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Patent Attorney Contract

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency

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06 Aug 2026 at 14:35

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Summary of the contracting process

The UK Health Security Agency, acting through the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, procured patent attorney services. The requirement is business-critical support for the agency’s patent-related work, delivered for its operation in London. The service falls within legal services and is intended to provide specialist patent attorney advice rather than general legal support. The buyer is based at 10 South Colonnade, London, E14 4PU. This is a single service requirement awarded under the light touch regime. It is relevant to patent attorney practices and specialist intellectual property firms able to support a UK public health organisation with continuing, business-critical patent matters.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to MATHYS and SQUIRE LLP. The award is active and the contract is active. The contract value is £300,000. It was signed on 21 January 2025. The buyer used a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, with the procurement treated as outside the scope of the relevant directive. The award was made under the light touch regime threshold and evaluated on price. The buyer states that the contract was extended to avoid a break in this business-critical service after an unsuccessful re-procurement process. A further invitation to tender is expected in due course, with a new contract expected before the next financial year.

This award demonstrates established demand from the UK Health Security Agency for ongoing patent attorney support at a substantial service scale. A competitor preparing for a future requirement would need demonstrable capability in patent attorney work and the operational capacity to maintain continuity for a business-critical public-sector client. Relevant firms should be able to provide specialist intellectual property advice reliably, work with a national health-security body, and manage an ongoing service rather than a one-off instruction. The winning supplier is recorded as an SME, indicating that the requirement can be delivered by a focused specialist practice rather than only by a large multidisciplinary legal firm. Price competitiveness was central to the recorded evaluation.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Patent Attorney Contract

Notice Description

Contract for Patent Attorney Services

Procurement Information

As this service is business critical UKHSA require to extend the contract to ensure there is no break in service. A recent re-procurement process was unsuccessful and a further ITT will be issued in due course. We expect a new contract to be in place before the next financial year

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ddf3
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074808-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79100000 - Legal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£300,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
21 Jan 20251 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
E14 4PU
Postcode Area
East London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI42 Tower Hamlets
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Tower Hamlets
Electoral Ward
Canary Wharf
Westminster Constituency
Poplar and Limehouse

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

MATHYS and SQUIRE LLP

Further Information

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