Published date: 3 January 2024
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Contract summary
Industry
Funeral and related services - 98370000
Location of contract
England
Value of contract
£9,000,000
Procurement reference
ECC001-DN698212-90307507
Published date
3 January 2024
Closing date
2 February 2024
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 April 2024
Contract end date
31 March 2026
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The Council is responsible for providing the Coroner Service for the Essex Coroner Area which includes the administrative areas of Essex County Council and the two unitary authorities (Thurrock Council and Southend City Council).
The H.M. Coroner has a duty to investigate the death where the Coroner has reason to suspect that
(i) the deceased died a violent or unnatural death;
(ii) the cause of death is unknown; or
(iii) the deceased died while in custody or otherwise in state detention.
Where such a death occurs in the community, the H.M. Coroner may order the body to be removed to any suitable Storage Location. In the majority of cases the Storage Location will be a Hospital Mortuary or Funeral Director, however other Storage Locations will also be used as required to meet demand.
In the majority of cases a Police Officer will instruct the Contractor to collect and remove the body, however on occasions this instruction may also be received from H.M. Coroner or a Coroner's Officer.
This procurement is seeking suppliers to deliver body removal and body storage solutions. This specification sets out the requirements for both using the following lots :-
PL0061 BODY REMOVAL & STORAGE - Lot 1 Area 1
PL0061 BODY REMOVAL & STORAGE - Lot 1 Area 2
PL0061 BODY REMOVAL & STORAGE - Lot 1 Area 3
PL0061 BODY REMOVAL & STORAGE - Lot 1 Area 4
PL0061 BODY REMOVAL & STORAGE - Lot 1 Area 5
PL0061 BODY REMOVAL & STORAGE - Lot 1 Area 6
PL0061 BODY STORAGE - Lot 2 Area 1
PL0061 BODY STORAGE - Lot 2 Area 2
PL0061 BODY STORAGE - Lot 2 Area 3
PL0061 BODY STORAGE - Lot 2 Area 4
PL0061 BODY STORAGE - Lot 2 Area 5
PL0061 BODY STORAGE - Lot 2 Area 6
This contract is being procured for the initial period from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2026. The Authority may at its sole discretion extend the Contract Term by such period as it may specify in written notice given not less than 3 months' prior to the expiry of the Contract Term (as extended from time to time) and may do so on as many occasions as it shall think fit provided that such extensions shall not exceed 36 months in total.
All the requirements under this contract will be required to be delivered 24 hours per day, 7 days a week for 52 weeks of the year.
About the buyer
Contact name
Nicholas Blackall
Address
County Hall
Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
England
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