FOI 6/26 Information from Data Brokers

Date: 30/01/26

Enquiry Reference:  6 - 26                                                    

 

I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.

 

I would like to request information about the business-intelligence, company-information and credit-reference products used by your organisation, as follows,

 

1. Products used since 1 January 2022

Please confirm whether your organisation currently uses, or has used at any point since 1 January 2022, any of the following products:

 

Endole

Beauhurst

Dun & Bradstreet (D&B)

Creditsafe -Yes

Experian Business

Equifax Business

TransUnion (UK Commercial Data & Credit Risk)

Company Check (Creditsafe group)

DueDil / FullCircl

Artesian

GlobalDatabase

Bureau van Dijk – Orbis / Fame (Moody’s)

Plimsoll Analysis

Kompass

Crunchbase

PitchBook

S&P Capital IQ / Market Intelligence

Graydon UK

Red Flag Alert

The Data City

 

For each product used, please provide:

1. Product name
2. Whether it is currently in use -Yes
3. Main purpose(s) for which it is used

 

2. Contract information

For each product identified above, please provide the following where held:

 

1. Supplier / vendor name – Creditsafe
2. Contract reference number - CPC 0002201
3. Contract start date – 19/05/2025
4. Contract end date – 18/05/2027
5. Next renewal or break date – 18/05/2027
6. Contract value (annual or total) - £1599
7. Procurement route used (e.g., CCS framework name and lot, tender, direct award) – Direct award

If any commercial information is withheld under Section 43, please still provide the non-exempt data, including start date, end date, supplier name, and procurement route.

 

3. Internal ownership

For each product currently in use, please provide:

1. Job title (not the name) of the person responsible for the product
2. The department or team that manages it

 

We have looked at the above question and must advise you that we consider the Freedom of information Act 2000 Exemption 21 (Information Accessible by other means) is engaged in relation to this request this is a class based and absolute exemption, requiring no prejudice or public interest to be considered.

If you visit the: Procurement | Cleveland Police all the information is available there.

 

4. Past products no longer used

Where a product listed above was used after 1 January 2022 but is no longer in use, please provide:

1. Product name
2. Contract start date
3. Contract end date
4. Contract value (annual or total)

 

We have looked at the above question and must advise you that we consider the Freedom of information Act 2000 Exemption 21 (Information Accessible by other means) is engaged in relation to this request this is a class based and absolute exemption, requiring no prejudice or public interest to be considered.

If you visit the:

Contracts and tenders - Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner

Contracts Finder - GOV.UK

 

If you are not satisfied with this response or any actions taken in dealing with your request, you have the right to request an independent internal review of your case under our review procedure. The Freedom of Information Code of Practice (see below link) states that a request for internal review should be made within 20 working days of the date on this response or 40 working days if extenuating circumstances to account for the delay can be evidenced. Public authorities are not obliged to accept internal reviews after this date.

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-code-of-practice

 

Yours sincerely

Information Rights Decision Maker