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Coroner Service – Body Storage, Mortuary Provision, Histology & Toxicology

Health and social work services
South East (UKJ13)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Buckinghamshire Council: "Coroner Service – Body Storage, Mortuary Provision, Histology & Toxicology". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBuckinghamshire CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Buckinghamshire Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Buckinghamshire Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
2.2Bids / Report
33.3% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 6 active published awards; 6 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBuckinghamshire Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published8 Apr 2021, 16:06 BST
Last source update8 Apr 2021, 16:06 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationHealth and social work services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ13)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02a3eb
What is being bought
Buckinghamshire Council is seeking to place two contracts – one for the body storage, mortuary provision and histology (Lot 1), and one for toxicology (Lot 2). The contracts will commence on site on 1st April 2021 and end on the 31st March 2026.The contracts may be extended by one further 2 year period, and then one further 1 year period. The Buckinghamshire Coroner jurisdiction covers the territorial county of Buckinghamshire, excluding Milton Keynes. The coronial jurisdiction contains major transport links consisting of motorways, A-roads, underground and mainline railways, as well as an airport. It also has one healthcare trust, a mental health unit and two prisons. As with all Coroners, the Buckinghamshire Coroner works to the Coroners & Justice Act 2009. The current population of Buckinghamshire is 540,000 and with 13% growth anticipated by 2036. There is a well-established Medical Examiner Service in place at Stoke Mandeville Hospital which reviews all hospital deaths, and there is a statutory requirement for this to include all community deaths by April 2022. This Contract award notice is for Lot 2 only. Lot 1 has not yet been awarded.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    8 Apr 2021, 16:06 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    8 Apr 2021, 16:06 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    8 Apr 2021, 16:06 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #2
    Toxicology Provision
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Lot 2 - The Service Provider will be required to analyse tissue and body fluids obtained during the post mortem examination for the detection of substances and assist the Coroner to investigate sudden and unexplained deaths within their area of remit, in accordance with the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    8 Apr 2021, 16:06 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 16 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · £242,338
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Toxicology Provision
£242,338 · signed 16 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 3 (lot 2)
electronicBids: 3 (lot 2)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 2)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 2)
smeBids: 1 (lot 2)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Buckinghamshire Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-5659
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  • Buckinghamshire Council
    buyer

    11th Floor, New County Offices, Walton Street, Aylesbury, UKJ13, HP20 1YU
    adrian.ratcliff@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
    +44 1296383337

  • Buckinghamshire Council
    reviewBody

    Walton Street, Aylesbury, HP20 1UA

  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    supplier

    8 Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, UKE32, S10 2SB
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