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Wharton Data Research Services (WRDS) Platform

University of Strathclyde

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

27 Jul 2026 at 01:00

OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Award

08 Jul 2026 at 01:00

OJEU - F15 - Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The University of Strathclyde bought access to the Wharton Data Research Services (WRDS) Platform. This is a specialist research data service supporting teaching and research across the whole university. The platform provides data research services rather than physical goods or construction works, and the requirement sits within the broader data-processing and research-services category. The buying organisation is the University of Strathclyde, with delivery for the university in Glasgow. The service is intended for university-wide academic use, so relevant suppliers are those providing research databases, financial or economic data platforms, and associated data access services for higher-education teaching and research. The requirement is focused on the WRDS platform itself, rather than a general data-management or consultancy service.

This procurement is complete and has been awarded. The University used a limited award procedure without prior publication of a competition notice, relying on exclusive rights and the position that the service could be supplied only by a particular operator. A VEAT was issued on 8 July 2026 and attracted no objections. One electronic bid was recorded, and the contract was awarded to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania trading as Wharton Research Data Services. The contract is active, was signed on 8 July 2026, and is valued at £83,653. There was one lot covering the platform for teaching and research across the university. Quality and price were listed as the evaluation criteria, with each recorded as zero.

For a supplier that did not win, this award confirms a defined university requirement for a specialist research data platform used across teaching and research. The successful provider was the Wharton Research Data Services operation, and the route relied on exclusive rights, so future credibility for this specific requirement would depend on holding, controlling or being formally authorised to provide the relevant proprietary platform and data services. Suppliers should be able to support institution-wide academic use rather than a small departmental deployment, with dependable access to specialist research datasets and platform functionality. The opportunity is therefore most relevant to established research-data platform owners or authorised partners with higher-education delivery experience, rather than general IT support, software resellers or broad consultancy firms.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Wharton Data Research Services (WRDS) Platform

Notice Description

The provision of the Wharton Data Research Services (WRDS) Platform.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The University requires the provision of the Wharton Data Research Services (WRDS) Platform for teaching and research across the whole University.

Procurement Information

A Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) was raised on 08/07/2026. It provided third parties with the opportunity to raise their objection to this contract being awarded without competition. No objection was received which allows the University to determine that the appropriate route to market for this requirement is an award without competition in accordance with the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016, Regulation 6 - Circumstances in which a contract can be awarded without competition - (1) A contracting authority may award a public contract without seeking offers in relation to the proposed contract - b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons - (iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000836849
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL560944
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

72310000 - Data-processing services

72319000 - Data supply services

73210000 - Research consultancy services

79311400 - Economic research services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£83,653 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
27 Jul 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
University of Strathclyde
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
GLASGOW
Postcode
G1 1XU
Postcode Area
Glasgow
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM32 Glasgow City
Delivery Location
TLM82 Glasgow City
Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow North East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania dba Wharton Research Data Services

Further Information

Notice Documents

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