--- title: "FCA Public Keys Infrastructure (PKI) as a Service" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04473f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04473f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04473f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04473f.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY" published: "2024-03-11" --- # FCA Public Keys Infrastructure (PKI) as a Service Buyer: FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04473f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04473f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04473f.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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. The FCA's strategic objective is to ensure that relevant markets function well and has three operational objectives: to protect consumers to protect financial markets to promote competition 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. 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 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007673-2024 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 11 Mar 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 29 Apr 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £2,200,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## 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 | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72212732 - Data security software development services ## Release History - 11 Mar 2024 at 12:52 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007673-2024 ## Notice URLs - http://www.fca.org.uk - https://atamis-fca.my.site.com/s/Welcome ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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