RFP QuestBeta
ClosedStage · planning

HM Revenue & Customs

Journals, Subscriptions and Newspapers

Business ServicesCPV 79980000
Value£1.1m
Deadline12 Sept 2025
Published22 Jul 2025
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 22 Jul 2025ClosedCloses 12 Sept 2025
Who to contact
Chloe Hobbs
chloe.hobbs1@hmrc.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£1.1mtotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

HMRC is seeking to engage a Supplier to act as a third-party in the procuring of annual online subscriptions on behalf of HMRC.

The successful supplier will act as an intermediary between HMRC and subscription providers, being responsible for engaging with the suppliers for the annual subscription, securing renewal quotes, creating purchase requests and paying the supplier.

The supplier will need to have the capacity to engage directly with the providers of the online subscriptions to secure renewal quotes and the best price, and to ensure the renewal process is completed without any gap in service.

Whilst LB (Large Business) are the highest value user of this contract, other business areas also utilise this contract to acquire annual subscriptions such as Financial Times etc.

Subscriptions to include but are not limited to: • Oil and Gas pricing agencies who supply data that is required in order for us to produce statutory Oil and Gas valuations on a monthly basis, • Other subscriptions which provide valuable insight into the world of Oil and Gas. • Annual subscriptions such as Financial Times etc.

Examples of current subscriptions LB Scotland and Northern Ireland: Argus European Natural Gas online service Argus Web Service (Argus Crude Desktop via Argus Direct) Energy Voice (14 users) online service Independent Commodity Intelligence Services (ICIS) - ICIS Chemical World Crude Report.

Platts Market Data - Crude and Refined Package Wood Mackenzie Research (package) Other HMRC Users: Glasses online (WMBC Mid-size Business) The Times online (Press Office) The Daily Telegraph (Press Office) PR Week (Press Office) The Journal, WORLDecr ( CP&S) Broadcast (LB London) Screen International (LB London)

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The successful supplier will act as

The successful supplier will act as an intermediary between HMRC and subscription providers, being responsible for engaging with the suppliers for the annual subscription, securing renewal quotes, creating purchase requests and paying the supplier.

02

The supplier will need to have

The supplier will need to have the capacity to engage directly with the providers of the online subscriptions to secure renewal quotes and the best price, and to ensure the renewal process is completed without any gap in service.

03

Oil and Gas pricing agencies who supply

Oil and Gas pricing agencies who supply data that is required in order for us to produce statutory Oil and Gas valuations on a monthly basis,.

04

Other subscriptions which provide valuable insight into

Other subscriptions which provide valuable insight into the world of Oil and Gas.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056390
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
041897-2025
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