Award

Credit Rating and Analytical Services

  • Sovereign Network Group

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

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-065183

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05cc44

Published 14 October 2025, 1:35pm



Scope

Description

To provide a Credit Rating for our debut drawdown issuance under the EMTN programme


Contract 1

Supplier

Contract value

  • £190,000 excluding VAT
  • £228,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Earliest date the contract will be signed

15 October 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 15 October 2025 to 31 March 2026
  • 5 months, 17 days

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 66171000 - Financial consultancy services

Contract locations

  • UKC - North East (England)
  • UKD - North West (England)
  • UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKH - East of England
  • UKI - London
  • UKJ - South East (England)
  • UKK - South West (England)

Other information

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes


Procedure

Procedure type

Direct award

Direct award justification

  • Single supplier - technical reasons
  • Extreme and unavoidable urgency

S&P rate the programme and are engaged to provide a public

listed rating for SNG (formally SHA) therefore were the only eligible rating agency to rate the transaction


Supplier

S&P Global Ratings UK Limited

  • Companies House: 11736453

4th Floor, Ropemaker Place, 25 Ropemaker Street

London

EC2Y 9LY

United Kingdom

Region: UKI43 - Haringey and Islington

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1


Contracting authority

Sovereign Network Group

  • Companies House: RS007448
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PQJN-7876-CYGZ

Sovereign House, Basing View

Basingstoke

RG21 4FA

United Kingdom

Region: UKJ37 - North Hampshire

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government