Official UK procurement notice
Corporate and Financial Datasets
Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFinancial data required for staff and student research.
CPV: Subscription services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of Corporate and Financial Datasets required for the University of Edinburgh…Awarded
Provision of Corporate and Financial Datasets required for the University of Edinburgh Business School to support staff and student research and teaching. Contract is for an initial period of 16 months with the option to extend by a further period of up to 24 months. Additional information: As this was an negotiated procedure without prior publication, there was no evaluation involved regarding quality however, the system does not allow for no quality % to be inserted
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 31 Mar 2026, 09:32 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Mar 2026, 09:32 BST
- Authority reference
NCA31144- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-029421- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06788fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
LSEG Workspace is a specialist database that provides the University of Edinburgh Business School access to corporate and executive data that supports research and teaching. There are no other datasets that meet the Business School’s requirements due to coverage, historical depth, and range of proprietary data. Therefore, a contract is awarded to LSEG via negotiated procedure without competition on the basis that competition is absent for technical reasons under Regulation 33(1)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:828069)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) | £406,332 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 029421-2026-NCA31144-1 · LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2026
- Value
- £406,332
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 0 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.