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Financial Datasets

University Of Edinburgh

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13 Oct 2026 at 01:00

OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The University of Edinburgh bought licences to financial datasets for research and teaching. This is a data-access service, delivered for the university in Edinburgh. The requirement covers access to datasets rather than the supply of physical goods or works.

The procurement is complete and was awarded to S&P Global. The university used a negotiated procedure without a published competition, citing protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property, and S&P Global’s status as sole proprietary holder of the resource. The contract was signed on 1 October 2026 and is valued at £368,153. The stated initial contract period is 12 months, with an option to extend for five further 12-month periods. The procurement covered one lot. The lot description says no award criteria were used because the contract was awarded without prior publication; the separate criteria information lists quality and price weightings of 90 and 10 respectively.

This award demonstrates demand at the University of Edinburgh for licensed financial datasets supporting research and teaching. A credible competitor when this requirement next comes to market would need to provide datasets that serve those academic uses, with the rights needed to license access. The buyer selected S&P Global on the stated basis that it was the sole proprietary holder, so ownership or control of relevant intellectual property is central to competing. Suppliers without the rights to provide the required resource would be poorly placed to meet this particular requirement. The procurement was handled through a negotiated procedure without a published competition, rather than an open competitive tender.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Financial Datasets

Notice Description

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

Lot Information

Lot 1

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.. 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.

Procurement Information

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. S&P Global are the sole proprietary holder of the resource.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000845539
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566582
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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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

CPV Codes

72320000 - Database services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£368,153 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Oct 20261 weeks 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 Edinburgh
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH1 1HT
Postcode Area
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM13 City of Edinburgh
Delivery Location
TLM75 City of Edinburgh
Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
City Centre
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

S&P Global Limited

Further Information

Notice Documents

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