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Comms - DESNZ/DSIT - Supply of Joint Financial Times Licence

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 06:02.

Opportunity overview

Contract for the renewal of Financial Times Licence Subscription for DESNZ and DSIT. The departments will be going forward with a joint enterprise licence.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Financial Times

Matched by number
Published award value
£210.3k
Awarded
17 Jul 2025
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 00227590
Location
London, UKI31, EC4M 9BT, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-056003
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
There are no alternative suppliers able to offer access to Financial Times content as they own the intellectual property rights to their content. This means we have to contract directly with them.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PDHQ-2163-WYMH
Name
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI32
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1A 2HP
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
55 Whitehall

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PDHQ-2163-WYMH
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-00227590
Name
Financial Times

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKI31
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
EC4M 9BT
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Bracken House, 1 Friday Street

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
large
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
00227590
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Date
18 Jul 2025, 00:00
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
79980000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Subscription services

Value

Amount
210,291
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
210,291

Documents

Entry 1
Id
040388-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
16 Jul 2025, 09:41
Entry 2
Id
041280-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
18 Jul 2025, 12:56

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-00227590
Name
Financial Times

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
30 Jul 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
29 Jul 2026, 23:59
Starts
30 Jul 2025, 00:00

Standstill Period

Ends
29 Jul 2025, 23:59

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Award ID
1
Date Signed
30 Jul 2025, 00:00
Above Threshold
Yes
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
Under required threshold.

Value

Amount
210,291
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
210,291

Period

Ends
29 Jul 2026, 23:59
Starts
30 Jul 2025, 00:00

Documents

Entry 1
Id
045772-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
contractNotice
Published
4 Aug 2025, 16:20

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1A 2HP · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-056003-2025-08-04T16:20:34+01:00Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·