Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice With Call For Competition
Published: 2022-06-28
Buyer: Inlecom Group BV and related companies
Country: BE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 79100000
Estimated value: 500000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2022-07-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: Horizon Europe

Technical requirements: Inlecom has, as coordinator and partner, won a number of EU Funded Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects where each project has a requirement to file patents in various regions (e.g. EU, USA, Canada jurisdictions).
Inlecom requires external patent attorney expertise for the preparation, filing and prosecution of these patents deriving from these projects. Legal work in respect of preparing, filing and prosecuting patents. Opening date for applications 09:00 CET 01:07:2022, closing date for applications 16:00 CET 29:07:2022. Applicants who register interest will be sent an invitation to optionally join a tender walk through and Q&A session if applicants feel additional context and information would be useful prior to finalising their quotation, to be held on 20:07:2022 09:00-11:00CET.  Applicants should download and read all documentation and return completed quotations to angelaosullivan@inlecomsystems.com by the closing date stated.
As a minimum the firm should be able to work in all the countries listed, either directly of by using a listed Agent of Record
To ensure a fair and equitable quotation process, we are asking each patent attorney to quote based on the following assumptions :
•	Filing regions for each patent = Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
•	Cradle to grave costs for each patent up to and including formal granting/issuance, including all associated costs such as any required first round and subsequent prosecutions, patent office office-actions, etc.
Name of European funded project - ICT related patent application area - expected maximum number of patents
8.	RENEW, ICT systems and methods in the area of Inland Waterways/ environmentally sustainable transport infrastructures, 3
9.	SynAIR-G, ICT systems and methods in the area of Multi-sensing and Green iInterventions for disrupting indoor Air Pollutants, 2
10.	A14CCAM, ICT systems and methods in the area of AI driven solutions for connected and automated mobility/transportation, 2
The procurement is related to H2020 and Horizon Europe projects listed in the Description of Procurement and the url - https://inlecom.eu/group/tenders/
It is important to refer to the additional information section of the document "Patent Quote request Letter" available at the url - https://inlecom.eu/group/tenders/
As a minimum the lead lawyer/partner should be able to demonstrate experience in patent work across a range of domains, and in particular the ICT related patent application areas mentioned in section "Description of
the Procurement", with reference to examples of patents granted and jurisdictions worked in either directly or through associated law firms. All law firms that will be used as Agents of record will need to be listed together with the country they will cover.
Further information about the staff who will be involved in the performance of the contract is not required and will not be assessed as a criteria.

Eligibility requirements: As a minimum the lead lawyer/partner should be able to demonstrate experience in patent work across a range of domains, and in particular the ICT related patent application areas mentioned in section "Description of the Procurement", with reference to examples of patents granted and jurisdictions worked in either directly or through associated law firms. All law firms that will be used as Agents of record will need to be listed together with the country they will cover. Further information about the staff who will be involved in the performance of the contract is not required and will not be assessed as a criteria.

Award value: 500000