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Published 8 Aug 2025, 12:55 BST

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Public health funerals · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Ipswich Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Sectors: Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£80,000≈ £40k / year · £96,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 8 Sept 2025
Contract term 2 yrsends 30 Oct 2027 · up to 30 Oct 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Public health funerals - the provider will be required to carry out direct cremations and burials.

CPV: Cemetery services and cremation services · Cremation services · Funeral and related services · Funeral services · Undertaking services

Open work like this

This notice no longer takes bids · live search, filters set

Open tenders from Ipswich Borough CouncilSearch filtered to this authorityOpen tenders in Funeral and related servicesSearch filtered to CPV 9837Contracts ending in Community & Cultural ServicesRetender Radar, CPV 98: incumbents and end dates for the next 12 months

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrsPublished value£80,000
Contract period: 1 Nov 2025 – 30 Oct 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 30 Oct 2029 with extensionsValue: £80,000 exc. VAT · £96,000 inc. VAT
Extensions: 2 x 12 month optional extensions
98370000 Funeral and related services98371000 Funeral services98371100 Cemetery services and cremation services98371120 Cremation services98371200 Undertaking services

What it takes to win
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Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored

Lot awarding rule: 50% price and 50% quality. See ITQ for full details.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published—10 Jun 2026CancelledDue to a review and change in service requirements, the contracting authority has decided not to proceed with the current procurement.

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
Cancelled
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
8 Aug 2025, 12:55 BST
Last source update
10 Jun 2026, 15:30 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-047247
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Classification (CPV)
Cemetery services and cremation servicesCremation servicesFuneral and related servicesFuneral servicesUndertaking services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058422 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
8 Sept 2025, 11:00 BST
Clarification deadline
8 Sept 2025, 11:00 BST
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.suffolksourcing.uk ↗

Timeline

8 Aug 2025 → 10 Jun 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    8 Aug 2025, 12:55 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    8 Sept 2025, 11:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    8 Sept 2025, 11:00 BST
  4. Contract starts378 days ago
    1 Nov 2025
  5. Latest notice published157 days ago
    10 Jun 2026, 15:30 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Aug 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    8 Aug 2025, 12:55 BST
    UK4
  2. Procurement termination notice published
    10 Jun 2026, 15:30 BST
    UK12
  3. Status changed to complete
    10 Jun 2026, 15:30 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ipswich Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PPLT-7247-DMBJ Grafton House, 15-17 Russell Road, Ipswich, East of England, IP1 2DEContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Procurement termination notice tenderProcurement termination noticeUK12Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender