Published date: 30 September 2021

Last edited date: 20 October 2021

This notice was replaced on 7 December 2021

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 7 December 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Market research services - 79310000

  • Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000

Location of contract

United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, British Oversea Territories, Europe, Rest of the World

Value of contract

£0 to £40,000

Procurement reference

CPG_7500_2021

Published date

30 September 2021

Closing date

22 October 2021

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

15 November 2021

Contract end date

18 March 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The British Embassy in Seoul is looking to appoint an organisation to conduct research to identify digital market access barriers faced by UK companies who are looking to sell digital services to South Korea.

Informed by interviews/surveys of UK businesses as well as desk research, the final report should include the following:

Overview and analysis of the main digital market access barriers faced by UK companies looking to enter RoK (including, but not limited to, barriers related to data, legislation, business environment, and technical standards), and whether more barriers exist in specific digital/tech sectors, and to what extent digital trade agreements (e.g. RoK-SING DPA) have helped companies in other countries overcome existing barriers;

Guidance (including examples/case studies) of how barriers can be overcome (if applicable);

Recommendations on next steps for HMG, including which barriers HMG should prioritise to try to weaken/remove.

More information

Attachments

  • CPG_7500_2021 RFP UK-ROK Digital Market Access Research v2.pdf
  • Bidding documents
  • Version 2 of the RFP. This is identical to the original version, the only difference being that the deadline for bid submissions has been changed to 22/10/2021 to reflect the recently extended deadline. All other information remains the same and does not constitute a substantive change to the RFP requirement

About the buyer

Contact name

Andrew Fisher

Address

King Charles Street
LONDON
SW1A2AH
England

Telephone

+63288582200

Email

APAC.Procurement@FCDO.gov.uk