Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- University Of Edinburgh · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- S and P Global LTD
- Value
- £368,153
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Database services (CPV 72320000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 096472-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Oct 2026
- Published13 Oct 2026Published 12 days after the contract date
Description
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. Additional information: 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.
About the supplier
S and P Global LTD: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04185146).