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title: "HCC - 02/22 - Pre-Procurement Market Engagement for the Provision of a Body Removal Service for Hertfordshire County Council"
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# HCC - 02/22 - Pre-Procurement Market Engagement for the Provision of a Body Removal Service for Hertfordshire County Council

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hcc-02-22-pre-procurement-market-engagement-for-the-provision-of-a-body-removal-service-fo-ocds-h6vhtk-031361). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Hertfordshire County Council: "HCC - 02/22 - Pre-Procurement Market Engagement for the Provision of a Body Removal Service for Hertfordshire County Council". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Hertfordshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/hertfordshire-county-council-ons-e10000015)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Cemetery services, Cemetery services and cremation services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH23
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-031361`

## 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/hcc-02-22-pre-procurement-market-engagement-for-the-provision-of-a-body-removal-service-fo-ocds-h6vhtk-031361#tl-md)

## Description
Hertfordshire 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 98371100, 98371110
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** 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...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003270-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-02-04T13:53:51.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T05:51:37.018Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-031361