Comms - DESNZ/DSIT - Supply of Joint Financial Times Licence

Official notice

Authority: Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (Central government)

Direct award

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Awarded value£210,291published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 18 Jul 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Financial Times Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract for the renewal of Financial Times Licence Subscription for DESNZ and DSIT. The departments will be going forward with a joint enterprise licence.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

79980000 Subscription 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: 16 Jul 2025, 09:41 BST
Last source update: 4 Aug 2025, 16:20 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-045772
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-056003 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
Published justification: There are no alternative suppliers able to offer access to Financial Times content as they own the intellectual property rights to their content. This means we have to contract directly with them.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

29 Jul 2025 → 4 Aug 2025 · 2 dates

Standstill ends
29 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice published
4 Aug 2025, 16:20 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jul 2025

Transparency notice published
16 Jul 2025, 09:41 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
18 Jul 2025, 12:56 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
30 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
4 Aug 2025, 16:20 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £210,2911 award exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 30 Jul 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Financial Times Ltd30 Jul 2025 – 29 Jul 2026	£210,291	18 Jul 2025	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 1 · Financial Times Ltd
Signed
30 Jul 2025
Value
£210,291
Period
30 Jul 2025 – 29 Jul 2026
Status
active
No agreed KPIs: Under required threshold.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDHQ-2163-WYMH 55 Whitehall, London, London, SW1A 2HPContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Financial TimesAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00227590 Bracken House, 1 Friday Street, London, London, EC4M 9BTContact 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 Tender4 Aug 2025, 16:20 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender18 Jul 2025, 12:56 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender16 Jul 2025, 09:41 BST