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# Request for Quotations (RfQ) for Public Health Funerals (2.0)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/request-for-quotations-rfq-for-public-health-funerals-2-0-ocds-h6vhtk-050f27). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** West Northamptonshire Council: "Request for Quotations (RfQ) for Public Health Funerals (2.0)". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £150,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 29 May 2025, 13:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [West Northamptonshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-northamptonshire-council-ons-e06000062)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £150,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 29 May 2025 at 13:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Funeral services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF24
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/request-for-quotations-rfq-for-public-health-funerals-2-0-ocds-h6vhtk-050f27#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-050f27`

## 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/request-for-quotations-rfq-for-public-health-funerals-2-0-ocds-h6vhtk-050f27#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fwnc)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/request-for-quotations-rfq-for-public-health-funerals-2-0-ocds-h6vhtk-050f27#participate

## Description
West Northamptonshire Council (the Council) has a statutory duty under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 to provide suitable funeral arrangements for persons who have died within the West Northamptonshire area where there is no one prepared to make suitable funeral arrangements. This can apply to any person who dies in private or council owned property, in the street or open air, or at a nursing/residential care home or hospice.
To fulfil this duty, the Council is seeking to award a framework with two separate Lots. Each Lot will be awarded to a single Provider and will cover a defined geographical area of West Northamptonshire as follows:
Lot 1 - Central Northampton
Lot 2 - Wider West Northants
For full details about this opportunity and to submit an application please register on the Council's In-Tend portal which can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wnc/aspx/Home

## Lots (2)
### Lot LOT-0001: Lot 1: Central Northampton 
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0001`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 98371000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £75,000
- **Description:** To carry out public funerals as required within the Central Northampton region as outlined within the procurement documents.
- **Contract Period:** 01/07/2025 to 01/07/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot LOT-0002: Lot 2: Wider West Northamptonshire 
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0002`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 98371000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £75,000
- **Description:** To carry out public funerals as required within the Wider West Northamptonshire region as outlined within the procurement documents.
- **Contract Period:** 01/07/2025 to 01/07/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Dignity Funerals Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-165527`
  - Value: £118,260 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** WNC Public Funerals (active)
  - Signed Value: £118,260
  - Signed Date: 14/10/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F019846-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-17T09:23:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T14:47:31.513Z
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