Official UK procurement notice
Digital Autopsy Service · UK public procurement notice
Authority: City of Doncaster Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe City of Doncaster Council ( “the council”) invites tenders to deliver an effective, efficient, safe and secure digital autopsy service (“the Service”) to the Senior Coroner for South Yorkshire (East District) (“the coroner”) to cover the areas of Doncaster and Rotherham.
It is anticipated that the contract will commence on 1st May 2025 and run for a period of 3 years until 30th April 2028. There is also an option to extend the contract by a further 12 months at the sole discretion of the council.
- Recurrence: On expiry of the contract term including any exercised extensions
CPV: Medical imaging services · Medical specialist services · Pathology services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,480,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 50
- Price: 50
- Suitability
As stated in the procurement documents.
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · On expiry of the contract term including any exercised extensions
- First published
- 8 Jan 2025, 16:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Mar 2025, 10:19 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Feb 2025 – …
- Authority reference
92970- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011693- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ce59Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As stated in the procurement documents.
- Review procedure
The Council will incorporate a minimum of 10 calendar day stand still period at the point when the information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. If an a appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI20105/102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales, Northern Ireland).
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 7 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
7 Feb 2025 → 28 Mar 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline7 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened7 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published28 Mar 2025, 10:19 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete28 Mar 2025, 10:19 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Visualisation Technologies Limited T/A Digital Autopsy UKSME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Digital Autopsy Service · Advanced Visualisation Technologies Limited T/A Digital Autopsy UKSME
- Signed
- 27 Mar 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | £1,918,120 – £2,256,544 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Rotherham Metropolitan Borough CouncilContracting authority
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria