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Published 4 Apr 2025, 12:59 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Bloomberg Renewal 2025 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Financial Conduct Authority·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Direct award
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Awarded 31 Mar 2025no call for competition
Awarded to BLOOMBERG FINANCE L.P.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

They FCA required daily access to market data. Some of the risks in this requirement is not in place: It would limit the FCA's ability to bring successful criminal and regulatory action.

FCA may not effectively review alerts from our surveillance system, with a risk to our commitment to clean markets. The FCA could not monitor for orderly markets. The data and insight that Bloomberg can provide is key for departments to be able to deliver on its

market monitoring objective. There is no viable alternative product. Major policy would go without empirical support, in short evidence-based policy making would be severely impacted. Retaining Bloomberg license is critical for the FCA to complete our statutory objective of 1/ promoting competition and 2/ consumer protection. We are increasingly encouraged to rely on more existing data within the FCA and enhance those with publicly available data. Bloomberg licences is critical to enhance regulatory returns and allow us to perform our function of financial analysis. Internal departments would impact the ability to conduct real-time surveillance of the UK market. Monitoring key funds and relevant investments, market trends and volatility and cross-referencing company information (to test its veracity) in various complex Supervisory efforts would become difficult.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
4 Apr 2025, 12:59 BST
Last source update
19 Jun 2026, 18:48 BST
Authority reference
C3275
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-058276
Latest notice
Contract termination notice (UK11)
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+2 moreSouth West (UKK)Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fd4e Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
Published justification

Only Bloomberg can provide the licenses required.

Review and risk notes
Risks

They FCA required daily access to market data. Some of the risks in this requirement is not in place:

  • It would limit the FCA's ability to bring successful criminal and regulatory action.
  • FCA may not effectively review alerts from our surveillance system, with a risk to our commitment to clean markets. The FCA could not monitor for orderly markets.
  • The data and insight that Bloomberg can provide is key for departments to be able to deliver on its market monitoring objective. There is no viable alternative product.
  • Major policy would go without empirical support, in short evidence-based policy making would be severely impacted.
  • Retaining Bloomberg license is critical for the FCA to complete our statutory objective of 1/ promoting competition and 2/ consumer protection. We are increasingly encouraged to rely on more existing data within the FCA and enhance those with publicly available data. Bloomberg licences is critical to enhance regulatory returns and allow us to perform our function of financial analysis.
  • Internal departments would impact the ability to conduct real-time surveillance of the UK market.
  • Monitoring key funds and relevant investments, market trends and volatility and cross-referencing company information (to test its veracity) in various complex Supervisory efforts would become difficult.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

23 May 2025 → 19 Jun 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends
    23 May 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published129 days ago
    19 Jun 2026, 18:48 BST

Notice history

7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Apr 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    4 Apr 2025, 12:59 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    14 May 2025, 15:48 BST
    UK6
  3. Buyer details updated
    14 May 2025, 15:48 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    24 May 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  5. Contract details notice published
    4 Mar 2026, 16:14 GMT
    UK7
  6. Buyer details updated
    4 Mar 2026, 16:14 GMT
  7. Contract termination notice published
    19 Jun 2026, 18:48 BST
    UK11
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-04: 1 release · 4 Apr 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Contracts signed 1latest 12 May 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
BLOOMBERG FINANCE L.P.Bloomberg Licenses24 May 2025 – 14 May 2026US$746,04031 Mar 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Bloomberg Renewal 2025 · BLOOMBERG FINANCE L.P.

    Signed
    12 May 2025
    Value
    US$895,248
    Period
    15 May 2025 – 14 May 2026
    Status
    terminated, Contract Term naturally concluded.
    Final value
    US$802,680
    Termination
    contractCompleted

    No agreed KPIs: Not applicable.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

FCA

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PTYH-4442-XPRH 12 Endeavour Square, London, London, E20 1JNContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • THE FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITYContracting authorityPublic undertakingGB-COH: 01920623GB-PPON: PTYH-4442-XPRH London, LondonContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • BLOOMBERG LPAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PHRT-2555-DXMY 731 Lexington Avenue New York, United States, New York, US, NY 10022-1331, USContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure