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Caring for the mass deceased

Buyer: Gloucestershire County Council →

BuyerGloucestershire County Council
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published30 Jul 2026

What is being bought

The council is undertaking this pre-market engagement (PME) exercise to develop a clearer understanding of market capability, capacity and associated limitations in supporting excess death management and mass fatality response scenarios

Delivery location

UKK13, GB

Categories

Funeral and related services 98370000

Lot details

Lot LOT-0001

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2027 to 31 Dec 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
LOT-0001Funeral and related servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 98. The category anchor is Funeral and related services (98370000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 981,6273 median · 85.8 average (415 of 1,627 with a bid count)4 average (454 of 1,627 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer3Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKK1393 median · 3 average (1 of 9 with a bid count)1 average (3 of 9 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) is inviting suppliers to complete a market engagement questionnaire to help inform future service provision. The questionnaire is available via GCC's e-sourcing system, SAP Ariba. To access and submit your response, you will need to be registered on SAP Ariba. Registering on SAP Ariba will also enable you to: Access any updates relating to this market engagement exercise You can request an invitation to access the market engagement by contacting: commercial.services@gloucestershire.gov.uk Please indicate in your email request if you already have access to the SAP Ariba Business Networkengagement16 Sept 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06c870
Latest release ID072028-2026
Latest release timestampThu Jul 30 2026 09:06:53 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
30 Jul 2026planningUpdate072028-2026
20 Jul 2026planningUpdate068177-2026
10 Jul 2026planning065123-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
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10 Jul 2026 · 065123-2026 · planning
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