REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PANEL OF LEGAL PRACTITIONERS

BID NO: MKI15/2020

CLOSING DATE: 05 OCTOBER 2020, 16:30

The Moses Kotane Institute (MKI) is an entity of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government through the Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (EDTEA), with a mandate to conduct world class research into training, skills development, and provincial strategic economic sectors and to strategically lead on innovation and maritime coordination and implementation activities to respond to the needs of provincial economy.

The Moses Kotane Institute invites proposals from suitably qualified and competent firms of attorneys to send proposals to be considered for inclusion on its panel of attorneys as ‘preferred service providers’. The panel of attorneys will be required to provide Intellectually Property (IP) legal services to MKI, on an ad hoc basis.  Terms of reference are available on MKI’s website: www.moseskotaneinstitute.com. Proposals must be emailed to tenders@moseskotane.com by 05 October 2020 at 16h30. Proposals received after the closing date will NOT be considered. MKI subscribes to the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act, 2000, (Act No.5 of 2000) and bids will be evaluated in terms of PPPFA provisions. MKI reserves the right not to appoint and or to withdraw the appointment.