Contract Timeline

Publication Date

31st January 2025 10:05:33 AM

Contract Summary

To explore and identify the impacts of UK professional and businesses services (PBS) sanctions against Russia on UK businesses and the Russian economy. In this second phase of a two-year project, this research will look at understanding continued business activity via a commercial presence in Russia, or in countries with no or limited sanctions regimes where circumvention to Russia may be occuring, and the ways in which businesses balance sanctions compliance with commercial interests, including by diverting trade abroad and circumventing UK measures.

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-b5fd17-3eff4cbf-e0be-4d29-8bfe-c0e204a6d654

Publication Source

Contracts Finder

Procurement Stage

Award

Procurement Method

Open

Procurement Method Details

Open Procedure (above Threshold)

Procurement Category

Services

Tender Suitability

SME

Framework / DPS

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

73110000
79311000
79311410

CPV Division(s)

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Awarding Authority

DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS AND TRADE

Buyer Name

Buyer Email

CommercialResearchandConsultancy@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Buyer Phone

0

Buyer Address

Old Admiralty Building

London

SW1A 2DY

England

Awarded Supplier(s)

Supplier Name(s)

THEMIS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED

Contract Timeline

Publication Date

19th November 2024 11:37:26 AM

Tender Deadline

4th December 2024 16:00:00 PM   Expired

Contract Summary

The Department for Business and Trade is seeking to commission a project to an organisation with in depth operational knowledge of sanctions and expertise in qualitative research methods. We are seeking expert advice in identifying and assessing the impact of UK professional and business services (PBS) sanctions on UK businesses and the Russian economy, with a particular focus on understanding the risks businesses face and the patterns of continued trade with Russia. Given the novel nature of PBS sanctions, we are seeking this information to highlight and tighten any gaps in existing measures, identify ways to prevent circumvention, improve sanctions awareness and compliance, enhance policy development, and support services sanctions implementation and enforcement. We require the organisation to convene and facilitate a series of roundtable discussions and select interviews with senior leaders from key PBS industries who can provide authoritative insights on the core research questions (as outlined below). The organisation will then be required to analyse and distil the findings from roundtables/interviews into a detailed report on the following core research questions: - The impact of UK PBS sanctions on UK businesses that are still operating or have already withdrawn from the Russian market; - The way the Russian services market has adapted to the UK's PBS sanctions; - The process and obstacles to divestment from the Russian market; - How services businesses approach sanctions compliance; - The role of services in facilitating the movement of goods for end use in Russia. The successful organisation will be required to have: - Detailed, specialist knowledge of services trade and PBS sanctions, as well as the Russian market and the role of services trade within it; - Well established networks across UK and international PBS sectors; - Extensive experience of qualitative research methods, in particular convening and facilitating roundtables and interviews with senior stakeholders on sensitive subjects, and drafting detailed reports Additional information: The Authority is using e-tendering for this Procurement. Jaggaer is the Authority's e-tendering platform. It can be accessed via your web browser at https://uktrade.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html. Please ensure you are registered on the platform to access the full suite of tender documentation. the ITT reference code for this procurement on Jaggaer is itt_779 This opportunity was previously referred to under future opportunity notice tender_472317/1423478.

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-b5fd17-3eff4cbf-e0be-4d29-8bfe-c0e204a6d654

Publication Source

Contracts Finder

Procurement Stage

Tender

Procurement Method

Open

Procurement Method Details

Open Procedure (below Threshold)

Procurement Category

Services

Tender Suitability

SME

Framework / DPS

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

73110000
79311000
79311410

CPV Division(s)

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Awarding Authority

DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Buyer Name

Department for Business & Trade

Buyer Email

commercialresearchandconsultancy@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Buyer Phone

Buyer Address

Old Admiralty Building

London

SW1A 2DY

England