Notice Information
Notice Title
News Aggregation
Notice Description
Contract award to Factiva for licences for an online news aggregator service
Lot Information
Lot 1
Online news aggregator service providing 30 licences for Factiva Professional, 11 licences for Factiva Executive and 200 licences for Factiva Copyright, to be used by Researchers, Analysts, Communication professionals and Information professionals within the Bank.
Procurement Information
Factiva are the only supplier that can provide all three of the required services. Factiva are owned by Dow Jones, who are owned by News Corp. Factiva therefore have exclusive rights to Dow Jones and News Corp publications such as the Times and Sunday Times. The Bank is required to access News Corp publications as part of the news aggregator service. Regulation 32(1)(b)(ii) allows a direct award on the basis that only Factiva can provide the service due to the protection of exclusive rights.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0445e2
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007135-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79980000 - Subscription services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £208,765 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Mar 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 8 Aug 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BANK OF ENGLAND
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- corporate.contracts@bankofengland.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- EC2R 8AH
- Post Town
- Central London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- City of London
- Electoral Ward
- Walbrook
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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