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Qualitative research on the role of services in sanctions circumvention

Department for Business & Trade · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 11:22.

Opportunity overview

There are gaps in DBT’s understanding of circumvention, which this project seeks to address. Closing these information gaps on services-enabled circumvention is necessary to help DBT better enforce breaches of trade sanctions, identify whether there are any policy gaps and any additional business engagement and / or guidance needed.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Themis

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Contract value
£92.1k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
2 Jan 2026
Including VAT
£110.5k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Location
London, UKI44, SE1 8ND, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-05febb
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Department for Business & Trade
Id
GB-PPON-PZZJ-6312-QTTD

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PZZJ-6312-QTTD

Address

Street Address
Old Admiralty Building
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1A 2DY
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
Themis
Id
GB-FTS-170413

Address

Street Address
1-2 Paris Gardens
Locality
London
Postal Code
SE1 8ND
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI44

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
73210000
Description
Research consultancy services

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-170413
Name
Themis

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Date Signed
2 Jan 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
2 Jan 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Apr 2026, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
110,520
Amount
92,100
Currency
GBP

Amendments

Entry 1
Description
Rescheduling of the final roundtable in Armenia, from 5th March 2026 to a date prior to the end of April 2026, due to travel considerations caused by the conflict in the Middle East.This rescheduling will incur additional costs, estimated to be up to £7,500.
Id
027897-2026

Documents

Entry 1
Id
027897-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
26 Mar 2026, 12:54
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1A 2DY · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 000038-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 027897-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·