Award

Renewal of Bloomberg Terminals

  • BANK OF ENGLAND

UK5: Transparency notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-003380

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-051f8d (view related notices)

Published 15 January 2026, 10:41am



Scope

Description

The Account licenses enable access to Bloomberg terminals that provide real-time access to comprehensive financial data, analytics, trading tools & news.

This is a renewal of these services.

Service Contract

Start - 01/03/2026

End - 28/02/2028

Location is UK


Contract 1. Renewal of Bloomberg Terminals

Supplier

Contract value

  • £4,667,944.47 excluding VAT
  • £5,834,930.59 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Earliest date the contract will be signed

27 February 2026

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 March 2026 to 28 February 2028
  • 1 year, 11 months, 28 days

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 72300000 - Data services

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Other information

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes


Procedure

Procedure type

Direct award

Direct award justification

Single supplier - intellectual property or exclusive rights

Under Schedule 5, Paragraph 5, Bloomberg are the only suppliers of this data.


Supplier

BLOOMBERG FINANCE L.P.

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PHRT-2555-DXMY

731 Lexington Avenue

New York

10022

United States

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1. Renewal of Bloomberg Terminals


Contracting authority

BANK OF ENGLAND

  • Companies House: RC000042
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PRDB-1113-HPPT

Threadneedle Street

London

EC2R 8AH

United Kingdom

Region: UKI31 - Camden and City of London

Organisation type: Public authority - central government