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Moody's ORBIS Main, Crossborder and M&A Licence Agreement

Department for Business & Trade

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

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30 Jul 2026 at 12:53

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
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29 Jun 2026 at 11:18

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
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18 Jun 2026 at 10:40

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Business & Trade procured licences for Moody’s ORBIS Main, ORBIS Crossborder and ORBIS M&A platforms. These are online data services covering global investment activity, corporate structures, ownership relationships and cross-border investment. The datasets support the department’s national security and investment monitoring work, including analysis of international firms and transactions. The requirement is for access to integrated commercial intelligence datasets rather than software development, consultancy or physical works. Delivery is to the Department for Business & Trade in London, with users accessing the platforms online. The awarded service was classified as data services. This is a central government requirement for specialist corporate, ownership and investment information used in policy and monitoring activity.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Moody’s Analytics UK Limited on 29 June 2026. It used a direct award because the buyer considered the ORBIS platform uniquely capable of combining firm-level financial data, ownership structures and cross-border investment activity, with no equivalent competing offer. The award value is £301,387 excluding VAT, or £361,664.40 including VAT. The single lot was completed. The award contract period runs from 9 July 2026 to 29 December 2027, while the signed contract records a period from 9 July 2026 to 27 December 2027. The contract was signed on 9 July 2026. The requirement is above the relevant threshold and is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement.

This award indicates demand for established, large-scale providers of proprietary business intelligence and financial data platforms. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need broad, reliable and longitudinal coverage of company financials, ownership structures, corporate relationships, mergers and acquisitions, and cross-border investment activity in one integrated service. The buyer’s stated rationale places particular weight on policy-grade analysis, national security and investment monitoring, and validation through extensive testing and external academic work. Suppliers would therefore need demonstrable data depth, quality, analytical capability and continuity over time, rather than a narrow compliance or ownership-transparency product. The service must also support secure online access for government users and withstand scrutiny as evidence for high-consequence monitoring and policy decisions.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Moody's ORBIS Main, Crossborder and M&A Licence Agreement

Notice Description

DBT requires licences to access datasets available via Moody's ORBIS Main, ORBIS Crossborder, and ORBIS M&A platforms that analyses global investment activity, corporate structures, and ownership. This data supports DBT's national security and investment monitoring.

Procurement Information

The Department requires access to a dataset capable of analysing global investment activity, corporate structures, and ownership relationships to support national security and investment monitoring. The Moody's Orbis platform is uniquely capable of meeting these requirements, as it integrates firm-level financial data, ownership structures, and cross-border investment activity within a single dataset. Extensive testing and external academic validation confirm that no alternative supplier provides equivalent breadth, depth, or longitudinal capability. Competing providers are limited to narrower use cases such as ownership transparency or compliance and do not enable policy-grade analysis. As such, there is no viable competition in the market for this requirement, and a direct award is justified.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b7c1
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072159-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
Not specified
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
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£301,387 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
£301,387 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Jul 20263 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
18 Jun 20262 months ago
Contract Period
9 Jul 2026 - 27 Dec 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Department for Business & Trade
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1A 2DY
Postcode Area
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Moody's Analytics UK Limited

Further Information

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