Quick answer — Financial Ombudsman Service LimitedLast refreshed 19 May 2026

At a glance

Financial Ombudsman Service Limited has awarded £126.6m across 53 suppliers, with 48 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 79% · 8 open notices now · 4 awards in last 90 d (£59k) · SME share 30% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 3 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration79%
Modifications · 90 d3
SME spend share30%
Pipeline · open now8
Awards · 90 d4

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Financial Ombudsman Service Limited is a contracting authority, based in UKI42. Tracks 81 published notices and 71 awards on PublicSupply.

81
Notices published
71
Awards
53
Suppliers engaged
2019
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£124k
12 m spend
£9.5m
Prior 12 m
-99%
YoY change
£100k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Financial Ombudsman Service Limited — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£2m£5m£7m£10mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

8

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

4

£59k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified70 · £126.6m
services10 · £2.5m
goods1 · £0

Instrument type

contract81 · £129.2m
Source:Contracts Finder: 43Find a Tender: 38

Awarded contracts · 48 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Financial Ombudsman Service Limited is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Practical Law SubscriptionThomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limitedactive
Practical Law SubscriptionThomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited19 May 2026active
Westlaw UK SubscriptionThomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limitedactive
Westlaw UK SubscriptionThomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited18 May 2026active
The provision of an Executive and Board Recruitment Partner (ten_1062)79600000£192kest.active
The provision of an Executive and Board Recruitment Partner (ten_1062)79600000£192kest.active
The provision of an Executive and Board Recruitment Partner (ten_1062)79600000£192kest.active
The provision of an Executive and Board Recruitment Partner (ten_1044)79600000£192kest.active
Direct call-off from CPC framework -Drinking Water Dispensers and Associated Services framework (Lot 5).Zip Heaters (UK) Ltd09320000£59k01 Apr 2026active
EME - RFI - Electric Vehicle Scheme - Employee Benefits34144900planning
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
RT
1 contract · 16 Aug
£100.0m
79% of total
2
WL
5 contracts · 31 Aug03 Sept
£10.7m
8% of total
▼ 100%
3
IU
1 contract · 15 Oct
£6.2m
5% of total
4
AU
1 contract · 19 Sept
£5.5m
4% of total
5
BL
1 contract · 28 Jan
£580k
0% of total
6
GU
6 contracts · 26 May30 Oct
£430k
0% of total
▼ 100%
7
BB
1 contract · 20 Dec
£330k
0% of total
8
AL
1 contract · 16 Jun
£270k
0% of total
▼ 100%
953
···
45 other suppliers
long tail · 21 SMEs
£2.7m
2% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
20 contracts
£107.6m
83%
Software packages, IT
12 contracts
£11.1m
9%
IT services, software
4 contracts
£7.6m
6%
Education, training
11 contracts
£1.5m
1%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
1 contract
£580k
0%
Office equipment, IT
2 contracts
£383k
0%
Health & social work
1 contract
£200k
0%
Financial, insurance
1 contract
£160k
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
Software packages, IT
IT services, software
Education, training
Hotel, restaurant, retail
Office equipment, IT
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 3 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 3 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

30%
SME supplier share
target 33%
21
SME award rows
2
VCSE award rows
53
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 30% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI42
Companies House
03725015
Contact
Sylvia Krzak
Email
procurement.enquiries@financial-ombudsman.org.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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