Published date: 19 January 2021

Last edited date: 19 January 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 26 October 2020, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Funeral and related services - 98370000

Location of contract

NG7 2RN

Value of contract

£100,000 to £250,000

Procurement reference

PROC DL ITT/1321 Funeral Services - AWARD

Published date

19 January 2021

Closing date

26 October 2020

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

1 January 2021

Contract end date

31 December 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University of Nottingham is seeking to appoint a provider of Funeral Services for bodies bequeathed for the purpose of teaching of anatomy to student and trainee doctors.

The School of Life Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham is responsible for the teaching of anatomy to our student and trainee Doctors. The School use bequeathed cadavers in the teaching of medicine and is a strong advocate of the principle that working with real human bodies provides the best teaching experience for our students.

This tender invites expressions of interest in the main aspects of the service that we wish to purchase for the suitably dignified and reverential disposal of cadavers:

Collection of bequeathed bodies and their delivery to the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC), collection, transportation and delivery of prosected body parts between QMC and the School of Medicine, Royal Derby Hospital and the provision of suitably prepared coffins, transportation from QMC to a place of rest and management of the associated arrangements.

Award information

Awarded date

16 December 2020

Contract start date

1 January 2021

Contract end date

31 December 2023

Total value of contract

£318,412

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Nottinghamshire Funeral Service

Address

11a Bexon Court, Foxhill Road East, Carlton, Nottingham, United Kingdom, NG4 1SQ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Daniel Lang

Address

Lenton Lane
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG7 2RN
United Kingdom

Telephone

01157484820

Email

daniel.lang@nottingham.ac.uk