# RDE684 Negating the necessity for International Deep Sea Mining

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs](/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [University of Exeter](/contract-winners/university-of-exeter/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £104,988
- Tender value: £104,988
- Award date: 27 January 2025
- Published: 11 March 2025
- Contract start: 12 December 2024
- Contract end: 31 August 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c60f070d-2511-4490-bea2-823f80618a66-833025
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-84f467c3-2101-4f25-b26e-5f5abb40e611

## 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\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c60f070d-2511-4490-bea2-823f80618a66-833025)