Understanding the Socio-Economic and Structural Factors Influencing Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea

The Department for Transport (DfT) invites proposals for a research requirement "Understanding the Socio-Economic and Structural Factors Influencing Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea". This research will address the knowledge gaps in the understanding of the socio-economic and structural factors influencing piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The scope of the research will be a phased approach: the first will be a literature review, to look at existing data and identify knowledge gaps on the socio-economic and structural factors influencing piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The second will be a data analysis report considering the socio-economic variables to piracy. The third phase will be video interviews with locally-engaged stakeholders, travel restrictions and safety protocol prohibit the conduct of physical interviews due to COVID-19. The full tender document pack is accessible through DfTs e-souring Portal https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html. Suppliers must register to access the complete tender pack. This contract will be let for 4 months running from January 2021 to April 2021. The tender submission deadline is 01/01/2021 (12:00 noon).