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ClosedFind a Tender · tender
BuyerSandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
StatusClosed
Deadline18 Feb 2022
Value£500,000
Published18 Jan 2022

What is being bought

Sandwell as the relevant authority for the Black Country Coroners Service provides services relating to the transportation of bodies on behalf of the Coroner.In addition, Sandwell MBC recognises the profound impact bereavement has on families and the importance of the funeral as part of a healthy grieving process.The tender is offered as five Lots as detailed below and suppliers may bid for all or individual Lots:Lot 1 – Coroners Transportation – Sandwell Lot 2 – Coroners Transportation – Dudley Lot 3 – Coroners Transportation – Walsall Lot 4 – Coroners Transportation - WolverhamptonLot 5 - Sandwell Funeral Services The contract period for all Lots will be from 1 May 2022 to 30 April 2026.Submission deadline is 18 February 2022 at 15:00 hours and must be made via https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc

Delivery location

UKG37 · UKG36 · UKG38 · UKG39 · UKG37

Categories

Funeral and related services 98370000Funeral services 98371000Funeral and related services 98370000

Lot details

Lot 1 - Coroners Transportation – Sandwell

Sandwell’s Registration Services, as the relevant authority for the Black Country Coroners Service, undertake to arrange the movement of bodies. The Black Country Jurisdiction covers Sandwell, Walsall, Dudley and Wolverhampton and this Lot will provide transportation for Sandwell.Transportation is normally from the place of death to a hospital mortuary or other facility on the direction of the Police or Coroners Officer.

Statusactive

Lot 2 - Coroners Transportation – Dudley

Sandwell’s Registration Services, as the relevant authority for the Black Country Coroners Service, undertake to arrange the movement of bodies. The Black Country Jurisdiction covers Sandwell, Walsall, Dudley and Wolverhampton and this Lot will provide transportation for Dudley.Transportation is normally from the place of death to a hospital mortuary or other facility on the direction of the Police or Coroners Officer.

Statusactive

Lot 3 - Coroners Transportation – Walsall

Sandwell’s Registration Services, as the relevant authority for the Black Country Coroners Service, undertake to arrange the movement of bodies. The Black Country Jurisdiction covers Sandwell, Walsall, Dudley and Wolverhampton and this Lot will provide transportation for Walsall.Transportation is normally from the place of death to a hospital mortuary or other facility on the direction of the Police or Coroners Officer.

Statusactive

Lot 4 - Coroners Transportation – Wolverhampton

Sandwell’s Registration Services, as the relevant authority for the Black Country Coroners Service, undertake to arrange the movement of bodies. The Black Country Jurisdiction covers Sandwell, Walsall, Dudley and Wolverhampton and this Lot will provide transportation for Wolverhampton.Transportation is normally from the place of death to a hospital mortuary or other facility on the direction of the Police or Coroners Officer.

Statusactive

Lot 5 – Sandwell Funeral Services

Sandwell MBC, through its Registration Services, arrange and manage funerals of individuals who die with either no next of kin, or where family members of the deceased do not wish to or are unable to undertake funeral arrangements.This can apply to any person who dies in private or council owned property, nursing homes and hospitals in Sandwell. The funeral will be dignified, reflecting religious and cultural beliefs or any reasonable wishes of the deceased if these were known, ensuring the values are maintained of a caring public service. In addition, the Council through its Registration Services also makes funeral arrangements on behalf of families requiring a "low cost funeral". This Lot Includes Public Health Funerals and Sandwell’s "low cost" funeral service.

Statusactive

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Funeral and related services, Funeral servicesNot published
2Funeral and related services, Funeral servicesNot published
3Funeral and related services, Funeral servicesNot published
4Funeral and related services, Funeral servicesNot published
5Funeral and related services, Funeral servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 98. The category anchor is Funeral and related services (98370000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 984,2323 median · 49.9 average (1,583 of 4,232 with a bid count)3.5 average (1,773 of 4,232 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKG37204 median · 189.2 average (17 of 20 with a bid count)4 average (18 of 20 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)3482.5 median · 4 average (6 of 348 with a bid count)1 average (6 of 348 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementYes
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriasuitability
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

  • economicSelectionCriteria
  • technicalSelectionCriteria

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-030c5d
Latest release ID001476-2022
Latest release timestampTue Jan 18 2022 14:30:10 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2022-02-18T15:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: start2022-02-18T15:00:00Z
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£500,000
Tender lots in source5
Tender items in source5
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
18 Jan 2022tender001476-2022

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
18 Jan 2022 · 001476-2022 · tender
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