Official UK procurement notice
Financial Times (FT) subscription renewal
Authority: Competition and Markets Authority (Central government)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£51,388published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 3 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to The Financial Times Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement is for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to subscribe to a service that provides access to extensive news coverage of global financial markets and sector analysis. The FT will help ensure that the CMA stays up to date. The service allows us to research data about markets, track merger activity, and access other information relevant to casework, such as the identification of comparable companies for cost of capital assessment or timely updates on relevant industry-specific news.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- 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
- 2 Jan 2026, 18:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Jan 2026, 18:05 GMT
- Authority reference
PROC 101-2025- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-000098- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fee1Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published2 Jan 2026, 18:05 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £51,3881 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 3 Dec 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Financial Times Limited | £51,388 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · The Financial Times Limited
- Signed
- 3 Dec 2025
- Value
- £51,388
- Period
- 3 Dec 2025 – 1 Dec 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Financial TimesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender