# Contract Title\* Tackling drug misuse in prisons: health economics analysis of drug testing and wastewater-based surveillance

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Ministry of Justice](/buyers/ministry-of-justice/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [UCL Consultants Ltd](/contract-winners/ucl-consultants/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £20,625
- Tender value: £20,625
- Award date: 28 March 2023
- Published: 13 April 2023
- Contract start: 15 March 2023
- Contract end: 1 May 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 96ce3bdb-8d4b-47ed-a512-e2e000419f30-634665
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3ba0c444-b413-462d-b0e1-2274fa12c9e1

## Description

Research Services to conduct a health economics analysis of random mandatory drug testing \(rMDT\) and wastewater based surveillance \(WBS\), to develop a decision model to evaluate the potential costs and consequences of WBS compared to rMDT over time\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/96ce3bdb-8d4b-47ed-a512-e2e000419f30-634665)