Official UK procurement notice
Mortuary Service 2025 at RCHT
Authority: Cornwall Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UKSouth West (UKK30)
Awarded value£1,600,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Apr 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Royal Cornwall Hospital's Trust
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council must have effective procedures in place for any death that needs to be investigated by the coroner. The Coronial Service uses the mortuary for undertaking post-mortems and for the storage of bodies.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jul 2025, 11:56 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Jul 2025, 15:34 BST
- Authority reference
DN781230- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-043953- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056035Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Due to need and location
Review and risk notes
- Risks
Nil
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
29 Jul 2025 → 30 Jul 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published29 Jul 2025, 15:34 BST
- Standstill ends30 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jul 2025- Transparency notice published16 Jul 2025, 11:56 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published21 Jul 2025, 15:14 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published29 Jul 2025, 15:34 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected31 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £1,600,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Jul 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Cornwall Hospital's Trust1 Aug 2025 – 31 Mar 2029 | £1,600,000 | 1 Apr 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Mortuary Service 2025 at RCHT · Royal Cornwall Hospital's Trust
- Signed
- 1 Jul 2025
- Value
- £1,600,000
- Period
- 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: under requriements
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Royal Cornwall Hospital's TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender