# GB-London: 102081 Addressing Impediments to Digital Trade

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Contract winner: The University of Sussex
- Award value: £80,000
- Tender value: £80,000
- Award date: 19 November 2020
- Published: 23 April 2021
- Contract start: 20 November 2020
- Contract end: 1 April 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 494fcb8a-3bf9-4172-99a4-92710b586a13-431028
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1d00a97a-9550-4c07-9dc4-f2216af6bdb7

## Description

DCMS is now seeking a service provider to arrange an academic conference and accompanying conference proceedings publication to further develop thinking and capacity in these areas of activity\. This will be of benefit both to the UK government as well as others around the world engaged in digital trade policy making\. The aims of this project are as follows: - To further develop understanding of impediments to digital trade and concrete actions that can be taken to address them - To support the development of methodologies to identify, evaluate and address impediments to digital trade - To establish connections between policymakers and academics working on digital trade issues from economic, legal, and international relations perspectives; - To further establish the UK as a global thought leader on digital trade\. The objectives of this project are as follows: - To prepare, host and moderate a conference on "Addressing impediments to digital trade" - To compile and publish conference proceedings - To present the recommendations of these proceedings at 1-2 international events, such as at the negotiations of the WTO Joint Initiative on Electronic Commerce\. Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises \(SMEs\)\. However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/494fcb8a-3bf9-4172-99a4-92710b586a13-431028)