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Provision of Group Structure and Financial Data

Office for National Statistics

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Summary of the contracting process

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) bought business data services to support its Statistical Business Register and the transformation of its financial, business and international surveys. The requirement is for current information on ownership links between legal entities, covering at least all UK businesses and domestic and foreign entities connected through voting ownership of 10% or more. The data must identify immediate, domestic ultimate and global ultimate parents, together with each parent’s nationality, business type and ownership level. It supports work on foreign direct investment, construction, financial accounts, international business and economic analysis, while reducing the burden and cost of surveys. Delivery covers the United Kingdom. The main procurement category is services, specifically business and corporate structure data.

This procurement is complete and was awarded through a selective restricted procedure above the threshold. The tender submission deadline was 10 October 2024 at 12 noon. ONS awarded the contract to Dun & Bradstreet on 7 November 2024 for £796,220. The contract runs from 15 November 2024 to 14 November 2028. The original upper estimated procurement value was £884,419. The requirement was treated as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. The award is active, and the contract period matches the stated delivery period. One supplier was selected for the business structure and financial data service.

This award shows sustained public-sector demand for reliable company ownership and financial data that can be integrated into a national business register and used across economic statistics. Suppliers best placed for comparable work will have broad, current coverage of UK businesses and their international connections, with the ability to trace ownership through immediate, domestic ultimate and global ultimate parents. Credible capability includes identifying voting-share relationships at or above the required threshold and supplying accurate nationality, business type and ownership-level data in a form suitable for large-scale statistical and analytical use. Experience serving multiple data-hungry business functions, maintaining data quality over a multi-year service, and supporting secure, dependable information supply would strengthen a future competitor’s position. SMEs were considered suitable for this requirement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provision of Group Structure and Financial Data

Notice Description

The ONS has wide-ranging and ongoing requirements to provide detailed information on business activity within the UK. The variables included in this procurement are of interest in the transformation of ONS' financial, business, and international surveys, including foreign direct investment, construction, financial accounts, and international business. The procurement of this data will enhance the quality of economic statistics by improving our knowledge of company structures and information about global investment, providing more robust company information held on our business registers. The provision of this information also reduces the burden on survey respondents and the associated survey costs. Requirements for this data come from a wide range of business areas across ONS, such as: Foreign Direct Investment, Construction Output and Development, Statistical Business Register, Financial Sectors and International Development, Economic Microdata Transformation, and International Analysis. This procurement's main objective is to secure the supply of up-to-date data on the linkages of businesses (legal entities) based on share ownership to be recorded on ONS's Statistical Business Register. This is to include, as a minimum, all UK businesses and their links to both domestic and foreign entities based on a threshold of 10% or greater voting share ownership. This will form a group of businesses linked by ownership. Information is required on the immediate parent, domestic ultimate parent and global ultimate parent, including their nationality, business type and ownership level. The Statistical Business Register (SBR, the replacement of the Inter Departmental Business Register, IDBR) holds a list of UK businesses maintained by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-53df908d-76f1-43a2-a5f3-b17a7d168f89
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/876634ae-910f-4648-b207-917ad8da58ae
Current Stage
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All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72300000 - Data services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£884,419 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£796,220 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
5 Aug 20263 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
10 Oct 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
7 Nov 20241 years ago
Contract Period
15 Nov 2024 - 14 Nov 2028 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Office for National Statistics
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NEWPORT
Postcode
NP10 8XG
Postcode Area
Newport
Country
Wales
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL5 South East Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL54 Monmouthshire and Newport
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Newport
Electoral Ward
Tredegar Park and Marshfield
Westminster Constituency
Newport West and Islwyn

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Dun & Bradstreet Limited

Further Information

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