Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Supplier
- The Financial Times Limited
- Value
- £18,274
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Sector
- Business services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security (CPV 79000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date24 Mar 2025
- Published22 Apr 2025Published 29 days after the contract date
Description
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) requires a supplier to provide a corporate subscription to the Financial Times.
About the supplier
The Financial Times Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00227590).