Planning

FCA Public Keys Infrastructure (PKI) as a Service

FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY

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Planning

11 Mar 2024 at 12:52

Summary of the contracting process

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is planning a procurement process for a Managed PKI solution and service, titled "FCA Public Keys Infrastructure (PKI) as a Service". The FCA is based in London and operates across the UK, with the upcoming tender aimed at improving digital security and privacy in financial services. The procurement stage is currently in the planning phase, with a future notice date set for 30th April 2024. The industry category for this procurement falls under data security software development services.

This upcoming tender by the FCA presents an opportunity for small or medium enterprises (SMEs) to compete for a 3-year contract valued at approximately £730,000 per annum. Businesses specialising in data security software development services and IT services consulting would be well-suited to bid for this tender. The procurement method specified for this opportunity is an open procedure, and the deadline for future notices is on 30th April 2024. Companies interested in providing a cloud-based PKIaaS with integrated lifecycle management and support for key financial services technologies should consider participating in this procurement process.

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Notice Title

FCA Public Keys Infrastructure (PKI) as a Service

Notice Description

The FCA regulates financial services firms and financial markets in the UK. The FCA is responsible for ensuring that financial markets work well, so that consumers get a fair deal. <br/>The FCA's strategic objective is to ensure that relevant markets function well and has three operational objectives: <br/>to protect consumers <br/>to protect financial markets <br/>to promote competition <br/>The FCA Head Office is based in London, but we also work across the UK, from our offices in Leeds and Edinburgh and via colleagues in Belfast and Cardiff. <br/>The scope of the upcoming tender is to procure a Managed PKI solution and service to implement into the FCA to deliver a full end to end PKI solution.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The existing FCA PKI service utilises multiple processes and manual intervention making the process slow and inefficient. A robust PKI service is crucial for maintaining trust, security, and privacy in digital communications by effectively managing cryptographic keys and certificates.
The FCA is seeking to procure a Public Key Infrastructure as a service (PKIaaS) solution to provide central key and certificate management across the FCA estate as well as to support end user devices and TLS. There is a requirement to establish ownership for the PKI service to increase transparency and provide accountability. The introduction of a PKIaaS will enable the FCA to move away from a localised PKI. There will be a requirement to rollout a cloud-based PKIaaS with integrated lifecycle management with a dedicated offline root Certificate Authority (CA) with certificate issuing capability. The certificates for public-facing websites will be integrated with PKIaaS and processes for automated certificate management developed. The solution must support integration with Intune, AzureAD Single Sign On, and FCA PAM solution. Additional information: Open procedure will be utilised. The resulting contract from the upcoming tender will be for a 3year term valued at circa PS730k per annum

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04473f
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007673-2024
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72212732 - Data security software development services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£2,200,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
11 Mar 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
29 Apr 2024Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY
Contact Name
FCA Procurement
Contact Email
fcaprocurement@fca.org.uk
Contact Phone
+48 00116768

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
E20 1JN
Post Town
East London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI41 Hackney and Newham
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Newham
Electoral Ward
Stratford Olympic Park
Westminster Constituency
Stratford and Bow

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