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# Financial Ombudsman Service Limited · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/financial-ombudsman-service-limited-coh-03725015). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Financial Ombudsman Service Limited is a Other public body based in Greater London. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 43 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Financial Ombudsman Service Limited
- **Classification:** Other public body
- **Delivery Region:** Greater London
- **Authority ID:** `GB-COH-03725015` (Companies House)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 43
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £19m (median award: £79k) across 18 of 18 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** companies-house (FINANCIAL OMBUDSMAN SERVICE LIMITED)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/financial-ombudsman-service-limited-coh-03725015

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 5 bids (median of 1 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 0% of lots drew only 1 bidder


## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 35 (95%), Framework: 2 (5%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Limited / restricted: 23 (62%), Route not published: 6 (16%), Direct award: 5 (14%), Open: 3 (8%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Software package and information systems](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/software-packages-erp-48000000) (CPV 48):** 3 notices, last 24 months (8% of this period)
2. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 3 notices, last 24 months (8% of this period)
3. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 2 notices, last 24 months (5% of this period)
4. **[Office and computing machinery](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/office-and-computing-machinery-equipment-and-supplies-except-30000000) (CPV 30):** 1 notices, last 24 months (3% of this period)
5. **[Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/medical-devices-pharma-33000000) (CPV 33):** 1 notices, last 24 months (3% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Softcat Plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/softcat-plc-coh-02174990):** 7 procedures
2. **[Phoenix Software Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/phoenix-software-ltd-coh-02548628):** 3 procedures
3. **[Thomas Reuters (Professional) UK Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/thomson-reuters-professional-uk-limited-coh-01679046):** 2 procedures
4. **[Bright Links (UK) Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/bright-links-uk-limited-coh-08528937):** 2 procedures
5. **[Anything Is Possible Media Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/anything-is-possible-media-limited-coh-10910014):** 1 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Phoenix Software Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/phoenix-software-ltd-coh-02548628):** £18m · [Microsoft ESA/SCE Renewal](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/microsoft-esa-sce-renewal-ocds-h6vhtk-06632f)
2. **[Anything Is Possible Media Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/anything-is-possible-media-limited-coh-10910014):** £445k · [Media Planning and Buying](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/media-planning-and-buying-ocds-h6vhtk-05cc8c)
3. **[Phoenix Software Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/phoenix-software-ltd-coh-02548628):** £168k · [Oracle Support Renewal](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/oracle-support-renewal-ocds-h6vhtk-050678)
4. **[Softcat Plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/softcat-plc-coh-02174990):** £155k · [VMware Cloud Foundation](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/vmware-cloud-foundation-ocds-h6vhtk-068b47)
5. **[Softcat Plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/softcat-plc-coh-02174990):** £154k · [F5 Enterprise Agreement](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/f5-enterprise-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-06abbd)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 0
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 6
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full Financial Ombudsman Service Limited intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/financial-ombudsman-service-limited-coh-03725015#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/financial-ombudsman-service-limited-coh-03725015
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt