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What?

Where?

Procurement history
Date Document
2023-04-20 Contract notice
2023-11-22 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2023-04-20)
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: The Office of Government Procurement
National registration number: IE3229842HH
Postal address: 3A Mayor Street Upper, D01 PF72
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: OGP Support
Phone: +353 17738000 📞
E-mail: support@ogp.gov.ie 📧
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
URL: http://www.ogp.gov.ie/ 🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/351 🌏
Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
Communication
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=238506&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Participation URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=238506&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of Patent Filing and Management Services PROJ000008782 SSB052F”
Products/services: Patent and copyright consultancy services 📦
Short description:
“In summary, the Services concern the provision of Patent Filing and Management Services. The purpose of this tender is to establish a Framework of suitable...”    Show more
Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 9 200 000 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots

1️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Specialist Area 1
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Copyright consultancy services 📦
Additional products/services: Software copyright consultancy services 📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 1
Description of the procurement:
“Specialist Area 1 Information and Communication Technologies, Media Technologies, Electronic and Computing Technologies, Software, Artificial Intelligence....”    Show more
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 437 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Additional information: 24 months plus possibility of a further 24 months extension

2️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Specialist Area 2
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Specialist Area 2 Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Fluid Flow Technologies, Semiconductor Technologies, Battery Technologies, Aerospace,...”    Show more
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 437 000 💰

3️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Specialist Area 3
Title
Lot Identification Number: 3
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Specialist Area 3 Biotechnology Medical Devices, Diagnostic, Cell and Gene Therapy (device) and all Medical Devices.”
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 437 000 💰

4️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Specialist Area 4
Title
Lot Identification Number: 4
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Specialist Area 4 Chemical Science, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Science, Water Treatment, Agritech.”
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 437 000 💰

5️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Specialist Area 5
Title
Lot Identification Number: 5
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Specialist Area 5 Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Life Sciences, Medicine & Pharmaceuticals, Veterinary Science Bioscience, Food Science, Cell and gene...”    Show more
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 437 000 💰

6️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Specialist Area 6
Title
Lot Identification Number: 6
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Specialist Area 6 Combination Technologies of Specialist Area 1 and Specialist Area 2”
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 11 500 💰

7️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Specialist Area 7
Title
Lot Identification Number: 7
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Specialist Area 7 Combination Technologies of Specialist Area 1 and Specialist Area 3”
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 11 500 💰

8️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Specialist Area 8
Title
Lot Identification Number: 8
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Specialist Area 8 Combination Technologies of Specialist Area 1 and Specialist Area 4”
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 11 500 💰

9️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Specialist Area 9
Title
Lot Identification Number: 9
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Specialist Area 9 Combination Technologies of Specialist Area 1 and Specialist Area 5”
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 11 500 💰

1️⃣0️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Specialist Area 10
Title
Lot Identification Number: 10
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Specialist Area 10 Combination Technologies of Specialist Area 2 and Specialist Area 3”
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 11 500 💰

1️⃣1️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Specialist Area 11
Title
Lot Identification Number: 11
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Specialist Area 11 Combination Technologies of Specialist Area 2 and Specialist Area 4”
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 11 500 💰

1️⃣2️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Specialist Area 12
Title
Lot Identification Number: 12
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Specialist Area 12 Combination Technologies of Specialist Area 2 and Specialist Area 5”
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 11 500 💰

1️⃣3️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Specialist Area 13
Title
Lot Identification Number: 13
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Specialist Area 13 Combination Technologies of Specialist Area 3 and Specialist Area 4”
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 11 500 💰

1️⃣4️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Specialist Area 14
Title
Lot Identification Number: 14
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Specialist Area 14 Combination Technologies of Specialist Area 3 and Specialist Area 5”
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 11 500 💰

1️⃣5️⃣
Scope of the procurement
Title: Specialist Area 15
Title
Lot Identification Number: 15
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Specialist Area 15 Combination Technologies of Specialist Area 4 and Specialist Area 5”
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 11 500 💰

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 237225)
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 237225)

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators
Description
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 10
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-05-25 13:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 9
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2023-05-25 13:00 📅

Complementary information
Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18866000 📞
Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Please consult your own legal advisors.
Source: OJS 2023/S 081-246168 (2023-04-20)
Contract award notice (2023-11-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 9 200 000 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality
Quality criterion (weighting): 600
Cost criterion (name): Cost
Cost criterion (weighting): 400
Information about options
Options
Description of options:
“The Contracting Authority reserves the right, at its discretion, to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to twenty four (24) months with a maximum...”    Show more

Procedure
Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2023/S 081-246168

Award of contract

1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Title: Specialist Area 1
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-10-26 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 10
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 7
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 6
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 10
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Appleyard Lees
Postal town: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Region: United Kingdom 🏙️
The contractor is an SME
Name: Barker Brettell LLP
Postal town: Birmingham
Name: HGF IP Ltd
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Name: FRKelly
The contractor is an SME
Name: Marks and Clerk LLP
Postal town: Glasgow
Name: Purdy Lucey Intellectual Property Limited
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 748 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 748 000 💰

2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Title: Specialist Area 2
Name and address of the contractor
Name: HGF IP Limited
Name: PurdyLucey Intellectual Property Limited
Name: Secerna Europe Limited
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 748 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 748 000 💰

3️⃣
Contract Number: 3
Title: Specialist Area 3
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 748 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 748 000 💰

4️⃣
Contract Number: 4
Title: Specialist Area 4
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 748 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 748 000 💰

5️⃣
Contract Number: 5
Title: Specialist Area 5
Name and address of the contractor
Name: Murgitroyd
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 748 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 748 000 💰

6️⃣
Contract Number: 6
Title: Specialist Area 6
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰

7️⃣
Contract Number: 7
Title: Specialist Area 7
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰

8️⃣
Contract Number: 8
Title: Specialist Area 8
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰

9️⃣
Contract Number: 9
Title: Specialist Area 9
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰

1️⃣0️⃣
Contract Number: 10
Title: Specialist Area 10
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰

1️⃣1️⃣
Contract Number: 11
Title: Specialist Area 11
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰

1️⃣2️⃣
Contract Number: 12
Title: Specialist Area 12
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰

1️⃣3️⃣
Contract Number: 13
Title: Specialist Area 13
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰

1️⃣4️⃣
Contract Number: 14
Title: Specialist Area 14
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰

1️⃣5️⃣
Contract Number: 15
Title: Specialist Area 15
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Estimated total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 46 000 💰
Source: OJS 2023/S 228-717649 (2023-11-22)