DfT Award of Financial Times (FT) Subscription

Official notice

Authority: Department for Transport (Central government)

Below threshold - without competition

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Awarded value£28,454published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 3 Oct 2025no call for competition

Awarded to The Financial Times Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Access to Financial Times articles through its website and media licensing agreement - allowing cutting to be included in our morning cuts pack. This is essential for press office media monitoring.

Sole supplier - single tender action.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

79980000 Subscription services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 9 Oct 2025, 12:17 BST
Last source update: 9 Oct 2025, 12:17 BST
Authority reference: TCOM3081
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-063680
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05ab8b Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Contract details notice published
9 Oct 2025, 12:17 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £28,4541 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 3 Oct 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
The Financial Times Limited	£28,454 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 1 · The Financial Times Limited
Signed
3 Oct 2025
Value
£28,454
Period
3 Oct 2025 – 28 Sept 2026
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Transport

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PLTC-5358-LTWZ Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London, London, SW1P 4DRContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

The Financial TimesAwarded supplier 1 Friday Street, London, London, EC4M 9BTContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Signed contract contractSigned contractPDFRedacted Contract Details Notice

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender9 Oct 2025, 12:17 BST