Call for Expressions of Interest (EOI) N° PTD/10/007
Provision of Patent Landscape Reports (PLR) in various fields of technology
Date of publication: 26.03.2010
Deadline for submissions: 15.04.2010
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is an intergovernmental organization with its headquarters in Geneva. It is one of the 16 United Nations specialized agencies and is responsible for promoting the protection of intellectual property throughout the world, including the administration of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), and also the international registration of marks.
As part of implementation of the Development Agenda Project DA_19_30_31_01 (“Developing Tools for Access to Patent Information”, described in project document CDIP/4/6), WIPO is about to issue Requests for Proposals (RFP) in order to select contractors for the delivery of several Patent Landscape Reports in various fields of technology, including Public Health, Climate Change/Environment/Energy, Food and Agriculture.
The purpose of this call for EOI is to identify appropriate suppliers who can potentially fulfill the requirements for the delivery of patent landscape report(s) in specific or several fields of technology. The present call for EOI does not constitute an invitation to tender. Only suppliers deemed qualified by WIPO will receive the invitation to tender for concrete patent landscape reports subjects.
The selection will take into account the answers to the questionnaire according to the following criteria:
a) Experience and expertise of the company in the field of patent search and analysis;
b) Experience with similar patent landscaping projects in the past;
c) Expertise of its human resources in the technical field, as well as in the field of patent search and analysis.
d) References, foremost to similar contracts.
Any interested company wishing to receive additional information on the project and participate in the prequalification procedure is invited to respond to this call For Expressions Of Interest via WIPO’s e-Tendering Portal (ETP) at: