# GB-Swindon: UKRI-2524 Desk-based study on the potential for critical minerals\_CIMC

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK Research & Innovation](/buyers/uk-research-innovation/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [National Oceanography Centre Innovations Limited](/contract-winners/national-oceanography-centre-innovations/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £93,556
- Tender value: £93,556
- Award date: 6 November 2022
- Published: 11 November 2022
- Contract start: 7 November 2022
- Contract end: 31 March 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: b96cde35-02f5-422c-9a8e-b3beb4aafe7d-589366
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f165cfc8-c0bd-4dc8-bbdc-35783b09375e

## Description

The requirement is for a desk-based assessment of the potential for critical mineral resource within the maritime space of the United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone and Extended Continental Shelf Claim Areas, hereafter referred to as the United Kingdom Continental Shelf \(UKCS\)\. It is being commissioned by the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre \(CMIC\), led by the British Geological Survey \(BGS\), on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy \(BEIS\)\. Additional information: The Contract was awarded following a negotiated procedure without prior publication, in accordance with Regulation 32\(2\)\(b\)\(ii\) of the Public Contract Regulations\. Procurement Contract Transparency Data: Redacted contract documents will be made available within the next 30 days on the UKRI website at: https://www\.ukri\.org/about-us/procurement-contract-transparency-data TKR-2022111-PRO-21322425

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b96cde35-02f5-422c-9a8e-b3beb4aafe7d-589366)