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Financial Times (FT) subscription renewal

Competition and Markets Authority · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 5 Oct 2026, 09:26.

Opportunity overview

This procurement is for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to subscribe to a service that provides access to extensive news coverage of global financial markets and sector analysis. The FT will help ensure that the CMA stays up to date. The service allows us to research data about markets, track merger activity, and access other information relevant to casework, such as the identification of comparable companies for cost of capital assessment or timely updates on relevant industry-specific news.

Awarded to

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The Financial Times

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Contract value
£51.4k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
3 Dec 2025
Including VAT
£61.7k
Award ID
1
Status
active
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
PROC 101-2025
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Competition and Markets Authority
Id
GB-PPON-PXGD-3659-GWZT

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PXGD-3659-GWZT

Address

Street Address
The Cabot, 25 Cabot Square
Locality
London
Postal Code
E14 4QZ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI42

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
The Financial Times
Id
GB-FTS-170429

Address

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

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79980000
Description
Subscription services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-170429
Name
The Financial Times

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Date Signed
3 Dec 2025, 00:00

Period

Starts
3 Dec 2025, 00:00
Ends
1 Dec 2026, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
61,665.6
Amount
51,388
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
000098-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
2 Jan 2026, 18:05
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI42 · E14 4QZ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 000098-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·