Award

(Workspace) platform licences

  • Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

UK5: Transparency notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-062961

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05a9c5 (view related notices)

Published 7 October 2025, 3:36pm



Scope

Reference

STA10247

Description

The C&O market specialists (E&A) team currently use the Refinitv (Workspace) platform as a key source of commodity

market intelligence (pricing, graphing tools and newsfeed), which they distil and use the salient points to produce

outputs for Levy Payers such as the Cereals and Oilseeds Market Report and Grain Market Daily as well as in-depth

Analyst Insight articles. The current contract will expire at the end of December and needs to be renewed, we pay for 4 licences.

Alternatives have been trialled, their offers wouldn't give the team access to the same resources, and any cost savings made would be offset by significant increases in staff time. We are not aware of any new products on the market.


Contract 1. (Workspace) platform licences

Supplier

Contract value

  • £35,833 excluding VAT
  • £43,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Earliest date the contract will be signed

3 November 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
  • 1 year

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 03000000 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
  • 72300000 - Data services

Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)


Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - without competition

Special regime

Light touch


Supplier

REFINITIV LIMITED

  • Companies House: 00145516
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PLMT-5991-PNDQ

Five Canada Square

London

E14 5AQ

United Kingdom

Region: UKI42 - Tower Hamlets

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1. (Workspace) platform licences


Contracting authority

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PBHX-8363-MBBV

Middlemarch Business Park, Siskin Parkway East

Coventry

CV3 4PE

United Kingdom

Contact name: Sarah Waters

Email: procurement@ahdb.org.uk

Region: UKG13 - Warwickshire

Organisation type: Public authority - central government