PS040 - Contract for STEAMhouse Intellectual Property and Commercialisation Consultancy Support 2018

Through this ERDF funded tender, Birmingham City University is seeking to appoint a company to provide IP and Commercialisation Consultancy Support to 30 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as part of the STEAMhouse grants, covering the following areas as appropriate to the needs of the client: o Innovation capture o Commercialisation plans o Market Assessments o IP Valuation o IP Auditing and due diligence o IP Portfolio management advice o IP licensing advice o Patent brokerage and sales o IP advice and guidance

STEAMhouse, located in Digbeth, Birmingham, is led by Birmingham City University in partnership with Eastside Projects (a Digbeth based arts organisation) and funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Arts Council England through the Creative Local Growth Fund.