Official UK procurement notice
Out of Hours Burial Administration Service (PAN3308)
Authority: Leicester City Council (Local council)
Sectors: Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF21)
Published estimate£110,000≈ £55k / year · £132,000 inc. VAT29.1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 21 Aug 2025awarded 7 Nov 2025
Awarded to MBCOL Ltd
Contract term 2 yrsends 30 Sept 2027 · up to 30 Sept 2028 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Provision of Out of Hours Burial Administration Service
CPV: Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£110,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Jul 2025, 14:52 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Nov 2025, 15:55 GMT
- Authority reference
PAN3308- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-042058- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0563ecFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Submission deadline
- 21 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
22 Jul 2025 → 21 Nov 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published22 Jul 2025, 14:52 BST
- Clarification questions by1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline21 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts387 days ago1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published335 days ago21 Nov 2025, 15:55 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Jul 2025- Tender notice published22 Jul 2025, 14:52 BSTUK4
- Contract details notice published21 Nov 2025, 15:55 GMTUK7
- Status changed to complete21 Nov 2025, 15:55 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £78,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Nov 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MBCOL Ltd | £78,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Out of Hours Burial Administration Service (PAN3308) · MBCOL Ltd
- Signed
- 7 Nov 2025
- Value
- £78,000
- Period
- 10 Nov 2025 – 9 Nov 2027 · up to 9 Nov 2028 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The contract is for two years with options to extend for a period or periods totalling no more than a further one year.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MBCOL LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender