STA-27037 Provision of Bloomberg Subscription and Terminals

Official notice

Authority: Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (Education)

Direct award

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: South East (UKJ)

Awarded value£201,597published award · exc. VAT

Award in standstill 7 Oct 2026no call for competition

Award (standstill) to BLOOMBERG FINANCE L.P.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Bloomberg Subscription and Terminals for 12 months.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: South East

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: 7 Oct 2026, 14:02 BST
Last source update: 14 Oct 2026, 17:23 BST
Authority reference: STA-27037
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-097229
Latest notice: Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area: South East (UKJ)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0782c6 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
Published justification: Bloomberg are the sole supplier for this service.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

14 Oct 2026 → 23 Oct 2026 · 2 dates

Notice published6 days ago
14 Oct 2026, 17:23 BST
Today
20 Oct 2026
Standstill endsin 3 days
23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Oct 2026

Transparency notice published
7 Oct 2026, 14:02 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
14 Oct 2026, 17:23 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
24 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1some still in standstill

Awarded value £201,5971 award exc. VAT

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
BLOOMBERG FINANCE L.P.24 Oct 2026 – 4 Oct 2027	£201,597	7 Oct 2026standstill to 23 Oct 2026	Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: RC000823 · GB-PPON: PRVY-6462-QBVG Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, South East, TW20 0EXContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

BLOOMBERG FINANCE L.P.Awarded supplierGB-PPON: PHRT-2555-DXMY 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, US, 10022, USContact 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 Tender14 Oct 2026, 17:23 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender7 Oct 2026, 14:02 BST