---
title: "iBoxx Subscription"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e8b4"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Ofgem"
published: "2026-08-20"
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# iBoxx Subscription

Buyer: Ofgem  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e8b4

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## Summary

Ofgem procured a subscription licence giving its Markets team access to the iBoxx platform and data service for price control work. The service provides rules-based fixed-income, or bond, indices for benchmarking and tracking bond-market performance. The indices use pricing from multiple sources and published methodologies, supporting transparent and consistent financial analysis. This is a specialist information and subscription service, with associated market research and statistical data services. Delivery covers the United Kingdom. The buying organisation is Ofgem, the UK public authority responsible for regulating energy markets. The requirement is suited to providers of financial-market indices, investment data, bond-market analytics or comparable subscription-based information platforms able to support regulatory and price-control analysis.

The procurement has been completed and awarded through a direct, below-threshold procedure without competition. There was one lot. The contract was awarded to S&P Dow Jones Indices Limited on 31 March 2026, and the contract was signed on the same date. The contract runs from 31 March 2026 to 30 March 2030. Its value is USD 99,600 excluding gross taxes, or USD 119,520 including gross taxes. The awarded supplier provides the iBoxx subscription. The requirement was evaluated through the direct-award route rather than a competitive tender. The contract is active, while the associated tender is complete. The procurement concerns services rather than goods or construction works.

This award demonstrates demand within Ofgem for specialist fixed-income market data to support energy price-control work. Competitors seeking comparable work would need a dependable subscription platform with broad bond-market coverage, rules-based index construction, transparent published methodologies and pricing drawn from multiple sources. Credibility would depend on the quality, consistency and explainability of the indices and underlying data, as well as the ability to provide reliable access for a public-sector Markets team. Providers of established financial indices, market intelligence, statistical services or regulated-investment data may be well placed where their products can support benchmarking, performance tracking and analytical evidence in regulatory decisions. The requirement indicates a preference for a mature, specialist data service rather than a general research subscription.

## Notice

The Supplier will provide Ofgem with a subscription licence to access and use the iBoxx platform/data service, which is used by the Markets team to support price control work. iBoxx indices are rules-based fixed income (bond) indices designed for benchmarking and tracking bond market performance, using multi source pricing and published methodologies. iBoxx indices is presented by S&P Dow Jones Indices as a family of fixed income indices with transparent, rules based methodologies and multi source pricing.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079501-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 Mar 2026 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2026 - 30 Mar 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £99,600 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Ofgem |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | East London |
| Postcode | E14 4PU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI42 Tower Hamlets |
| Local authority | Tower Hamlets |
| Electoral ward | Canary Wharf |
| Westminster constituency | Poplar and Limehouse |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | S&P DOW JONES INDICES LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79310000 - Market research services
- 79330000 - Statistical services
- 79980000 - Subscription services

## Release History

- 20 Aug 2026 at 14:33 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079501-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079501-2026
  20th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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