---
title: "2026ICO00545"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0775ac"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "INFORMATION COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE"
published: "2026-09-18"
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# 2026ICO00545

Buyer: INFORMATION COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0775ac

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## Summary

The Information Commissioner's Office bought a professional subscription service from DataIQ, a London-based small and medium-sized enterprise. The subscription is intended to support data and artificial intelligence leaders with insights, professional connections and expertise, helping them make better decisions, reduce risk and achieve measurable business impact. This is a specialist information, networking and advisory subscription rather than a conventional supply, works or delivery contract. The buying organisation is the Information Commissioner's Office, based in Wilmslow, and the service is for delivery in the United Kingdom. The requirement is classified as subscription services and concerns access to a professional body focused on the needs of data and AI leaders. It may suit organisations providing comparable specialist membership, insight, networking or advisory services to public-sector data and technology teams.

The procurement has been completed and awarded to DataIQ. The Information Commissioner's Office used a direct award below the applicable threshold without competition. The contract was signed on 1 September 2026 and runs from 1 September 2026 to 1 September 2027, with options to extend for two further 12-month periods, up to 1 September 2029. Its value is £127,000 excluding VAT and £152,400 including VAT. The award covers one lot and the contract is active. The requirement was evaluated through the buyer's direct-award route rather than a competitive tender. DataIQ is the selected supplier. The published contract outcome identifies the service as a professional subscription supporting data and AI leaders, with the contract extending beyond the organisation's initial one-year commitment if the renewal options are used.

This outcome shows that the Information Commissioner's Office purchases a substantial, specialist subscription for its data and AI leadership community. A credible future competitor would need to provide authoritative and practically useful insight, relevant professional connections and expertise that help senior data and technology leaders improve decisions, manage risk and demonstrate business impact. The offer would need to be suitable for a public authority and capable of supporting an ongoing professional relationship rather than a one-off report or event. Relevant suppliers are likely to include professional bodies, membership organisations, research and intelligence providers, and specialist advisory networks with an established data and AI focus. Evidence of trusted content, active networks, knowledgeable advisers and the capacity to support leadership-level users would strengthen a competing proposition when this requirement next returns to market.

## Notice

A subscription to a professional body to assist and support data and AI leaders succeed by providing the insights, connections, and expertise they need to drive smarter decisions, reduce risk, and create measurable business impact.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088801-2026 |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 1 Sep 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £127,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | INFORMATION COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE |
| Locality | WILMSLOW |
| Postcode area | Stockport |
| Postcode | SK9 5AF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire |
| ITL 3 | TLD62 Cheshire East |
| Local authority | Cheshire East |
| Electoral ward | Wilmslow West and Chorley |
| Westminster constituency | Tatton |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | DATA IQ |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79980000 - Subscription services

## Release History

- 18 Sep 2026 at 15:25 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088801-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088801-2026
  18th September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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