Official UK procurement notice
Framework Agreement for Provision of Body Conveying
Authority: Northumberland County Council (Local council)
Re-procurement plannedFramework Agreement for The Provision of Small Works and Labour · tender expected
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNorthumberland County Council have awarded a Framework Agreement of suitable providers to carry out the provision of body conveying. When a death occurs, and it is reportable to HM Coroner, there is a requirement to arrange for the deceased to be conveyed from the place of death to an appropriate mortuary facility, or other such location as authorised by HM Coroner or their representative, pending a post-mortem examination.
The Framework Agreement has been awarded in the following lots in order to cover certain areas of Northumberland:
Framework Lots:
Lot 3 – West Northumberland
Lot 4 – South East Northumberland
CPV: Cadaver transport and storage equipment and supplies · Metal · Other community, social and personal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 3 bids on the busiest of 2 lots · 2 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1West NorthumberlandAwarded
The services are required for the area of West Northumberland.
Northumberland County Council have awarded a Framework Agreement of suitable providers to carry out the provision of body conveying. When a death occurs, and it is reportable to HM Coroner, there is a requirement to arrange for the deceased to be conveyed from the place of death to an appropriate mortuary facility, or other such location as authorised by HM Coroner or their representative, pending a post-mortem examination.
Lot #2South East NorthumberlandAwarded
The services are required for the area of South East Northumberland.
Northumberland County Council have awarded a Framework Agreement of suitable providers to carry out the provision of body conveying. When a death occurs, and it is reportable to HM Coroner, there is a requirement to arrange for the deceased to be conveyed from the place of death to an appropriate mortuary facility, or other such location as authorised by HM Coroner or their representative, pending a post-mortem examination.
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 sub-criteria (8)
- Process And Procedures for Delivering Service: 10%
- Effective Staff Management Procedures: 5%
- Appropriate Vehicle Fleet and Maintenance: 5%
- Attendance within Timescales: 5%
- Appropriate Recording and Reporting of Information: 5%
- Robust Complaints Procedure: 5%
- Sensitivity toward ethical and religious beliefs: 5%
- price: 60%
Published award criteria (8)
- Process And Procedures for Delivering Service: 10%
- Effective Staff Management Procedures: 5%
- Appropriate Vehicle Fleet and Maintenance: 5%
- Attendance within Timescales: 5%
- Appropriate Recording and Reporting of Information: 5%
- Robust Complaints Procedure: 5%
- Sensitivity toward ethical and religious beliefs: 5%
- Price: 60%
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Framework Agreement for Provision of Body Conveying” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Jul 2021, 14:27 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Jul 2021, 14:27 BST
- Authority reference
DN439744- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-015376- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02c383Find a Tender
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £80,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
West Northumberland
- Signed
- 30 Jan 2020
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
South East Northumberlnd
- Signed
- 30 Jan 2020
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · West Northumberland | 3bids · 3 electronic | 3 | — | — |
| 2 · South East Northumberland | 3bids · 3 electronic | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Northumberland County Council - Shared Procurement ServiceReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- All Seasons Funeral Directors LimitedFramework contractor
- Go As You Please Funerals LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.