News Aggregation
A Contract Award Notice
by BANK OF ENGLAND
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- not specified
- Value
- £209K
- Sector
- BUSINESS
- Published
- 06 Mar 2024
- Delivery
- not specified
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
LONDON
2 buyers
- Bank of England London
1 supplier
- Factiva London
Description
Contract award to Factiva for licences for an online news aggregator service
Total Quantity or Scope
Online news aggregator service providing 30 licences for Factiva Professional, 11 licences for Factiva Executive and 200 licences for Factiva Copyright, to be used by Researchers, Analysts, Communication professionals and Information professionals within the Bank.
Award Detail
| 1 | Factiva (London)
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Award Criteria
| PRICE | _ |
CPV Codes
- 79980000 - Subscription services
Indicators
- Award on basis of price.
Legal Justification
Factiva are the only supplier that can provide all three of the required services. Factiva are owned by Dow Jones, who are owned by News Corp. Factiva therefore have exclusive rights to Dow Jones and News Corp publications such as the Times and Sunday Times. The Bank is required to access News Corp publications as part of the news aggregator service. Regulation 32(1)(b)(ii) allows a direct award on the basis that only Factiva can provide the service due to the protection of exclusive rights.
Reference
- FTS 007135-2024