Qatar, which is locked into a diplomatic tussle with its Arab neighbors, has hired Information Management Services to a $1.3M three-month engagement.
Hired by Qatar’s information office, IMS is to provide research, communications and strategic support to the Gulf State.
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The firm’s will focus on areas such as situational awareness, open source analytics, strategic counsel and direct support and engagement.
The contact is renewable in quarterly increments of $375K per-month.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Egypt have maintained an air, land and sea blockade of Qatar for the past month.
Their foreign ministers on July 5 vowed to continue the pressure until Qatar cuts ties with Islamist groups and shuttered its free wheeling Al Jazeera satellite TV network, which has been a thorn in the side of the Gulf States.
The sanctions, according to Reuters, have triggered a wave of nationalism in Qatar and support for its 37-year-old ruler Sheikh Tamim.
Qatar, which is rich with natural gas, is the world’s wealthiest nation on a per-capita basis.
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