Official UK procurement notice
Bloomberg Terminal Licenses — UK public procurement notice
Authority: THE UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER (Education)
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)Postal and telecommunications services (64)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Awarded value £258,000published award · inc. VAT
Award in standstill 10 Sept 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to Bloomberg L.P.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe requirement is for educational Bloomberg Terminal licences providing on campus access to Bloomberg's professional financial data, analytics, and news platform for the exclusive purpose of non commercial teaching, learning, and academic research.
The licences shall support access for enrolled students, academic staff, and researchers via institution controlled terminals, with full functionality covering global market data, company and economic analysis, portfolio analytics, data visualisation, and associated educational resources and certifications.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
48100000 Industry specific software package64216000 Electronic message and information services72210000 Programming services of packaged software products72320000 Database 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 11 Sept 2026, 12:17 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Sept 2026, 12:17 BST
- Authority reference
DAC EXP2454- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f7ed
How it was run
- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
2 published dates · Europe/London- Notice published9 days ago11 Sept 2026, 12:17 BST
- Standstill endsin 3 days22 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £258,0001 award inc. VAT — no net value published
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomberg L.P.23 Sept 2026 — 3 Dec 2028 | £258,000 inc. VAT | 10 Sept 2026standstill to 22 Sept 2026 | Standstill |
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Sept 2026- Contract signature expected23 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract award notice published11 Sept 2026, 12:17 BSTUK6
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BLOOMBERG FINANCE L.P.Awarded supplierView supplier profile →
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender