Scope
Reference
CU.1252.SF
Description
A single supplier is required to manage UC3's patent portfolio relating to official fees worldwide for maintenance and renewals
Contract 1. Patents Renewal Service
Supplier
Contract value
- £53,865 excluding VAT
- £64,638 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Date signed
17 July 2025
Contract dates
- 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2027
- Possible extension to 31 July 2029
- 4 years
Description of possible extension:
Two x 12 month extensions
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 79100000 - Legal services
Contract locations
- UKL22 - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Procedure
Procedure type
Below threshold - open competition
Supplier
Symbiosis
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PBRZ-9318-DBXJ
One Eleven Edmund Street
Birmingham
B3 2HJ
United Kingdom
Email: lee@symbiosisip.co.uk
Region: UKG31 - Birmingham
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1. Patents Renewal Service
Contracting authority
Cardiff University
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PHVT-4343-HWYR
Procurement Services
Cardiff
CF24 4HQ
United Kingdom
Contact name: Anthony Hale
Email: halea3@cardiff.ac.uk
Website: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/business/why-work-with-us/for-suppliers
Region: UKL22 - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Organisation type: Public undertaking (commercial organisation subject to public authority oversight)
Devolved regulations that apply: Wales