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Award notice, first published as special notice

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE

TAGM0000-26-00014

Office of the Secretary, Department of Commerce Sspo. Newspaper Publishers.

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Awarded

Financial Times Limited(The)

$553,494.00 on the award notice, March 31, 2026, contract 1331L526C13500008

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Description

As published on SAM.gov.

The requirement was awarded on a firm-fixed-price sole source basis to The Financial Times Limited. Market research was conducted through review of available sources and publication of a Notice of Intent to Sole Source. No other interested vendors responded to the notice, and the market research did not identify any other capable vendors able to satisfy the Government's requirement. Accordingly, award to The Finanacial Times Limited on a sole source basis was determined to be in the best interest of the Government.

Attachments

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The contract, on USAspending

Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.

Recipient
Financial Times Limited(The)
UEI
MS65WL9QL8F5
CAGE
U0HL6
Vendor location
London
Contract
1331L526C13500008, definitive contract
Obligated
$132,300.00, potential $553,494
Actions
2 between March 31, 2026 and June 16, 2026
Competition
Not Competed Under SAP, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
Fdi Markets Database
Match
award number 1331L526C13500008 equals the contract number; same awarding office 1331L5 (high confidence)
Record
USAspending award page
Recipient
Financial Times Limited(The)
UEI
MS65WL9QL8F5
CAGE
U0HL6
Vendor location
London
Contract
1331L526C13500016, definitive contract
Obligated
$19,338.24, potential $106,856
Actions
2 between June 24, 2026 and August 3, 2026
Competition
Not Competed Under SAP, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
Fdi Markets Database
Match
solicitation number TAGM00002600014 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 1331L5 (high confidence)
Record
USAspending award page

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. March 2, 2026

    Special notice

    Due March 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 4900caeb35be450cb3cdc527197d3a24

    2 revisions on SAM
    • April 15, 2026: publish, award notice
    • March 2, 2026: publish, special notice

  2. April 15, 2026

    Award notice, originally special notice

    Awarded to Financial Times Limited(The) for $553,494. SAM.gov, notice dc84ee42714f4a0388346d518159fbb2

    2 revisions on SAM
    • April 15, 2026: publish, award notice
    • March 2, 2026: publish, special notice