# Provision of Schools Wastewater Testing Trial

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department of Health and Social Care](/buyers/department-of-health-and-social-care/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Middlesex University - Higher Education Corporation
- Award value: £2,349,991
- Tender value: £2,349,991
- Award date: 30 September 2020
- Published: 20 November 2020
- Contract start: 1 October 2020
- Contract end: 31 March 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: a735e6a3-9775-46f0-84f0-5a59463e7b96-394965
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d701a86e-6b9e-40f0-bea6-bcbb94a99388

## Description

DHSC is aiming to develop a school-level WBE surveillance system for SARS-CoV-2 detection in schools in England and triangulate data with GP consultations and hospitalisations records as part of a wider COVID-19 wastewater programme\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a735e6a3-9775-46f0-84f0-5a59463e7b96-394965)