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Published 28 May 2026, 11:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Bloomberg Renewal 2026 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Financial Conduct Authority

Direct award
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE42)London (UKI)Scotland (UKM75)
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Awarded 13 May 2026no call for competition
Awarded to BLOOMBERG FINANCE L.P.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The FCA requires daily access to market data. 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. Retaining Bloomberg license is critical for the FCA to complete our statutory objective of 1/ promoting competition and 2/ consumer protection. Bloomberg licences are critical to enhance regulatory returns and allow us to perform our function of financial analysis.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber, London, Scotland
72222300 Information technology services72223000 Information technology requirements review services72300000 Data services

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
28 May 2026, 11:34 BST
Last source update
23 Jun 2026, 10:42 BST
Authority reference
C4289
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-058819
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE42)London (UKI)Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a756 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
Published justification

Single supplier - intellectual property or exclusive rights

Only Bloomberg can provide the licenses required.

Review and risk notes
Risks

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

8 Jun 2026 → 23 Jun 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends137 days ago
    8 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published122 days ago
    23 Jun 2026, 10:42 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 May 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    28 May 2026, 11:34 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    28 May 2026, 11:47 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    10 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    23 Jun 2026, 10:42 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Jun 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
BLOOMBERG FINANCE L.P.Bloomberg Terminals & Anywhere Licences.11 Jun 2026 – 10 Jun 2027US$829,03213 May 2026Awarded

Contracts

  • Bloomberg Terminals & Anywhere Licences. · BLOOMBERG FINANCE L.P.

    Signed
    10 Jun 2026
    Value
    US$829,032
    Period
    11 Jun 2026 – 10 Jun 2027
    Status
    active

    No agreed KPIs: Not applicable.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Financial Conduct Authority

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

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

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender