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Provision of Sandwell Funeral Services and Coroners Transportation for the Black Country

Funeral and related services
Funeral services
West Midlands (UKG3)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published4
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Tenderline Synopsis: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council: "Provision of Sandwell Funeral Services and Coroners Transportation for the Black Country". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 4 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthoritySandwell Metropolitan Borough CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
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Published history for Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
6Bids / Report
8.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 161 active published awards; 161 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthoritySandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSFramework
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published20 Dec 2022, 10:44 GMT
Last source update20 Dec 2022, 10:44 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationFuneral and related services, Funeral services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG3)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0367c6
What is being bought
Sandwell as the relevant authority for the Black Country Coroners Service provides services relating to the transportation of bodies on behalf of the Coroner.In addition, Sandwell MBC recognises the profound impact bereavement has on families and the importance of the funeral as part of a healthy grieving process.Through its Registration Services the authority provides a suite of funeral related services for the inhabitants of the borough and those organisations and families who chose to use its excellent facilities. The arrangement of funerals for those where no arrangements are being made, the Public Health funeral, and the provision of a low cost funeral service for those families who choose to use this service.The tender is therefore offered as four Lots as detailed below and suppliers may bid for all or individual Lots:Lot 1 – Coroners Transportation – Sandwell Lot 2 – Coroners Transportation – Dudley Lot 3 – Coroners Transportation – Walsall Lot 4 – Sandwell Funeral Servi
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    20 Dec 2022, 10:44 GMT
  2. Status changed to complete
    20 Dec 2022, 10:44 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    20 Dec 2022, 10:44 GMT
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    20 Dec 2022, 10:44 GMT
  5. Published value updated to £520,000
    12 Sept 2022, 15:35 BST
  6. Status changed to active
    12 Sept 2022, 15:35 BST
  7. Official notice release published
    12 Sept 2022, 15:35 BST
  8. Submission deadline changed to 12 Oct 2022, 15:00 BST
    12 Sept 2022, 15:35 BST
  9. Buyer information updated
    12 Sept 2022, 15:35 BST
Lots and requirements (4)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #Lot 1
    Lot 1 – Coroners Transportation – Sandwell
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Sandwell as the relevant authority for the Black Country Coroners Service provides services relating to the transportation of bodies on behalf of the Coroner. In addition, Sandwell MBC recognises the profound impact bereavement has on families and the importance of the funeral as part of a healthy grieving process. Through its Registration Services the authority provides a suite of funeral related services for the inhabitants of the borough and those organisations and families who chose to use its excellent facilities. The arrangement of funerals for those where no arrangements are being made, the Public Health funeral, and the provision of a "low cost" funeral service for those families who choose to use this service.The tender is therefore offered as four Lots as detailed below and suppliers may bid for all or individual Lots:Lot 1 – Coroners Transportation – Sandwell Lot 2 – Coroners Transportation – Dudley Lot 3 – Coroners Transportation – Walsall Lot 4 – Sandwell Funeral Services (Including a Public Health Funeral and Sandwell’s "low cost" funeral service)Contract PeriodThe contract period for all Lots will be from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2026The closing date for this opportunity is 12 October 2022 at 15:00 hours.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #Lot 2
    Lot 2 – Coroners Transportation – Dudley
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Sandwell as the relevant authority for the Black Country Coroners Service provides services relating to the transportation of bodies on behalf of the Coroner. In addition, Sandwell MBC recognises the profound impact bereavement has on families and the importance of the funeral as part of a healthy grieving process. Through its Registration Services the authority provides a suite of funeral related services for the inhabitants of the borough and those organisations and families who chose to use its excellent facilities. The arrangement of funerals for those where no arrangements are being made, the Public Health funeral, and the provision of a "low cost" funeral service for those families who choose to use this service.The tender is therefore offered as four Lots as detailed below and suppliers may bid for all or individual Lots:Lot 1 – Coroners Transportation – Sandwell Lot 2 – Coroners Transportation – Dudley Lot 3 – Coroners Transportation – Walsall Lot 4 – Sandwell Funeral Services (Including a Public Health Funeral and Sandwell’s "low cost" funeral service)Contract PeriodThe contract period for all Lots will be from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2026The closing date for this opportunity is 12 October 2022 at 15:00 hours.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 3 · #Lot 3
    Lot 3 – Coroners Transportation – Walsall
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Sandwell as the relevant authority for the Black Country Coroners Service provides services relating to the transportation of bodies on behalf of the Coroner. In addition, Sandwell MBC recognises the profound impact bereavement has on families and the importance of the funeral as part of a healthy grieving process. Through its Registration Services the authority provides a suite of funeral related services for the inhabitants of the borough and those organisations and families who chose to use its excellent facilities. The arrangement of funerals for those where no arrangements are being made, the Public Health funeral, and the provision of a "low cost" funeral service for those families who choose to use this service. The tender is therefore offered as four Lots as detailed below and suppliers may bid for all or individual Lots:Lot 1 – Coroners Transportation – Sandwell Lot 2 – Coroners Transportation – Dudley Lot 3 – Coroners Transportation – Walsall Lot 4 – Sandwell Funeral Services (Including a Public Health Funeral and Sandwell’s "low cost" funeral service)Contract PeriodThe contract period for all Lots will be from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2026The closing date for this opportunity is 12 October 2022 at 15:00 hours.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 4 · #Lot 4
    Lot 4 – Sandwell Funeral Services (Including a Public Health Funeral and Sandwell’s low cost funeral service)
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Sandwell as the relevant authority for the Black Country Coroners Service provides services relating to the transportation of bodies on behalf of the Coroner. In addition, Sandwell MBC recognises the profound impact bereavement has on families and the importance of the funeral as part of a healthy grieving process. Through its Registration Services the authority provides a suite of funeral related services for the inhabitants of the borough and those organisations and families who chose to use its excellent facilities. The arrangement of funerals for those where no arrangements are being made, the Public Health funeral, and the provision of a "low cost" funeral service for those families who choose to use this service.The tender is therefore offered as four Lots as detailed below and suppliers may bid for all or individual Lots:Lot 1 – Coroners Transportation – Sandwell Lot 2 – Coroners Transportation – Dudley Lot 3 – Coroners Transportation – Walsall Lot 4 – Sandwell Funeral Services (Including a Public Health Funeral and Sandwell’s "low cost" funeral service)Contract PeriodThe contract period for all Lots will be from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2026The closing date for this opportunity is 12 October 2022 at 15:00 hours.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    20 Dec 2022, 10:44 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 25 Nov 2022, 00:00 GMT · £458,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Boss Funeral Holdings Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Provision of Sandwell Funeral Services and Coroners Transportation for the Black Country
£458,000 · signed 25 Nov 2022, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 3
electronicBids: 3
foreignBidsFromEU: 0
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0
smeBids: 3
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-1137
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  • Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
    buyer

    Sandwell Council House, Freeth Street, Oldbury, UKG3, B69 3DB
    michelle_hackwood@sandwell.gov.uk

  • Boss Funeral Holdings Ltd
    supplier

    13 Portland Road, Birmingham, UKG31, B16 9HN

  • The High Court of England
    reviewBody

    Royal Court of Justice the Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
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