Lapis Middle East & Africa
Dubai free-zone strategic-communications company; CSSF contractor for strategic communications in Pakistan
| Lapis Middle East & Africa FZ LLC
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|---|---|
| Type | Free-zone limited liability company |
| Headquarters | United Arab Emirates |
Lapis Middle East & Africa FZ LLC is a United Arab Emirates free-zone strategic-communications company and a contractor to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) under the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF). It is associated with the Lapis communications group, which has operated in Afghanistan and the wider region.
CSSF and UK government work
Contracts Finder records one published CSSF award to the company: “CSSF Lots A&B: Pakistan – Supporting Strategic Communications” (£979,708), awarded in August 2017.[1] FCO/FCDO transparency data record payments to the company of about £3.05 million over 2016–2019.[2] It is not among the named suppliers on Lots 1 and 3 of the 2023–27 CSSF Framework Agreement; the 37 Lot 2 suppliers (including strategic communications) were not published.[3]
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) reviewed the CSSF’s aid spending in March 2018, giving it an amber-red score and finding it responsive to National Security Council priorities but with weak results management and limited evidence of value for money.[4]
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Notes
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, CSSF Lots A&B: Pakistan - Supporting Strategic Communications Contracts Finder, 2017-08-08.
- ↑ Foreign and Commonwealth Office, FCO spending over £25,000 and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, FCDO spending over £25,000, GOV.UK. Totals cover all FCO/FCDO (and, after September 2020, former Department for International Development) programmes, not CSSF alone.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) Framework Agreement (2023-2027): contract award notice 029743-2023 Find a Tender Service, 2023.
- ↑ Independent Commission for Aid Impact, The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund’s aid spending ICAI, March 2018.