Contract

UK Bond Consolidated Tape Provider

  • Financial Conduct Authority

UK7: Contract details notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-006656

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04ea60 (view related notices)

Published 26 January 2026, 1:16pm

Scope

Reference

C3178

Description

Concession Contract for UK Bond Consolidated Tape Provider (subject to FCA Authorisation process).

Estimated revenue is... :

- £3,952,439 exclusive of VAT

- £4,742,926.80 inclusive of VAT

Bonds Consolidated Tape go live is currently estimated to be 22 June 2026.

Contract 1. AGREEMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF A BOND CONSOLIDATED TAPE PROVIDER

Supplier

Contract value

  • £3,952,439 excluding VAT
  • £4,742,926.80 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Date signed

23 January 2026

Contract dates

  • 22 June 2026 to 21 June 2031
  • Possible extension to 21 June 2033
  • 7 years

Description of possible extension:

option to extend for up to 2 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 48812000 - Financial information systems
  • 72212441 - Financial analysis software development services
  • 66152000 - Financial market regulatory services
  • 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
  • 72314000 - Data collection and collation services
  • 72317000 - Data storage services
  • 72318000 - Data transmission services
  • 72319000 - Data supply services
  • 72212442 - Financial systems software development services
  • 72212440 - Financial analysis and accounting software development services

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Key performance indicators

Name Description Reporting frequency
Latency

latency will be measured as the time taken for the CTP to publish the data upon receipt of the trade report from the data contributors. As per responses 42 - 49 of Annex 1, while operational,...

 1 months
Real-time & Historical uptime

Minimum uptime real-time data access Availability of ninety-nine point nine five percent (99.95%) during Market Hours for any given year commencing on the date of the Commencement Date for data...

 1 months
Data Ingress Availability

Minimum uptime for data ingress Availability of ninety-nine point nine five percent (99.95%) for any given year from the Commencement Date;

 1 months

Signed contract documents

FCA ETS Bond CTP Concession Agreement.zip

Zip file containing

- the Concession Agreement,

- Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, and

- Annex 1 (redacted to protect Commercially Sensitive Information).

Submission

Submission type

Tenders

Procedure

Procedure type

Competitive flexible procedure

Special regime

Concession

Supplier

Etrading Software Ltd

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PVXC-3287-GTQQ

First Floor, 6 Dowgate Hill

London

EC4R 2SU

United Kingdom

Email: info@ets-connect.com

Website: http://www.etradingsoftware.com

Region: UKI31 - Camden and City of London

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1. AGREEMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF A BOND CONSOLIDATED TAPE PROVIDER

Contracting authority

Financial Conduct Authority

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PTYH-4442-XPRH

12 Endeavour Square

London

E20 1JN

United Kingdom

Contact name: FCA Procurement

Email: fcaprocurement@fca.org.uk

Website: http://www.fca.org.uk

Region: UKI41 - Hackney and Newham

Organisation type: Public authority - central government