Financial Datasets · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Scotland (UKM75)

Awarded value£368,153published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 1 Oct 2026no call for competition

Awarded to S&P Global

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Edinburgh are purchasing licences to access financial datasets required for research and teaching purposes.

CPV: Database services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The University of Edinburgh are purchasing licences to financial datasets to support…Awarded

The University of Edinburgh are purchasing licences to financial datasets to support education and research. The contract is for an initial period of 12 months, with the option to extend by five further periods of 12 months. Additional information: NB: this contract was awarded by negotiated procedure without prior publication. Therefore no award criteria was utilised. The system does not allow for this to be optional.

Delivery: Scotland

72320000 Database services

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: 13 Oct 2026, 11:44 BST
Last source update: 13 Oct 2026, 11:44 BST
Authority reference: NCA31158
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-096472
Classification (CPV): Database services
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078664 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Published justification: The University have awarded a contract to S&P Global for the provision of financial datasets via the negotiated procedure without prior publication on the basis of the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:845539)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £368,1531 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 1 Oct 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
S&P Global	£368,153 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 096472-2026-NCA31158-1 · S&P Global
Signed
1 Oct 2026
Value
£368,153
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

University Of Edinburgh

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1HTContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

S&P GlobalAwarded supplier 25 Ropemaker St, London, London, EC2Y 9LY

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.