Official UK procurement notice
HCC - 02/22 - Pre-Procurement Market Engagement for the Provision of a Body Removal Service for Hertfordshire County Council
Authority: Hertfordshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHertfordshire County Council (the "Council") is carrying out Pre-Procurement Market Engagement for the aforementioned.The Council will consider the feedback received to help inform the Council’s options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the PPME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PPME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the PPME will be at each organisation’s own cost. No expense in responding to this PPME will be reimbursed by the Council. Further information can be found within the attached documentation. You are invited to submit a completed questionnaire by 12 noon on 28th February 2022.
CPV: Cemetery services · Cemetery services and cremation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Hertfordshire County Council (the ‘Council’) is carrying out Pre-Procurement Market…Planned
Hertfordshire County Council (the ‘Council’) is carrying out Pre-Procurement Market Engagement (‘PPME’) in relation to a Body Removal Service. The Council is seeking to appoint Contractors for the removal of cadavers from the place of death and other locations where the death may be referred to a Coroner. It is intended to appoint sufficient Contractor(s) to provide a service to the thirteen (13) areas detailed below.The Areas of operation are as follows: Area 1 Baldock, Hitchin, Letchworth Area 2 Royston Area 3 Stevenage, Codicote, Knebworth Area 4 Dacorum Area 5 St Albans, Harpenden Area 6 Welwyn, Hatfield, Potters Bar Area 7 Broxbourne, Cheshunt Area 8 Three Rivers Area 9 Watford Area 10 Bushey, Borehamwood, Radlett Area 11 Hoddesdon Area 12 East Herts – Bishops Stortford, Sawbridgeworth, Buntingford Area 13 East Herts – Hertford, WareThe Contractor(s), under the instruction of the Authorised Officer or his successors or assigns, will collect the deceased and take them directly to the hospital mortuary or his premises unless directed otherwise by the Police. The Contractor(s) may also be required to conduct the transfer of the deceased between hospitals for example transfer of deceased to suitable or specialist premises for storage and or postmortem. The Council gives no assurance as to the number of occasions on which the Service of any Contractor will be called upon. To access the PPME documentation please visit www.supplyhertfordshire.uk ↗ and follow the on-screen guidance.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Feb 2022, 13:53 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Feb 2022, 13:53 GMT
- Authority reference
HCC - 02/22 - PPME - Body Removal- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-003270- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031361Find a Tender
Publisher note: To participate in this PPME, organisations must submit their completed Supplier Questionnaire, together with any supporting documents, through the In-Tend system by the return deadline of 12.00 Noon 28th February 2022Please make sure that you have submitted your Supplier Questionnaire following the instructions above. The Council will not be held accountable for any errors made by an organisation in submitting their Supplier Questionnaire. The Council will consider the feedback received to help inform the Council’s options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the PPME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PPME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the PPME will be at each organisation’s own cost. No expense in responding to this PPME will be reimbursed by the Council.If you are experiencing problems In-Tend offer a help section which includes a dedicated UK support desk which can be contacted via email: [email protected] or Telephone: +44 1144070065 for any website/technical questions, Monday to Friday, 8:30-17:00.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 Feb 2022 → 4 Feb 2022 · 2 dates- Tender notice expected4 Feb 2022
- Notice published4 Feb 2022, 13:53 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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