Notice Information
Notice Title
Renewal of Bloomberg Terminals
Notice Description
The Account licenses enable access to Bloomberg terminals that provide real-time access to comprehensive financial data, analytics, trading tools & news. This is a renewal of these services. Service Contract Start - 01/03/2026 End - 28/02/2028 Location is UK
Procurement Information
Under Schedule 5, Paragraph 5, Bloomberg are the only suppliers of this data.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051f8d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030045-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
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
72300000 - Data services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £13,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £4,667,944 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £4,667,944 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 31 Mar 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Jan 2026Expired
- Award Date
- 15 Jan 20263 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Mar 2026 - 28 Feb 2028 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BANK OF ENGLAND
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
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
- TLI4 Inner London - East
-
- Local Authority
- City of London
- Electoral Ward
- Walbrook
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030045-2026
31st March 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005548-2026
22nd January 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003380-2026
15th January 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025407-2025
22nd May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025405-2025
22nd May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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