Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Drinking Water Inspectorate’s contract reference 298893/1045616, which research organisation has been awarded the contract; what the contract’s agreed value is; and when the resulting study is due to be submitted to the Inspectorate.

The Invitation to Tender closed on 17 March 2022 and is currently being evaluated by the technical evaluators. We received six bids and the consensus meeting is due to take place on 28 March 2022. As usual, any resulting contract will be redacted/published in Contracts Finder in due course, within the permissible 30 day period.