Corporate and Financial Datasets

Official notice

Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Scotland (UKM75)

Awarded value£406,332published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 31 Mar 2026no call for competition

Awarded to LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Financial data required for staff and student research.

CPV: Subscription services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Provision of Corporate and Financial Datasets required for the University of Edinburgh…Awarded

Provision of Corporate and Financial Datasets required for the University of Edinburgh Business School to support staff and student research and teaching. Contract is for an initial period of 16 months with the option to extend by a further period of up to 24 months. Additional information: As this was an negotiated procedure without prior publication, there was no evaluation involved regarding quality however, the system does not allow for no quality % to be inserted

Delivery: Scotland

79980000 Subscription services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 31 Mar 2026, 09:32 BST
Last source update: 31 Mar 2026, 09:32 BST
Authority reference: NCA31144
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-029421
Classification (CPV): Subscription services
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06788f Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: LSEG Workspace is a specialist database that provides the University of Edinburgh Business School access to corporate and executive data that supports research and teaching. There are no other datasets that meet the Business School’s requirements due to coverage, historical depth, and range of proprietary data. Therefore, a contract is awarded to LSEG via negotiated procedure without competition on the basis that competition is absent for technical reasons under Regulation 33(1)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:828069)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £406,3321 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 31 Mar 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)	£406,332 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 029421-2026-NCA31144-1 · LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
Signed
31 Mar 2026
Value
£406,332
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 0 electronic · 1 from abroad	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University Of Edinburgh

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1HTContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)Awarded supplier 5 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, UK, E14 5AQ

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.