Official UK procurement notice
Funeral Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: University of Nottingham (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University requests tenders from sufficiently experienced and qualified suppliers to establish a contract for the provision of Funeral Services.
The School of Life Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences is responsible for the teaching of anatomy to undergraduate and post-graduate students across several medical related specialties, including trainee doctors and surgeons. The school strongly advocates the principle that working with real human bodies provides the best teaching experience for students within the University.
To ensure the donor remains are handled and disposed of in a dignified, respectful and reverential manner, the Supplier shall be required to:
- collect donor bodies and deliver to the Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre (QMC). Services to include the provision of suitably prepared coffins, transportation from QMC to a place of rest and management of the associated arrangements.
- respect the wishes of the deceased and their families. The University considers it to be a privilege to have access to bequeathed bodies and so treatment of donors must reflect the highest standards of care, the Supplier shall work with the University to deliver this promise to the donors, their families and the University students at all times.
CPV: Funeral services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£250,000
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
- Price
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 24 Aug 2026, 12:33 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Aug 2026, 12:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
2752 ITTO ES- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-080306- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ea6bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
How to apply:
Firstly, sign in at nottingham.ac.uk/unicore ↗ or create an account at fa-evyf-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/fscmUI/redwood/suppl… ↗
When inside your organisations account login:
- To view Active Negotiations - Scroll to the 'Supplier Portal' menu option and click the 'Supplier Portal' tile.
- Click on 'View Active Negotiations' link, under the Tasks panel.
- Use the search fields to find the relevant Negotiation, then click 'Search' (** a value must be provided for at least one of the indicated fields).
- To search for Active Negotiations where you have not received a direct invitation (i.e. an 'Open' opportunity), select 'No' under the 'Invitation Received' search field, then click 'Search'.
- The Search Results will display accordingly.
- Select the Negotiation number hyperlink (N0000203).
Additional guidance can be found at: www.nottingham.ac.uk/fabs/procurement/sup… ↗
The University of Nottingham ("the University") is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Procurement Act 2023 (as amended) and its procurement activities are not subject to the Procurement Act 2023.
Advertisement of any contract in the 'Find a Tender' or 'Contracts Finder' is at the sole discretion of the University and is undertaken on a voluntary basis with no obligation to comply with the Procurement Act 2023 (as amended).
The University reserves its rights in full to adapt or step outside the procedures in the procurement legislation as the University considers necessary.
Timeline
24 Aug 2026 → 5 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published61 days ago24 Aug 2026, 12:33 BST
- Clarification questions by45 days ago9 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline33 days ago21 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 6 days30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 72 days5 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published24 Aug 2026, 12:33 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender