How to win: UK Equities Consolidated Tape Provider

A services contract from FCA, worth £65,000,000. Below: what it involves and how to write a winning bid for it.

Buyer

FCA

Value

£65,000,000

About this contract

To appoint a single consolidated tape (CT) provider to aggregate pre & post trade data on Equities and then disseminate it to a wide variety of users. It will be awarded as a Concession Contract, hence no addressable spend.

How to win contracts like this

✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — FCA scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
✓At £65,000,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
✓Start early: deadlines are tight and a strong bid takes iteration.

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