Official UK procurement notice
Funeral Services - Care Home Residents
Authority: Nottinghamshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNottinghamshire County Council sought a suitably experienced organisation to deliver Funeral Services across Nottinghamshire (excluding Nottingham City). The Council has a statutory duty to undertake the cremation or burial of people who die whilst living in residential and nursing care accommodation and who have no-one willing or able to make funeral arrangements for them.
It is estimated that the contract will involve the provision of approximately thirty funerals per year.
The contract is awarded for an initial period of three years. There is an option to extend for up to a further two years in twelve month increments.
CPV: Funeral and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Council has a statutory duty to undertake the cremation or burial of people who…Awarded
The Council has a statutory duty to undertake the cremation or burial of people who die whilst living in residential and nursing care accommodation and who have no-one willing or able to make funeral arrangements for them.
It is estimated that the contract will involve the provision of approximately thirty funerals per year.
The contract is awarded for an initial period of three years. There is an option to extend for up to a further two years in twelve month increments.
The Service Provider is required to:
- Work to the National Association of Funeral Directors Code of Practice
- Arrange for the removal of the deceased person from the residential home to the funeral home
- Ensure cremations and burials take place within a maximum of two weeks from the date of death
- Arrange a funeral at a crematorium or cemetery that is closest to the residential accommodation in which the person died
- Provide a hearse
- Provide adequate bearers
- Be responsible for the dressing and coffining of the body
- Provide a fabric shroud
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: 30
- Price: 70
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Jan 2021, 09:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Jan 2021, 09:03 GMT
- Authority reference
DN467653- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-001027- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028b59Find a Tender
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.W. Lymn The Family Funeral Service Limited | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 001027-2021-1 · A.W. Lymn The Family Funeral Service Limited
- Signed
- 21 Dec 2020
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Council has a statutory duty to undertake the cremation or burial of people who… | 4bids | — | — | £499 – £450,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £499 – £450,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- A.W. Lymn the Family Funeral Service LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.