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The Transportation of Bodies on Behalf of the Senior Coroner for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

Funeral and related services
Other community
social and personal services
South West (UKK3)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Cornwall Council: "The Transportation of Bodies on Behalf of the Senior Coroner for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityCornwall CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Cornwall Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Cornwall Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
46Bids / Report
11.8% 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: 383 active published awards; 381 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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthorityCornwall Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published21 Apr 2021, 17:12 BST
Last source update21 Apr 2021, 17:12 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationFuneral and related services, Other community, social and personal services
Delivery area
South West (UKK3)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02a8c9
What is being bought
In general all deaths not entirely due to natural causes or where a cause of death is unknown should be reported to the Coroner. When there is a sudden death, it is the responsibility of the Coroner to examine the cause of death and to remove bodies from the scene to the Mortuary, pending a post-mortem examination. The cases that require the removal of a body in this way are mainly community rather than hospital deaths. The Coroner through the Police Control Centre or a Coroner’s Officer will instruct a Provider to collect the body and transport it to the mortuary. Body removals will need to be undertaken from different locations in the County and taken to specified mortuaries at locations in Cornwall, Devon and on occasions nationally, at short notice and at any time. In order to ensure this process is carried out efficiently, Cornwall Council is seeking to appoint Providers by competitive tender to provide this Service which will be used by the Coroner for Cornwall & Isles of Scilly. The Council is the responsible body and is therefore carrying out the tender process on behalf of the Coroner
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    21 Apr 2021, 17:12 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    21 Apr 2021, 17:12 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    21 Apr 2021, 17:12 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #6
    Lot 6: Council’s Community Network Areas 15, 18 and 19.
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Lot 6: Council’s Community Network Areas 15, 18 and 19.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    21 Apr 2021, 17:12 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Contract active
    Signed 19 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · £125,000
  5. Contract active
    Signed 19 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · £125,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Funeral Services Ltd T/A Co-op Funeralcare
Not published · Not published · active
FD Hall and Son
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Lot 6: Council’s Community Network Areas 18 and 19.
£125,000 · signed 19 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
Lot 6: Council’s Community Network Area 15
£125,000 · signed 19 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 6)
bids: 1 (lot 6)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 6)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 6)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 6)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 6)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 6)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 6)
smeBids: 0 (lot 6)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Cornwall Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-215
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  • Cornwall Council
    buyer
    reviewBody

    County Hall, Treyew Road, Truro, UKK3, TR1 3AY
    tamsyn.willcocks@cornwall.gov.uk
    +44 1872322562

  • FD Hall and Son
    supplier

    Tre Ober, Upton Cross, Liskeard, UKK3, PL14 5AX

  • Funeral Services Ltd T/A Co-op Funeralcare
    supplier

    1 Angel Square, Greater Manchester, UKK3, M60 0AG
Documents (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleCornwall Council went out to tender in December 2020 to renew an Agreement for contractors to provide a service to transport deceased persons between the place of death to the Coroner’s chosen mortuary. Tenders closed in January 2021, a formal evaluation process followed, and the 8 lots were awarded at the beginning of March 2021.Dignity were awarded Lot 6 but declined due to it not being financially viable for them, there were no other tenders for this lot. .Cornwall Council took the following steps. 1. Offer contract to all bidders who met the quality evaluation criteria 2. Direct enquiries to local Funeral Directors in the area and consideration of a consortium 3. Approach previous bidder to negotiate directly Conclusion Co-op submitted a very reasonable price for Lot 6, areas 18 and 19, Legal have incorporated this Lot into the contract along with Lots 3, 4 and 5, using the previously submitted social value and quality method statement responses for all lots. F.D Hall & Son submitted a fair price for Lot 6, area 15, and will subcontract out to Richardson’s of Looe. Legal have drawn up a contract incorporating their pricing document, but no quality method statements or social value templates were submitted as this is not a requirement under the negotiation without prior publication procedure, it was also considered to be a delicate relationship due to the previous history and not appropriate to ask them to fill in extra paperwork, Procurement did however carry out a due diligence report to assess any financial risk, the Due Dil report showed credit health as ‘very low risk’ and no other areas for concern