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title: "CON-21-190 Takedown Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02fe9e"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY"
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# CON-21-190 Takedown Service

Buyer: FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02fe9e

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## Summary

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has concluded a procurement process for the contract titled "CON-21-190 Takedown Service," which falls under the classification of financial market regulatory services. The procurement, executed through an open procedure, aimed to secure web scanning and cybercrime disruption services to tackle investment scams affecting UK consumers. Key dates included the contract award on 1 June 2022, with a total value of £177,648. The services were intended to be delivered in Inner London, and the procurement process has now reached the award stage.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses, particularly those specialising in internet services and cybersecurity, to support the FCA’s mission of consumer protection against financial scams. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in these sectors, equipped with strong data analytical capabilities and web scraping technologies, will find this procurement an excellent fit. With the FCA's focus on combating illegal financial promotions, firms that can provide innovative solutions in this domain are well-positioned to engage in this growing market.

## Notice

: The FCA is looking for an internet services company to provide web scanning and cybercrime disruption services in relation to investment scams that target UK consumers. The FCA requires services that will support the FCA in its identification and take-down of websites, telephone numbers and social media accounts containing infringing content, with a particular focus on illegal financial promotions of products and services of investments or financial services. We are also looking for the third party to have strong data analytical tools that can carry out proactive monitoring and web scraping on a far reaching, speedy, industrialised basis.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The FCA is looking for an internet services company to provide web scanning and cybercrime disruption services in relation to investment scams that target UK consumers. The FCA requires services that will support the FCA in its identification and take-down of websites, telephone numbers and social media accounts containing infringing content, with a particular focus on illegal financial promotions of products and services of investments or financial services. We are also looking for the third party to have strong data analytical tools that can carry out proactive monitoring and web scraping on a far reaching, speedy, industrialised basis. Almost all firms and individuals offering, promoting or selling financial services or products in the UK have to be authorised or registered by the FCA. It is a criminal offence for an unauthorised person to carry out activities that require FCA authorisation, punishable by up to two years in prison, a fine, or both. Given the risk of serious financial harm to consumers, the promotion of such activities without authorisation is considered by the FCA to be a serious offence. The FCA currently makes requests for websites, online ads and social media accounts to be removed on an individual basis when these are identified as containing illegal financial promotions in breach of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ("FSMA") or which otherwise involve the carrying out, or purported carrying out, of regulated activities without FCA authorisation in breach of section 19 of FSMA. It also carries out its own proactive monitoring on internet search platforms, such as Google, Bing and Yahoo, for content which either constitutes an illegal financial promotion in breach of section 21 FSMA or which otherwise amounts to an activity which requires

Renewal: A further 12 month option may be available

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015666-2022 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Jun 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 10 Jan 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 May 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £345,000 |
| Lots value | £345,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £177,648 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | East London |
| Postcode | E20 1JN |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI41 Hackney and Newham |
| Local authority | Newham |
| Electoral ward | Stratford Olympic Park |
| Westminster constituency | Stratford and Bow |
| Delivery location | TLI4 Inner London - East |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | INCOPRO |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 66 - Financial and insurance services

### Codes

- 66152000 - Financial market regulatory services

## Release History

- 7 Jun 2022 at 15:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015666-2022
- 8 Dec 2021 at 12:15 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030503-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.fca.org.uk
- https://fca.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=695911949
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Financial-market-regulatory-services./3M542SBT7K
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/3M542SBT7K

## Provenance

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