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# Funeral Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/funeral-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06ea6b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Nottingham: "Funeral Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £250,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: nottingham.ac.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Nottingham](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-nottingham-urn-133856)
- **Published Value:** £250,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 21 September 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Funeral services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/funeral-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06ea6b#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06ea6b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/funeral-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06ea6b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [nottingham.ac.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnottingham.ac.uk%2Funicore)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/funeral-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06ea6b#participate

## Description
The 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 98371000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £250,000

- **Contract Period:** 05/01/2027 to 04/01/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F080306-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-24T11:33:51.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T20:48:27.263Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06ea6b