Patent Maintenance services

Invitation to Tender 01B46-24-109 Patent Maintenance Services Tenders for the project indicated above, will be accepted at the following address, up to the tender closing date and time indicated below: aafc.escprocurement-cseapprovisionnement.aac@agr.gc.ca Scope of Work: AAFC has a requirement for the services of a firm to manage a portfolio of issued patents which involves monitoring the deadlines for annual maintenance fees in various jurisdictions, notifying AAFC of these maintenance fees, reminding AAFC if no response has been sent by AAFC, and paying the maintenance fees on AAFC’s behalf. Tender Period Closing Date and Time: January 30, 2025 at 2:00PM (ET). Information requests and inquiries related to this tender process are to be directed, in writing, ONLY to the AAFC Contract Officer identified below. Bidders who contact anyone other than the AAFC Contract Officer to obtain such information during the solicitation period may, for that reason alone, be disqualified. It is MANDATORY for the Firms intending to submit tenders on this project to obtain the related specifications, plans and drawings, and all other tender documents through the CanadaBuys service provider’s platform. Addenda, when issued, will be available from the CanadaBuys service provider platform. AAFC reserves the right to accept any Proposal in whole or in part, without prior negotiation and reject any or all Proposals received. AAFC Contract Officer: Carol Rahal Contracts Officer Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 2001 Robert-Bourassa, Room 671-TEN, Montréal, Qc H3A 3N2 Tel.: 418-928-1059 E-mail: carol.rahal@agr.gc.ca