---
title: "Financial Times Limited Digital Subscription"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078249"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "BANK OF ENGLAND"
published: "2026-10-07"
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# Financial Times Limited Digital Subscription

Buyer: BANK OF ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078249

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## Summary

The Bank of England procured an enterprise digital subscription to the Financial Times, providing online news services for its organisational users. The requirement is for subscription services rather than printed newspapers or bespoke news production. Delivery is across the United Kingdom, covering England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The buying organisation is the Bank of England, a central government public authority. Financial Times Limited supplies the subscription under the resulting arrangement.

The procurement is complete and was awarded to Financial Times Limited through a direct award. The Bank of England justified this route on the basis that the supplier was identified as the sole provider with exclusive rights to deliver the required range and type of online news services. The contract covers one requirement, for an enterprise subscription, with an awarded value of £693,252. The contract period runs from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2028. The award was published on 7 October 2026; the stated date for signature was 26 October 2026. The procurement was evaluated as a direct award in a special case under the Procurement Act 2023, Schedule 5, section 41.

This award demonstrates demand at the Bank of England for organisation-wide access to a defined range of digital news services, delivered through a subscription rather than a tailored publishing project. The selected supplier was considered to hold exclusive rights to provide the required content and service range, so a credible competitor for comparable future demand would need to demonstrate equivalent coverage and dependable enterprise access, as well as the rights to supply the relevant publications. The arrangement is a single, substantial institutional subscription serving users across the UK, so suppliers would need the capacity to administer access at organisational scale. This is a specific media-subscription requirement: businesses focused on print supply, general communications or unrelated information services are not a close fit.

## Notice

Direct award contract for Financial Times subscription on an enterprise basis for a two-year period.

### Procurement Information

PA 2023, Section 41, Direct award in special cases (Schedule 5) The FT has been identified as the sole supplier in the market, possessing the exclusive rights to provide the range and type of online news services required.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094611-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Nov 2026 - 31 Oct 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £693,252 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BANK OF ENGLAND |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | 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 |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79980000 - Subscription services

## Release History

- 7 Oct 2026 at 11:14 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094611-2026
- 7 Oct 2026 at 10:32 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094568-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094611-2026
  7th October 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094568-2026
  7th October 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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