---
title: "Financial Datasets"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000845539"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "University Of Edinburgh"
published: "2026-10-13"
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# Financial Datasets

Buyer: University Of Edinburgh  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000845539

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566582 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £368,153 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | University Of Edinburgh |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Postcode area | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH1 1HT |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | City Centre |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh |
| Delivery location | TLM75 City of Edinburgh |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | S&P Global Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72320000 - Database services

## Release History

- 13 Oct 2026 at 01:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566582

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566582
  Financial Datasets - The University of Edinburgh are purchasing licences to access financial datasets required for research and teaching purposes.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.ed.ac.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000845539

## Provenance

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