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Transfer, handling, storage and/ or final disposition of deceased individuals

Cemetery services
Cemetery services and cremation services
Coffins
+4 more
South West (UKK13)
Published value
£350,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: "Transfer, handling, storage and/ or final disposition of deceased individuals". Published status: planning. Published value: £350,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityGloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£350,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 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
Not availableNo published reports
Bid counts are not published for this buyer
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Medtronic LimitedTop vendor: 100% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 34 active published awards; 0 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Medtronic Limited1 win£53,250
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityGloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published17 Feb 2026, 23:50 GMT
Last source update17 Feb 2026, 23:50 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationCemetery services, Cemetery services and cremation services, Coffins, Cremation services, Funeral and related services, Funeral services, Undertaking services
Delivery area
South West (UKK13)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-065696
What is being bought
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the "Authority") delivers acute hospital services across two major district general hospitals: Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (GRH) and Cheltenham General Hospital (CGH). The Authority provides healthcare services to a population of approximately 641,000 residents, spanning seven locality areas: South Cotswolds, North Cotswolds, Cheltenham, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Tewkesbury, and Stroud & Berkeley Vale. This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) relates to the transfer, handling, storage and/ or final disposition of deceased individuals of all ages, including adults, children, infants, neonates, stillbirths and foetal remains, across all Authority Sites. The services must be delivered in a manner that is responsive to the needs of the deceased and Family Representatives, and upholds the highest standards of dignity, respect, and sensitivity. This services encompasses the following key components: • Transport of Deceased Patients. • Hospital Funeral Services. • Foetal Cremation Services. • Storage for Deceased Persons under Special Circumstances. Additional Services (as required): • Internal Collection and Transfer of Deceased. • Provision of Additional Surge Mortuary Capacity. This PME seeks to notify the market of an upcoming procurement and invite expressions of interest from potential suppliers for structured PME activities. These include completion of a supplier questionnaire and attendance at virtual information and feedback session
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £350,000
    17 Feb 2026, 23:50 GMT
  2. Status changed to planning
    17 Feb 2026, 23:50 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    17 Feb 2026, 23:50 GMT
  4. Buyer information updated
    17 Feb 2026, 23:50 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    17 Feb 2026, 23:50 GMT
  2. Procedure published
    17 Feb 2026, 23:50 GMT
  3. engagement
    20 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT · scheduled
    The market engagement documentation is available for unrestricted and direct access, free of charge, via the Health Family e-Sourcing portal (Atamis) at: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Suppliers interested in this opportunity are invited to register their interest by accessing the Atamis e-Sourcing portal and searching for Atamis Reference: C395199. Requests to participate must be submitted electronically via Atamis. Upon registration, suppliers will be granted access to the published materials, which include the Market Engagement Questionnaire. Respondents are encouraged to review and complete this questionnaire as part of the engagement process.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PYHT-5943-VXGV
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  • Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PYHT-5943-VXGV
    Alexandra House, Cheltenham General Hospital, Sandford Road, Gloucester, UKK13, GL53 7AN, GB
    dan.kirkbride@nhs.net
    07766457290
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published