Notice Information
Notice Title
UK Equity Consolidated Tape Provider
Notice Description
We are engaging with the market to determine possible strategies for a UK Equity Consolidated Tape.
Planning Information
The FCA would like to engage with prospective providers of an equity consolidated tape or suppliers of technology to be used to deliver its proposal to design and implement a Consolidated Tape (“CT”) for the equities market. The FCA is especially interested in the cost drivers of the tape and other design considerations, such as resiliency. For further information on the Consolidated Tape for equities market please visit the FCA’s website [https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/data-reporting-services-providers/equities-consolidated-tape] The FCA would like to receive Expressions of Interest in discussing the cost and other design factors of the equity CT from suppliers with relevant expertise. Suppliers should register their Expression of Interest via the FCA's Procurement inbox [FCAProcurement@FCA.org.uk], by 21/05/2025. In those Expressions of Interest suppliers should provide the following information: - Company Name and Registration Number - Registered Address - Registered Website Address (if applicable) - Lead Contact details including Name, role in organisation, email address and phone number. - Explanation of your expertise which is relevant to this subject matter Following receipt of Expressions of Interest, the FCA intends to arrange calls with all respondents who it determines have suitable expertise in this area, along with other third parties it separately identifies as having expertise. These discussions will focus on the costs of different elements of building and maintaining an equities CT and the FCA may issue further details of areas for discussion prior to those scheduled calls. As the FCA continues with the development of its policy and proposed approach for the structure of the Consolidated Tape for equities, in particular in the drafting of its consultation paper, it may seek to engage further with all, or a sub-set, of those suppliers who have expressed an interest, along with other third parties it identifies as having relevant expertise.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050e18
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019462-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement 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
48 - Software package and information systems
66 - Financial and insurance services
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
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- CPV Codes
48812000 - Financial information systems
66152000 - Financial market regulatory services
72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
72212440 - Financial analysis and accounting software development services
72212441 - Financial analysis software development services
72212442 - Financial systems software development services
72314000 - Data collection and collation services
72317000 - Data storage services
72318000 - Data transmission services
72319000 - Data supply services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £50,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 May 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Jul 20265 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Jun 2027 - 30 Jun 2032 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- FCA Procurement
- Contact Email
- fcaprocurement@fca.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
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
- TLI London
-
- Local Authority
- Newham
- Electoral Ward
- Stratford Olympic Park
- Westminster Constituency
- Stratford and Bow
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019462-2025
7th May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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