Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- University of Exeter LLP
- Value
- £104,988.02
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- Research & development · Research and development consultancy services (CPV 73200000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date27 Jan 2025
- Published11 Mar 2025Published 43 days after the contract date
Description
International Deep-Sea Mining (IDSM) for CM (Critical Minerals), minerals with high economic vulnerability and a high global supply risk, is an area of international interest with multiple state actors sponsoring exploratory studies in the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) of the mid Pacific. The tension between of resource security and environmental protection is a key issue for Defra. We are keen to understand, in detail, the potential for the UK need to be met through resource efficiency, rather than primary extraction from the seabed.
About the supplier
University of Exeter LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company RC000653).