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Grave Digging Service (2026 – 2028)

Buyer: Tewkesbury Borough Council →

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BuyerTewkesbury Borough Council
StatusClosed
Deadline17 Nov 2025
Value£60,000
Published27 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Tewkesbury Borough Council is a rural district authority located in the northern part of Gloucestershire and is responsible for the management and maintenance of two public Cemeteries: • Bishops Cleeve Cemetery, Kayte Lane, Bishops Cleeve • Tewkesbury Cemetery, Gloucester Road, Tewkesbury These Cemeteries are always open to the public and serve a wide and diverse community both locally and from further afield. This service is typically arranged through funeral directors and includes: • Mechanical and manual excavation of graves • Interment of ashes • Preparation of the graveside • Backfilling after burial or interment This procurement seeks a reliable and professional Contractor to deliver grave digging services in accordance with the Employer’s standards and sensitivity to the nature of the work. The Contract is expected to start on 1st January 2026 and run until 31st March 2028, with the option to extend for up to two additional years, reviewed annually.

Delivery location

UKK13, GB

Categories

Cemetery works 45215400Cemetery services and cremation services 98371100Cemetery services 98371110Cemetery maintenance services 98371111

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
ValueAED 60,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2026 to 31 Mar 2028

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Cemetery works, Cemetery services and cremation services, Cemetery services, Cemetery maintenance servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 45. The category anchor is Cemetery works (45215400); 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 4517,1344 median · 30.2 average (5,652 of 17,134 with a bid count)3.8 average (6,252 of 17,134 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer6Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKK13575 median · 12.2 average (13 of 57 with a bid count)3.3 average (14 of 57 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)8925 median · 9.7 average (3 of 892 with a bid count)1 average (3 of 892 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 requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
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.

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05d424
Latest release ID068532-2025
Latest release timestampMon Oct 27 2025 12:40:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068532-2025
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2025-11-17T09:00:00+00:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2025-11-05T09:00:00+00:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://in-tendhost.co.uk/tewkesbury/aspx/Home All Tenders submissions must be submitted through the Procurement Portal by the date and time specified in the Procurement Timetable.
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£60,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
27 Oct 2025tender068532-2025

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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