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

No classification published
Location not published
Official notice
Published value
£3,000,000
Submission deadline 21 Dec 2025, 00:00 GMT
Lots published7
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Cornwall Council: "Transportation of Bodies on Behalf of the Coroner for Cornwall & The Isles of Scilly". Published status: complete. Published value: £3,000,000. 7 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Dec 2025, 00:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityCornwall CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
21 Dec 2025, 00:00 GMT
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£3,000,000
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.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
5.3Bids / Report
18.2% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
StayathomeTop vendor: 94.5% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 74 active published awards; 11 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
Stayathome1 win£57,000,000
BELL GROUP LTD1 win£2,600,000
Dash Logistic Services Ltd1 win£330,000
Urban Biodiversity CIC1 win£125,000
Savills (UK) Ltd1 win£80,000
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
Published27 Jul 2026, 12:35 BST
Last source update27 Jul 2026, 12:35 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05ab69
What is being bought
The Coroner for Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly is required to arrange the removal of bodies from the place of death to a designated mortuary or body holding facility in order to allow the investigation into any sudden, unexpected or unnatural deaths reported to them under The Coroner’s & Justice Act 2009. Cornwall's Senior Coroner manages the strategy for body transportation. The Police Control Centre or (occasionally) a Coroner’s Officer will instruct a service provider for collections from scene to a mortuary. Cornwall Council, the responsible body, uses a competitive tender process to appoint these service providers, ensuring efficient transport of bodies within the county, to Devon, or even nationally, as needed. The Council commissions this statutory service and the current contract is due to expire on 31/03/26. A new tender process needs to be completed.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    27 Jul 2026, 12:35 BST
  2. tender value changed
    16 Jan 2026, 11:16 GMT
  3. Status changed to complete
    16 Jan 2026, 11:16 GMT
  4. Official notice release published
    16 Jan 2026, 11:16 GMT
  5. Submission deadline changed to published date
    16 Jan 2026, 11:16 GMT
  6. Status changed to active
    24 Nov 2025, 16:01 GMT
  7. Official notice release published
    24 Nov 2025, 16:01 GMT
  8. Submission deadline changed to 21 Dec 2025, 00:00 GMT
    24 Nov 2025, 16:01 GMT
  9. Published value updated to £3,000,000
    9 Oct 2025, 11:29 BST
  10. Status changed to planned
    9 Oct 2025, 11:29 BST
  11. Official notice release published
    9 Oct 2025, 11:29 BST
  12. Submission deadline changed to 19 Dec 2025, 00:00 GMT
    9 Oct 2025, 11:29 BST
  13. Buyer information updated
    9 Oct 2025, 11:29 BST
Lots and requirements (7)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 3 · #3
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 4 · #4
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 5 · #5
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 6 · #7
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 7 · #8
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    27 Jul 2026, 12:35 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    21 Dec 2025, 00:00 GMT
  3. Award active
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    Not published · Not published
  9. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  10. Contract active
    Signed 31 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST · £375,000
  11. Contract active
    Signed 31 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST · £375,000
  12. Contract active
    Signed 11 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · £375,000
  13. Contract active
    Signed 10 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · £375,000
  14. Contract active
    Signed 10 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · £375,000
  15. Contract active
    Signed 10 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · £375,000
  16. Contract active
    Signed 10 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · £375,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Cornwall Funeral Services Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Cornwall Funeral Services Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Cornwall Funeral Services Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Cornwall Funeral Services Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Cornwall Funeral Services Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
The Arthur W Bryant Funeral Service Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Cornwall Funeral Services Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Community Network Areas 14,16 and 17.
£375,000 · signed 31 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2030, 23:59 BST
Services to other UK destinations.
£375,000 · signed 31 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2030, 23:59 BST
Community Network Areas 1 and 2
£375,000 · signed 11 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2030, 23:59 BST
Community Network Areas 3 and 4
£375,000 · signed 10 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2030, 23:59 BST
Community Network Areas 5, 6 and 7
£375,000 · signed 10 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2030, 23:59 BST
Community Network Areas 8, 11 and 12
£375,000 · signed 10 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2030, 23:59 BST
Community Network Areas 9, 10 and 13
£375,000 · signed 10 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2030, 23:59 BST
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Cornwall Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PYRH-9827-DWLP
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  • Cornwall Council
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PYRH-9827-DWLP
    County Hall, Truro, UKK30, TR1 3AY, GB
    ben.datson@cornwall.gov.uk
    +44 1872322222

  • Cornwall Funeral Services Ltd
    supplier

    GB-PPON: PLVY-9927-VDRG
    Higher Fore Street, Redruth, UKK30, TR15 2AR, GB
    office@cornwallfunerals.co.uk

  • The Arthur W Bryant Funeral Service Limited
    supplier

    GB-PPON: PCVX-3282-CHQG
    Chapel of Rest Morwenna Court, Bude, UKK30, EX23 8AT, GB
    caring@awbryant.co.uk
Documents (1)
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