Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Pitchbook Licences Master Agreement
Authority: Department for Business & Trade (Central government)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£281,374published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 11 Apr 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Pitchbook Data Limited2 awards
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has procured data license subscriptions from PitchBook and award the contract to them. This contract will ensure that our teams have access to comprehensive global market analysis, as well as detailed information on UK companies. This unique service is invaluable for our UK and overseas sector teams, as well as our central investment function teams.
PitchBook is a financial data and software company specialising in providing detailed information on private and public markets, including venture capital, private equity, and mergers and acquisitions.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
72300000 Data services79300000 Market and economic research; polling and statistics
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 9 Apr 2026, 11:07 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Apr 2026, 11:07 BST
- Authority reference
4790- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05010c
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The selected supplier is the only known provider offering a uniquely comprehensive and integrated dataset that spans both private and public markets globally. Their platform consolidates a wide range of structured and proprietary indicators relevant to market activity, company growth trajectories, and investment signals. This includes financial, operational, and strategic insights that are not available in more…
combination from other sources. The solution also enables advanced relationship mapping and intelligence on key stakeholders, which is critical for our intended use case. No other known provider has been identified that can deliver this breadth and depth of data within a single platform.
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
2 published dates · Europe/London- Standstill ends27 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published170 days ago9 Apr 2026, 11:07 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 2some still in standstill
Awarded value £281,3741 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Apr 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchbook Data Limited28 May 2025 — 1 Apr 2026Options: Additional licenses can be purchased at the same rates agreed upon in the contract, within the contract period, on a pro-rated basis | £281,374 | 11 Apr 2025standstill to 27 May 2025 | Standstill |
| Pitchbook Data Limited | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 2 · Pitchbook Data Limited
- Signed
- 24 Apr 2025
- Value
- £281,374
- Period
- 28 May 2025 — 1 Apr 2026
- Status
- terminated
- Final value
- £281,374
- Termination
- contractCompleted
No agreed KPIs: N/A
Notice history
9 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Apr 2025- Contract termination notice published9 Apr 2026, 11:07 BSTUK11
- Status changed9 Apr 2026, 11:07 BST
- Procurement method changed9 Apr 2026, 11:07 BST
- Buyer details updated9 Apr 2026, 11:07 BST
- Contract details notice published4 Jul 2025, 15:57 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected27 May 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract award notice published15 May 2025, 16:30 BSTUK6
- Transparency notice published15 May 2025, 16:28 BSTUK5
- Transparency notice published11 Apr 2025, 09:57 BSTUK5
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 15 May 2025
- 2025-04: 1 release · 11 Apr 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- PITCHBOOK DATA LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender