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Smarter Digital Access Programme

Financial Conduct Authority · Local or regional public body

In brief

Financial Conduct Authority has announced plans to buy IT and software and computer hardware work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

It is a framework worth up to £650,000,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 4 years, up to 8 years with extensions, starting 1 July 2027.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for IT and software contracts in this region (from 146 awards in the last 12 months).

Framework

Winning puts you on a list of suppliers the buyer can call on; it does not guarantee work. The £650,000,000 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.

What the notice says

This Pipeline notice relates to the Smarter Digital Access Programme which is expected to comprise a number of separate procurements, for which further notices will be published as requirements and routes to market are developed. We anticipate the scope of the programme to cover: i) An IT professional services framework contract the ‘Digital Capability Framework’ potentially covering scope that may relate to Application Development, Engineering & Technical Infrastructure, Service Management, Enterprise Architecture and Data Services ii) non-strategic Software spend and Hardware spend iii) resource provision for Cyber Security labour-based requirements The estimated value stated in this notice represents the FCA’s current best estimate of potential aggregate expenditure across the programme. It does not represent a commitment to procure or spend this amount, nor the estimated value of any individual procurement and will be subject to internal FCA approvals.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 106997-2026

About the buyer

Financial Conduct AuthorityLast 12 months

Procurements

156

Awards

121

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From notice 106997-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 11 November 2026. We last checked for changes on 11 November 2026.