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Published 17 Sept 2026, 14:51 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure

ESCC - MA - Coroner Removals Service

Official notice
Authority:East Sussex County Council(Local Council)
services
Open procedure
Above threshold
{"lightTouch"}
SME suitable
Published estimate
£600,000
≈ £199,818 / year
Submission deadline
20 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST
32d 19h leftTypical competition: ~3.5 bidsThis authority · all categories · 24 months · n=80 bid reports
Clarification Cut-Off
6 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
Tender enquiry deadline · 1 lot
Contract duration
3 yrs (with extension options)
Starts 1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: East Sussex County Council: "ESCC - MA - Coroner Removals Service". Published status: active. Published value: £600,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST. Published submission portal: supplierlive.proactisp2p.com.

Official Requirement Description:

East Sussex County Council (The Council) invites bids from suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver Coroner Removals Services. Services are for the removal of bodies in the County of East Sussex where a death has been referred to H.M. Coroner within the East Sussex Coroner Area. Contractor's attendants must have an up-to-date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check conducted and approved. The contract will be for Three (3) years with option to extend for up to twenty-four (24) months. As this is a demand led service the Council is unable to give any assurances as to the number of occasions and the time of day on which the services of the Contractor will be required. The Council therefore expects the Contractor to have sufficient operational resources to provide cover within the timescales for the area(s) for which they have responsibility, 24 hours a day, 365 days per year.

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot #1
    Lot 1
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£600,000
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period:
    1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    Turnover benchmark:
    ~£399,635/yr
    Options / extension:
    Possible extension(s) of up to 24 months will be included in the contract.
    Pre-Qualification & Selection Criteria (PQQ)
    • Economic & Financial
      Must already have or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement of the contract, the minimum levels of insurance cover of Employers Liability insurance £10,000,000, Public Liability insurance £10,000,000
    • Economic & Financial
      Must already have or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement of the contract, the minimum levels of insurance cover of Employers Liability insurance £10,000,000, Public Liability insurance £10,000,000

Published award criteria & contract terms

From this notice
Only criteria and terms published on this notice. Conditions of participation in the tender pack are not inferred.
Evaluation weighting
Quality: 120
Price: 80
Published as relative weights, not percentage points.
Published sub-criteria
  • Quality — 60
  • Quality — 60
  • Price — 40
  • Price — 40
Published terms
Contract duration3 yrs (with extension options)
Selection criteria are also published on 1 lot — see the lot list above.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How East Sussex County Council buys Funeral and related services (CPV 9837) — and who usually turns up

East Sussex County Council’s own published record, next to the South East England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →

1

How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

East Sussex County Council

contract notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 9837 · 5 in division 98 · 114 in all categories (64 direct)

Bids per lot2all categories · 36m · n=46 lots
Single-bid lots30%all categories · 36m · n=46 lots
Award vs estimateat estimateall categories · 36m · n=18 pairs
Deadline → award65dall categories · 36m · n=12 notices
Notice updates0all categories · 24m · n=166 notices
Awarded without competition0%division 98 · 36m · n=5 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=46
  • 1 bid 30%
  • 2–3 39%
  • 4–6 22%
  • 7+ 9%

Median 2 · 46 lots on 28 contested notices · all categories.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=18
  • Below estimate 28%
  • Within ±2% 56%
  • Above estimate 17%

18 lot pairs · all categories.

The market · delivery region

South East England · Funeral and related services (CPV 9837)

contract notices delivered in South East England in 36 months: 13 in CPV 9837 (12 contested) · 251 in division 98 (221 contested)

Bids per lot2CPV 9837 · 36m · n=5 lots
Single-bid lots20%CPV 9837 · 36m · n=5 lots
Award vs estimateat estimatedivision 98 · 36m · n=48 pairs
Deadline → award35dCPV 9837 · 36m · n=4 notices
SME bidders70%division 98 · 36m · n=31 lots
Winners based in the region80%CPV 9837 · 36m · n=5 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=5
  • 1 bid 20%
  • 2–3 80%
  • 4–6 0%
  • 7+ 0%

Median 2 · 5 lots on 5 contested notices · CPV 9837.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=48
  • Below estimate 38%
  • Within ±2% 40%
  • Above estimate 23%

48 lot pairs · division 98.

robust · n=18 Awards in East Sussex County Council (all categories, n=18 pairs) land a median at estimate: on this notice’s £600,000 that is about £600,000. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

Procedure methodOpen procedureLegal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54
Procurement Act 2023
Procurement categoryservices
Notice statusOpen for tenderProcurement threshold
Above threshold
(FTS publication)
Regulatory regime{"lightTouch"}
Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
Recurring procurementYes · Anticipated re-tenderFirst published17 Sept 2026, 14:51 BSTLast source update17 Sept 2026, 14:51 BST
Award evaluation windowSubmission end — 7 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMTClassification (CPV)Funeral and related services, Health and social work services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ22)
Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-07749c

How to participate & submission route

Official notice
Submit via ProContract (Due North)
Authorized E-Sourcing Portal
Supplier login required
Online submission allowed
Language: EN
Open official portal workspace ↗
Access & Registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Expression of interest (EOI)—Tender submission deadline
20 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST
Clarification deadline
6 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
Submission channelOfficial e-sourcing portalElectronic submissionAllowedAccepted languagesen
Participation feeFree of charge (Open access)
Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
From official release
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    17 Sept 2026, 14:51 BST
  2. Clarification deadline
    6 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    20 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Awards (0)No award published
Contracts (0)No contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 lines · 1 source events
  1. Official notice release published
    17 Sept 2026, 14:51 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Sussex County Council

Contracting authority
Local Council
GB-PPON-PXGX-2145-PRQJ
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Official Documents & Specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

  • Tender notice on Find a Tender

    tender
    Tender notice
    17 Sept 2026, 14:51 BST

  • Conflict of interest declaration

    tender
    Conflict of interest declaration
    Notice declares: Not published