Funeral Services

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  "date": "2026-08-24T12:33:51+01:00",
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    "id": "GB-COH-RC000664",
    "name": "UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE)"
  },
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    "id": "2752 ITTO ES",
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        "value": {
          "amount": 250000,
          "currency": "GBP",
          "amountGross": 300000
        },
        "status": "active",
        "renewal": {
          "description": "Initial term of 3 years, with possible extensions for a further 1 + 1 year(s)."
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          "startDate": "2027-01-05T00:00:00Z",
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        }
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            "country": "GB",
            "countryName": "United Kingdom"
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            "id": "98371000",
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "description": "Funeral services"
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    ],
    "title": "Funeral Services",
    "value": {
      "amount": 250000,
      "currency": "GBP",
      "amountGross": 300000
    },
    "status": "active",
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      {
        "id": "conflictOfInterest",
        "description": "Not published",
        "documentType": "conflictOfInterest"
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      {
        "id": "080306-2026",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080306-2026",
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        "noticeType": "UK4",
        "description": "Tender notice on Find a Tender",
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        "datePublished": "2026-08-24T12:33:51+01:00"
      }
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    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "2023/54",
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    "awardPeriod": {
      "endDate": "2026-10-30T23:59:59Z"
    },
    "description": "The University requests tenders from sufficiently experienced and qualified suppliers to establish a contract for the provision of Funeral Services. \nThe 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. \nTo ensure the donor remains are handled and disposed of in a dignified, respectful and reverential manner, the Supplier shall be required to: \n - 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. \n- 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.",
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      "endDate": "2026-09-21T12:00:00+01:00"
    },
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      "endDate": "2026-09-09T17:00:00+01:00"
    },
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    "procurementMethod": "open",
    "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
    "submissionMethodDetails": "How to apply:\nFirstly, sign in at https://nottingham.ac.uk/unicore or create an account at https://fa-evyf-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/fscmUI/redwood/supplier-registration/register-supplier/register-supplier-verification?id=agCZIjzUAOPvjBpnNHwvUcj67xZ36GoH9hWzHXo24sd8wyqd1xY8ouMHLQ==\nWhen inside your organisations account login:\n- To view Active Negotiations - Scroll to the 'Supplier Portal' menu option and click the 'Supplier Portal' tile.\n- Click on 'View Active Negotiations' link, under the Tasks panel.\n- 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).\n- 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'.\n- The Search Results will display accordingly.\n- Select the Negotiation number hyperlink (N0000203).\nAdditional guidance can be found at: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/fabs/procurement/supplier-zone/supplier-zone.aspx\nThe 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. \nAdvertisement 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). \nThe University reserves its rights in full to adapt or step outside the procedures in the procurement legislation as the University considers necessary.",
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      "name": "UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE)",
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        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "Nottingham",
        "postalCode": "NG7 2RD",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "University Park"
      },
      "details": {
        "url": "https://www.nottingham.ac.uk",
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        "email": "procurement@nottingham.ac.uk"
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