---
title: "Financial Times"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05cc75"
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json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05cc75.json"
source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "BANK OF ENGLAND"
published: "2025-10-27"
---

# Financial Times

Buyer: BANK OF ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05cc75

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## Summary

The Bank of England, located at Threadneedle Street, London, initiated a procurement process for acquiring subscription services for the Financial Times newspaper. This direct award contract, valuing GBP 317,515, falls under the procurement category of goods, specifically newspapers, journals, periodicals, and magazines. The procurement stage is complete, with the contract's active period running from 1st November 2025 to 31st October 2026. The procurement was executed under the legal basis stated in UKPGA 2023/54, with the rationale being the unique intellectual property and exclusive rights held by the Financial Times Limited, the sole supplier based in London, United Kingdom.

This procurement process presents notable opportunities for businesses that focus on providing exclusive content or specialised services that proprietary rights protect. Companies engaged in intellectual property-rich industries can see this as a growth model to establish similar partnerships with public sector entities, like the Bank of England, that require specialised products or services inaccessible through conventional competitive bidding. Such businesses, especially those that are either large or have the capability to secure exclusive content rights, would be well-suited to approach such opportunities and potentially secure contracts through direct award processes.

## Notice

To provide subscription services for the Financial Times newspaper.

### Procurement Information

Financial Times - Single supplier of their intellectual property/exclusive rights.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068543-2025 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Oct 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 14 Sep 2025 |
| Contract period | 1 Nov 2025 - 31 Oct 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £317,515 |
| Contracts value | £317,515 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BANK OF ENGLAND |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | Central London |
| Postcode | EC2R 8AH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | City of London |
| Electoral ward | Walbrook |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED(THE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 22 - Printed matter and related products

### Codes

- 22200000 - Newspapers, journals, periodicals and magazines

## Release History

- 27 Oct 2025 at 13:00 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068543-2025
- 14 Oct 2025 at 14:28 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065276-2025
- 14 Oct 2025 at 14:08 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065256-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068543-2025
  27th October 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065276-2025
  14th October 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065256-2025
  14th October 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://ft.com
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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