Published date: 25 June 2024
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Opportunity (published 25 June 2024, last edited 26 June 2024)
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Contract summary
Industry
Other community, social and personal services - 98000000
Location of contract
England
Value of contract
£4,000,000
Procurement reference
KENT001-DN716972-68319760
Published date
25 June 2024
Closing date
26 July 2024
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 January 2025
Contract end date
31 December 2028
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)
Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.
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
Coroners are independent judicial officers, appointed by the local authority within the coroner area. Local authorities have a legal obligation to support the work of Coroner's, to fund all the costs of the service and to provide the necessary resources to enable them to carry out their statutory obligations under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009. This includes the provision of appropriate contractual arrangements for the removal of the deceased. For the four Kent coroner areas of Mid Kent & Medway, North-West Kent, North-East Kent and Central & South-East Kent, KCC is the lead authority for the administrative areas of Kent and Medway. KCC is legally responsible for meeting all the costs of the coroner service. Medway Council meets its share of all the costs of the service and the basis for this arrangement is set out in a service level agreement.
Coroners investigate deaths that have been reported to them if they have reason to think that:
The death was violent or unnatural;
The cause of death is unknown; or
The deceased died while in prison, police custody or another type of state detention.
When a death is reported to the Coroner, he or she:
establishes whether an investigation is required;
if yes, investigates to establish the identity of the person who has died; how, when, and where they died, and any information to register the death;
and uses information discovered during the investigation to assist in the prevention of other deaths where possible.
Coroners Removals
The coroner may decide that a suitable practitioner (normally a pathologist) is required to examine the deceased and carry out a post-mortem examination to discover the cause of death. In this scenario, the deceased needs to be transported from where it is lying to a designated mortuary for further enquiries to be made (to hold a post-mortem if required). The movement of the deceased to the mortuary constitutes a "Coroners Removal".
In the cases where a post-mortem has been deemed necessary, the deceased needs to be transferred from the location of death to one of the designated post-mortem facilities below;
QEQM Hospital, Margate
William Harvey Hospital, Ashford
Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham
Tunbridge Wells Hospital, Pembury
Darenth Valley Ho
Bidder Briefing
The Council is offering a Bidder Briefing Session, to be held virtually via Microsoft Teams on Monday 1st July 2024 at 10am. The briefing will provide The purpose of this session is to explain the Selection Questionnaire (SQ) process, and support prospective suppliers to use our e-tendering system, the Kent Business Portal.
If you wish to join the briefing, please register at the following address: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/1f2ee65b-43c6-42dd-a379-148966892c2c@3253a20d-c735-4bfe-a8b7-3e6ab37f5f90
If you are unable to attend this session, a recording will be made available to all prospective tenderers following the session. Questions can also be raised via the Kent Business Portal.
More information
About the buyer
Contact name
Joseph Kay
Address
Invicta House
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 3000411394
Website
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