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# Consumer confidence in drinking water

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/consumer-confidence-in-drinking-water-ocds-h6vhtk-05a9cf). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS: "Consumer confidence in drinking water". Published status: complete. Published Value: £0. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 3 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: defra-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs-gov-d7)
- **Published Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 3 November 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKI
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £51,675 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/consumer-confidence-in-drinking-water-ocds-h6vhtk-05a9cf#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05a9cf`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/consumer-confidence-in-drinking-water-ocds-h6vhtk-05a9cf#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [defra-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdefra-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/consumer-confidence-in-drinking-water-ocds-h6vhtk-05a9cf#participate

## Description
Research aims
One of DWI’s core objectives is to protect and promote public confidence in the quality and safety of drinking water. Recent political, media and environmental pressures have highlighted the need for a robust evidence base to better understand what drives public perception in this space and what DWI’s role should be in communicating risk and assurance.
This research will investigate the factors influencing consumer confidence in drinking water in England and Wales, and how DWI’s communications strategy might evolve to effectively support its statutory and non-statutory responsibilities. It will help answer questions such as:
• What are the public’s current views on drinking water quality?
• What drives or reduces trust in drinking water specifically, independent of broader industry issues?
• What role can or should DWI play in informing, reassuring and correcting public narratives?
Background
Surveys by Ofwat and

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73200000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £0

- **Contract Period:** 17/11/2025 to 11/11/2026

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Consumer confidence in drinking water (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **ICF Consulting Services Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-167747`
  - Value: £51,675 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 26/11/2025

- **Award:** 2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **ICF Consulting Services Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-167747`
  - Value: £51,675 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Consumer confidence in drinking water (active)
  - Signed Value: £51,675
  - Signed Date: 10/12/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F062983-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-11T12:08:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T22:25:56.147Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05a9cf