Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Trade Remedies Authority
Premier House, 60 Caversham Road
Reading
RG1 7EB
TRA-Commercial@traderemedies.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 3454102222
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.trade-remedies.service.gov.uk/
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other type
Trade Remedies Authority
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
public procurement
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Trade in Goods Data for Trade Remedies Authority (TRA)
Reference number
RM6094
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 48600000 - Database and operating software package
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
Trade Remedies Authority, who are the contracting authority, intends to utilise the CCS Commercial Agreement: RM6094 Sparks DPS to put in place an agreement for the Provision of Trade in Goods Data for the Trade Remedies Authority for use by Central Government and UK public sector bodies.
We require detailed international trade in goods statistics reported on a bilateral basis and available at Harmonized Standard (HS) code level and at a national tariff line level.
Data will include volume of trade, value of trade and unit prices.
Data must be reported in a timely fashion, including regular additions of new data and new revisions of data.
At the minimum data must be available for the last complete four years.
The supplier must agree to an essential requirement that TRA uses and analyses their data in our trade remedy investigations, and that TRA publishes excerpts of these data, including analyses of these data and their derived works, in our external and internal publications.
Further information is included in the Additional Information section VI.3.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £82,500
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 48610000 - Database systems
- 48611000 - Database software package
- 48612000 - Database-management system
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of Trade in Goods Data for Trade Remedies Authority (TRA)
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
12 September 2025
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This Prior Information Notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with those within the Trade in Goods Data market.
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk.
Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.
The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over 3 years.
The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication.
‘A Future Opportunity on contract finder can be found here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8c178586-3564-4cf6-b153-e8ce6c7ff58e