PROVISION OF PATENT ATTORNEY SERVICE ON BEHALF OF LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

This procurement exercise is being conducted by the Universities via a Restricted Procedure as set out in The Public Contracts Regulations (PCR 2015) and as subsequently advertised in the UK Find A Tender Service.The University of Birmingham are acting as the lead University ('The University') during this tender process. Reference to the Universities in this document will mean University of Birmingham and Loughborough University.

On award of Contracts each University will be

responsible for the management of its own Contract, however Contract management

reviews may be done as a collaborative process.

Tenderers should review the requirements contained within this ITT (Invitation to Tender) document and resulting tenders must be capable of acceptance in their own right.Tenderers should review the document at an early stage and make arrangements to respond to all the questions in the university's designated e sourcing platform (InTend).

Negotiation is not permitted.

Tenderers should review the document at an early stage and make arrangements to respond to all the questions in InTend and return any required completed attachments in the prescribed form by the dates stated. Any uploaded documents must clearly state the question to which they relate.