Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Data (Consumer Duty)
Authority: Financial Conduct Authority (Public body)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis Award Notice for a tender for the provision of data to support Consumer Duty. This tender comprises eleven datasets that were divided into five Lots. One supplier was to be appointed for each Lot. The requirement includes the provision of historic market data from 2022, as well as ongoing monthly provision of the datasets. Note that there were no bids for Lot 4 and Lot 5 so this award notice excludes these Lots.
CPV: Data collection and collation services · Data supply services
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · all with a published value (£352,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Investment and Savings AccountsAwardedRenewalPublished value£95,000
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #2Pension ProductsAwardedRenewalPublished value£95,000
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #3Investment Management ServicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£65,000
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #4Alternative Finance ProductsRenewalPublished value£65,000
Datasets: Crowdfunding,
Peer to Peer (P2P) lending
Lot #5Contracts for Differences (CFD) TradingRenewalPublished value£32,000
Dataset: Contracts for Differences (CFD) Trading
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical Questions: 70%
- Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical Questions
- Commercial
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Mar 2026, 14:43 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Sept 2026, 16:40 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 28 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
C4368- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-062475- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066a06Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 31 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Clarification questions are due back by 9 July. Submissions must be via FCA tendering portal: atamis-fca.my.salesforce.com ↗
Timeline
13 Mar 2026 → 28 Sept 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published226 days ago13 Mar 2026, 14:43 GMT
- Market engagement191 days ago17 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
If you are interested in participating in this PME, please register on FCA's Atamis portal to view the RFI documentation and timetable: atamis-fca.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Tender notice published115 days ago2 Jul 2026, 17:17 BST
- Clarification questions by108 days ago9 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline86 days ago31 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by58 days ago28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts45 days ago11 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent40 days ago16 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published38 days ago17 Sept 2026, 16:40 BST
- Standstill ends27 days ago28 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
9 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Mar 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 Mar 2026, 14:43 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published2 Jul 2026, 17:17 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £352,0002 Jul 2026, 17:17 BSTwas £160,000
- Status changed to active2 Jul 2026, 17:17 BST
- Procurement method changed2 Jul 2026, 17:17 BST
- Deadline published: 31 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST2 Jul 2026, 17:17 BST
- Contract award notice published17 Sept 2026, 16:40 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete17 Sept 2026, 16:40 BST
- Contract signature expected29 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Across several lots1 award | |||
| Defaqto LimitedProvision of Data Sets (Consumer Duty)30 Sept 2026 – 29 Sept 2027 · up to 29 Sept 2028Extensions: 12 month extension (optional) · Options: 12 month extension (optional) | £352,000 | 16 Sept 2026standstill to 28 Sept 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Investment and Savings Accounts | 2final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2 · Pension Products | 2final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
| 3 · Investment Management Services | 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- DefaqtoAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender