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Financial Times Limited Digital Subscription
Published Today
2 Nov 2026
- Primary CPV
-
79980000 *
Subscription services
- Location
- 🇬🇧 North East
- Value
- £693,252
- Contract
-
2 years Duration
01/11/2026 31/10/2028
- Contract Types
-
79 *Business services: law, marketing, consu...Full CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AH, United Kingdom · UKC
Contact
Award Criteria
Not specified
Related tenders
BANK OF ENGLAND
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
79980000 *
All notices with this CPV code
Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-078249
Direct award contract to provide the Financial Times on a 2 year, enterprise subscription
Awarded to
Full CPV breakdown
- 79980000 — Subscription services (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Central government
- Competition
- Direct award (no competition)
- Contract type
- Services
- Winning supplier
- Large company
- Procurement method
- Direct award
- Main category
- Services
- Legal basis
- UKPGA 2023/54
- Notice status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 02 Nov 2026 10:34
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-078249
- Notice ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-078249
Organisations on this notice
Supplier Large
Bracken House, 1 Friday Street, London, EC4M 9BT, United Kingdom
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Organisations
| Party 1 › Name | BANK OF ENGLAND |
| Party 1 › Address › Street | Threadneedle Street |
| Party 1 › Address › Town / city | London |
| Party 1 › Address › Postcode | EC2R 8AH |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 1 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKI31 |
| Party 1 › Role | buyer |
| Party 1 › Classification › Description | Public authority - central government |
| Party 2 › Name | Financial Times Limited |
| Party 2 › Address › Street | Bracken House, 1 Friday Street |
| Party 2 › Address › Town / city | London |
| Party 2 › Address › Postcode | EC4M 9BT |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 2 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKI31 |
| Party 2 › Role | supplier |
| Party 2 › Business size | large |
| Party 2 › VCSEs | No |
| Party 2 › Public service mission organisation | No |
| Party 2 › Sheltered workshop | No |
Buyer
| Name | BANK OF ENGLAND |
Tender
| Title | Financial Times Limited Digital Subscription |
| Description | Direct award contract to provide the Financial Times on a 2 year, enterprise subscription |
| Status | complete |
| Procedure type | direct |
| Procedure | Direct award |
| Reason for this procedure | Justification based on Paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the PA 23. This ground applies where: 1. due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and 2. there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works. The FT has been identified as the sole supplier in the market, possessing the exclusive rights to provide the range and type of online news services available on FT.com via an Enterprise Licence. |
| Lot › Status | complete |
| Document › Document type | Conflict of interest |
| Document › Description | Not published |
Awards
| Status | active |
| Category | services |
| Supplier › Name | Financial Times Limited |
| Item › CPV › Description | Subscription services |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 1 › Region (NUTS) | UKC |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 1 › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 1 › Country | United Kingdom |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 2 › Region (NUTS) | UKD |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 2 › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 2 › Country | United Kingdom |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 3 › Region (NUTS) | UKE |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 3 › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 3 › Country | United Kingdom |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 4 › Region (NUTS) | UKF |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 4 › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 4 › Country | United Kingdom |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 5 › Region (NUTS) | UKG |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 5 › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 5 › Country | United Kingdom |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 6 › Region (NUTS) | UKH |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 6 › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 6 › Country | United Kingdom |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 7 › Region (NUTS) | UKI |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 7 › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 7 › Country | United Kingdom |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 8 › Region (NUTS) | UKJ |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 8 › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 8 › Country | United Kingdom |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 9 › Region (NUTS) | UKK |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 9 › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Delivery 9 › Country | United Kingdom |
Contracts
| Status | active |
| Contract period › Start | 1 Nov 2026 |
| Contract period › End | 31 Oct 2028 |
| Value › Value incl. VAT | £693,252 |
| Value › Value | £693,252 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Signed | 18 Oct 2026 |
| No Agreed Metrics Rationale | It is a standard digital subscription contract under £5M. The performance is reviewed regularly and the service standards are satisfactory. |
| Document › Document type | Contract notice |
| Document › Description | Contract details notice on Find a Tender |
| Document › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103599-2026 |
| Document › Published | 2 Nov 2026 |