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Published 7 Oct 2026, 14:27 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Fixed Fee Programme · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: BANK OF ENGLAND

Direct award
Sectors: Postal and telecommunications services (64)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Award in standstill 7 Oct 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to SWIFT SC

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Fixed Fee Programme includes all messaging and API calls for live and test environments.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK
64210000 Telephone and data transmission services72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

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
7 Oct 2026, 14:27 BST
Last source update
7 Oct 2026, 14:36 BST
Authority reference
CD-1926
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094811
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0782d5 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Sole Supplier of this service.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

7 Oct 2026 → 19 Oct 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published15 days ago
    7 Oct 2026, 14:36 BST
  2. Standstill ends2 days ago
    19 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Oct 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    7 Oct 2026, 14:27 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    7 Oct 2026, 14:36 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    20 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
SWIFT SC21 Oct 2026 – 20 Oct 2029€6,400,0007 Oct 2026standstill to 19 Oct 2026Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

BANK OF ENGLAND

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-COH: RC000042 · GB-PPON: PRDB-1113-HPPT Threadneedle Street, London, London, EC2R 8AHContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • SWIFT SCAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PBJX-7514-YMTG Avenue Adele 1, La Hulpe, BE, 1310, BEContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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