Invitation to Tender for Orphan IP Bank Viability Study

MIDAS and GC Business Growth Hub wish to jointly commission a viability study for a pilot project to set up a Cooperative Intellectual Property Bank in Greater Manchester, a central repository to run Orphan IP programmes through.

The research would include:

• Identification of at least 15-20 large UK companies with Orphan IP programmes (e.g. BT, Unilever).

• Discussions with large companies with Orphan IP programmes to understand the level of interest in the project

• Roundtable consultation/s with innovative GM SMEs to assess demand and interest in developing & commercialising Orphan IP from large companies (to be organised in partnership with MIDAS/BGH)

• Assessment of the viability of a pilot Cooperative Intellectual Property Bank including a potential model for delivery and detailing any specific cluster/sector preferences

• An outline of how the IP Bank could be scaled up following the pilot to engage multiple large companies and create a central platform for GM-based SMEs to engage with these Orphan IP programmes

• Identification of large companies with Corporate VC arms (e.g. CISCO)

• An assessment of how we could leverage Corporate VC into the programme, to help fund business growth and accelerate R&D investment and IP commercialisation in Greater Manchester

• Indication of what a reasonable range of outputs/outcomes should be from such a model - i.e. number of deals, value of deals etc.

Tender Documents

• Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder → — Tender notice
• Bidding documents →
• Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder → — Award notice