Collection of information

4  We collected information from the following sources:

■  a review of the Agency's papers, bidders' submissions and of the legal agreements underpinning the deal;

■  interviews with Agency senior management, officials and advisers, on how they handled the negotiation of the deal;

■  interviews with companies that had initially shown interest in the project but subsequently withdrew from the process; and

■  interviews with the two companies that submitted bids.