Contract award · 10 Jun 2025

DHSC: FGO: NHS Intellectual Property Guidance External Legal Review

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) awarded “DHSC: FGO: NHS Intellectual Property Guidance…” to DAC Beachcroft LLP for £82,802.

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Key facts

Value
£82,802.38
Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Sector
Business services · Legal advisory and information services (CPV 79140000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date10 Jun 2025
  2. Published23 Jun 2025Published 13 days after the contract date

Description

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), working with NHS England (NHSE), and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), have initiated a project to update the national guidance on Intellectual Property (IP) for NHS organisations, which has not been revised in 23 years. To date, the project team has developed a wireframe of the new guidance, outlining its structure and key content areas. Additionally, extensive stakeholder feedback has been gathered to inform the final version. Request for Professional Services We now require Legal Professional Services support to transform the wireframe into comprehensive, actionable guidance with exemplar IP agreements, and exemplar IP policy statements. The key deliverables include: Development of Full IP Guidance for NHS Organisations Reviewing the draft IP guidance already created Reviewing existing case studies, IP policy examples, and exemplar agreements from across the NHS Turning the draft IP guidance into a complete guidance …

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