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title: "UK Equity Consolidated Tape Provider"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-050e18"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY"
published: "2025-05-07"
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# UK Equity Consolidated Tape Provider

Buyer: FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050e18

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## Summary

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a central government public authority located in London, is in the planning stage for a procurement initiative titled "UK Equity Consolidated Tape Provider". This tender seeks strategies for an equity consolidated tape system within the financial information systems industry, with an overall contract value estimated at £60 million. The procurement focuses on financial software development and market regulatory services. Interested parties are invited to engage in the process and must register their Expression of Interest by 21 May 2025. The planned contract period spans from 1 July 2027 to 30 June 2032.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses specialising in financial technology, data management, and software development services, particularly those experienced in equity markets. Companies providing innovative solutions for financial data aggregation and transmission are well-suited to compete in this process. Participating in this procurement could offer business expansion into the regulated financial services sector, fostering growth through long-term partnerships with the FCA.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019462-2025 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 May 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 1 Jul 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 30 Jun 2027 - 30 Jun 2032 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £50,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| 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 | TLI London |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 66 - Financial and insurance services
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### 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

## Release History

- 7 May 2025 at 14:38 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019462-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019462-2025
  7th May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.fca.org.uk
- https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/data-reporting-services-providers/equities-consolidated-tape
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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