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title: "FCA Public Keys Infrastructure (PKI) as a Service"
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# FCA Public Keys Infrastructure (PKI) as a Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fca-public-keys-infrastructure-pki-as-a-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04473f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** The FCA regulates financial services firms and financial markets in the UK. The FCA is responsible for ensuring that financial markets work well, so that consumers get a fair deal. <br/>The FCA’s strategic objective is to ensure that relevant markets function well and has three operational objectives: <br/>to protect consumers <br/>to protect financial markets <br/>to promote competition <br/>The FCA Head Office is based in London, but we also work across the UK, from our offices in Leeds and Edinburgh and via colleagues in Belfast and Cardiff. <br/>The scope of the upcoming tender is to procure a Managed PKI solution and service to implement into the FCA to deliver a full end to end PKI solution. There will be a requirement to rollout a cloud-based PKIaaS with integrated lifecycle management with a dedicated offline root Certificate Authority (CA) with certificate issuing capability.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Financial Conduct Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/fca-gov-ot1085)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £2,200,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Data security software development services, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04473f`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fca-public-keys-infrastructure-pki-as-a-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04473f#tl-md)

## Description
The FCA regulates financial services firms and financial markets in the UK. The FCA is responsible for ensuring that financial markets work well, so that consumers get a fair deal. <br/>The FCA’s strategic objective is to ensure that relevant markets function well and has three operational objectives: <br/>to protect consumers <br/>to protect financial markets <br/>to promote competition <br/>The FCA Head Office is based in London, but we also work across the UK, from our offices in Leeds and Edinburgh and via colleagues in Belfast and Cardiff. <br/>The scope of the upcoming tender is to procure a Managed PKI solution and service to implement into the FCA to deliver a full end to end PKI solution.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 72000000, 72212732
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The existing FCA PKI service utilises multiple processes and manual intervention making the process slow and inefficient. A robust PKI service is crucial for maintaining trust, security, and privacy in digital communications by effectively managing c...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007673-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-03-11T12:52:28.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-02T14:27:57.681Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04473f