Expired contract

Provision of Smart Data Synthetic Data (BigSpark)

Details

Supplier(s)
BIGSPARK
Duration
1 year
Topic
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published
12 November 2025

Tender description

BigSpark will provide the FCA with a synthetic cross-sectoral dataset for the digital sandbox environment. This will enable the FCA to support firms innovating in the open finance and smart data area, and generate invaluable input into policy making. This is instrumental to successfully draft a regulatory framework for open finance, as stated in the FCA Strategy. The previous contract with the provider was centred on a much smaller dataset. ## Contract award

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published12 November 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date12 November 2025
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date9 November 2026

About the buyer

The Financial Conduct Authority regulates the UK's financial services industry, and buys as a central government body with its own procurement function. Larger contracts fall under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 once they pass a set threshold. Both pan-government and FCA-tendered framework agreements offer alternative routes to market. An ethical procurement standard applies to purchases wherever possible.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Financial Conduct Authority's contract awards have been in IT services, business services and software and information systems.

AI insights

  • Is there a preferred supplier?
  • What are the buyers pain points?
  • What has the buyer previously procured?
  • What are the key requirements?

This one's been awarded. Find the next before it's published.

Get a free pre-tender lead
Save this contract

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Contact nameJob titlePhone numberWork email
Head of Procurement+44 •••• ••••••
Commercial Director+44 •••• ••••••
Procurement Manager+44 •••• ••••••
Category Lead+44 •••• ••••••
Senior Buyer+44 •••• ••••••
Contracts Manager+44 •••• ••••••

141 similar open tenders

See more open tenders related to IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support.

Explore all open tenders

Related buyers

Buyers similar to Financial Conduct Authority.

View all buyers

Finding public sector work shouldn't be hard

Make your next tender search effortless with Stotles. Set up alerts, find decision maker contacts and never miss a good-fit opportunity again.