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Published 16 Jan 2025, 13:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Funeral Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Newcastle City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: North East (UKC2)
Framework ceiling (notional)£0framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 20 Feb 2025awarded 30 Jun 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Newcastle City Council has undertaken a procurement process to appoint a single contractor for the provision of funeral services.

The service framework contract is for a 24 month period with two options to extend for 12 months.

The council has a statutory duty to provide the arrangement and conducting of municipal funerals for those residents who are unable to meet the expenses themselves. In 2024 the council carried out a total of 33 contract funerals.

The total estimated value of expenditure over the 4-year period is £169,000, based on average expenditure of £42,665 per annum. This service is based upon needs of the community.

CPV: Funeral services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 1 suppliers · 2 bids received (2.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Newcastle City Council has undertaken a procurement process to appoint a single…AwardedRenewalPublished value£0

Newcastle City Council has undertaken a procurement process to appoint a single contractor for the provision of funeral services. The service framework contract is for a 24 month period with two options to extend for 12 months.

Delivery: North East
Extensions: 2 x 12 months options to extendVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Specification: 40%
  • price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Specification: 40
  • Price: 60
What this means for your bid
  • 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.
  • “Funeral Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, 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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
16 Jan 2025, 13:45 GMT
Last source update
2 Jul 2025, 11:53 BST
Award evaluation window
20 Feb 2025 – …
Authority reference
008719
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036721
Classification (CPV)
Funeral services
Delivery area
North East (UKC2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d094 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: OPEN-UK
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Appointment period ends
20 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
20 Feb 2025, 13:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.open-uk.org ↗

Timeline

20 Feb 2025 → 2 Jul 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    20 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    20 Feb 2025, 13:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    2 Jul 2025, 11:53 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Jul 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    2 Jul 2025, 11:53 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    2 Jul 2025, 11:53 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Jun 2025

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Funeral Services

    Signed
    30 Jun 2025
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Newcastle City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Civic Centre, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East, NE18QHContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of JusticeReview body London
  • N/AReview body N/A

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.