Official UK procurement notice
CP2023-20 Coroners Body Removal Contract
Authority: Devon County Council (Local council)
The Council is looking to procure Body Transfer services on behalf of HM Coroner. In the unfortunate case of a violent, sudden, or suspicious death it is the responsibility of the Coroner to remove bodies from the scene to a selected mortuary or body storage facility in order to complete the necessary investigation. Published lot titles: North Devon; Torridge; West Devon; Mid Devon; East Devon; Exeter.
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Council is looking to procure Body Transfer services on behalf of HM Coroner. In the unfortunate case of a violent, sudden, or suspicious death it is the responsibility of the Coroner to remove bodies from the scene to a selected mortuary or body storage facility in order to complete the necessary investigation.
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Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · all with a published value (£800,000 together) · win at most 6 of themApplies to lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
A maximum of three Providers will be promoted to each Lot. These Providers will be ranked according to highest overall final evaluation score. The highest scoring provider will be the Primary provider for that geographical Lot/Zone with the other successful providers within the Lot (Zone) being the alternative (according to rank) if the primary provider is unable to provide the service. The Lots are coterminous with the Zones. Each Lot aligns with a geographical zone across the Devon County Council Coroner’s jurisdiction. The deceased is to be collected as directed by the Police Control Room and the Coroner's office and transported to North Devon District Hospital and any other location as directed by the Coroner.
Lot #1North DevonPublished value£200,000
Lot #2TorridgePublished value£100,000
Lot #3West DevonPublished value£125,000
Lot #4Mid DevonPublished value£85,000
Lot #5East DevonPublished value£150,000
Lot #6ExeterPublished value£140,000
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 May 2021, 14:57 BST
- Last source update
- 27 May 2021, 14:57 BST
- Authority reference
CP2023-20- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-011854- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b5c0Find a Tender
Publisher note: The Council is looking to procure Body Transfer services on behalf of HM Coroner. In the unfortunate case of a violent, sudden, or suspicious death it is the responsibility of the Coroner to remove bodies from the scene to a selected mortuary or body storage facility in order to complete the necessary investigation. A A maximum of three Providers will be promoted to each Lot. These Providers will be ranked according to highest overall final evaluation score. The highest scoring provider will be the Primary provider for that geographical Lot/Zone with the other successful providers within the Lot (Zone) being the alternative (according to rank) if the primary provider is unable to provide the service. The Lots are coterminous with the Zones. Each Lot aligns with a geographical zone across the Devon County Council Coroner’s jurisdiction. The deceased is to be collected as directed by the Police Control Room and the Coroner's office and transported to North Devon District Hospital and any other location as directed by the Coroner. The expected value is £750,000. There will be a tenderer event held via Microsoft Teams on 10th June 2021 at 10am in relation to this tender. The event will be focussing on the Tender Process and will explain the ITT and the other documents as well as useful information to enable Tenderers to be ‘tender ready’. There will be an overview of the service requirement from commissioners of the service and there will be an opportunity to ask questions at the end of the event. Whilst every endeavour will be made to answer questions at this event, it may be necessary to respond at a later date. The presentations and questions and answers given will be made available via ProContract. To ensure that this event is of the most benefit, tendering organisations are encouraged to ensure that persons attending are the most appropriate i.e. persons who will be constructing and making decisions about any tender submitted. In order to book a place, please e-mail [email protected] for the meeting invite to be sent to you.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
27 May 2021 → 1 Sept 2021 · 3 dates- Notice published27 May 2021, 14:57 BST
- Submission deadline28 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2021, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.