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UK Patent Attorney Services.

Contract award notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

DSTL, DSTL
Porton Down
Contact point(s): Commercial Services
For the attention of: Lee Hammond
SP4 oJQ Salisbury
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 3067703980
E-mail:

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.3)Main activity
Defence
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
UK Patent Attorney Services.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 21: Legal services

NUTS code UKK1

II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Legal services. To prosecute and advise on patents and other registerable rights on behalf of the Secretary of State for Defencere. The framework agreement has been established against six lots outlined below:
1 Biology/Biotechnology;
2 Chemistry;
3 Engineering;
4 Physics/Electronics;
5 Software;
6 Registered Design and/or Trademark legal advice service.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

79100000

II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
Value: 6 400 000 GBP
Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Technical. Weighting 60
2. Commercial. Weighting 40
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
DSTL/AGR/00347/01
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: DSTL/AGR/00347/01 Lot No: 1 - Lot title: Biology/BiotechnologyLot No: 2 - Lot title: Chemistry
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
11.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 12
Number of offers received by electronic means: 0
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

C.P.Greaves & Co
80 Church Road
BS25 1BP Winscombe
UNITED KINGDOM

V.4)Information on value of contract
Initial estimated total value of the contract:
Value: 1 272 000 GBP
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Lot No: 2 - Lot title: ChemistryLot No: 1 - Lot title: Biology/BiotechnologyLot No: 3 - Lot title: EngineeringLot No: 5 - Lot title: SoftwareLot No: 6 - Lot title: Registered Designs/Trademarks
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
11.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 12
Number of offers received by electronic means: 0
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Mewburn Ellis LLP
33 Gutter Lane
EC2V 8AS London
UNITED KINGDOM

V.4)Information on value of contract
Initial estimated total value of the contract:
Value: 1 272 000 GBP
V.5)Information about subcontracting
Lot No: 3 - Lot title: EngineeringLot No: 4 - Lot title: Physics/ElectronicsLot No: 6 - Lot title: Registered Design/Trademark
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
11.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 12
Number of offers received by electronic means: 0
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Beckhams IP
Gatehouse, Lake Road
BS20 7JA Portishead
UNITED KINGDOM

V.4)Information on value of contract
Initial estimated total value of the contract:
Value: 2 584 000 GBP
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Lot No: 5 - Lot title: SoftwareLot No: 1 - Lot title: Biology/BiotechnologyLot No: 2 - Lot title: ChemistryLot No: 3 - Lot title: EngineeringLot No: 4 - Lot title: Physics/Electronics
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
11.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 12
Number of offers received by electronic means: 0
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Keltie LLP
UK & European Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys, Fleet Place House, 2 Fleet Place
EC4M 7ET London
UNITED KINGDOM

V.4)Information on value of contract
Initial estimated total value of the contract:
Value: 1 272 000 GBP
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Lot No: 4 - Lot title: Physics/ElectronicsLot No: 5 - Lot title: SoftwareLot No: 6 - Lot title: Registered Design/Trademark
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
11.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 12
Number of offers received by electronic means: 0
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Dehns
St Bride's House, 10 Salisbury Square
EC4Y 8JD London
UNITED KINGDOM

V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:
The procurement has complied with the PCR 2006, Schedule 3 Part B: Category 21 Legal Services and the contract notice was advertised in DCO.

Suppliers interested in working with the Ministry of Defence should register on the MOD Supplier Information Database (SID) Register, available at www.contracts.mod.uk. The MOD SID is a database of active and potential suppliers available to all MOD and UK Defence procurement personnel, and is the main supplier database of MOD Procurement organisations. Please note: the registration and publication of a company profile on the MOD SID does not mean or imply that the supplier has in any way been vetted or approved by the MOD. Suppliers wishing to compete for advertised MOD contracts must respond to any specific call for competition by submitting a separate expression of interest in accordance with the instructions of the purchasing organisation.

Advertising Regime OJEU: This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk GO Reference: GO-2014121-DCB-5404693.

VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

DSTL, DSTL
Porton Down
SP04 0JQ Salisbury
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 3067703980

VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
21.1.2014