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WHHT - Funeral Services

Buyer: West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust →

BuyerWest Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published23 Feb 2021

What is being bought

The West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust (WHHT) invited tenders for funeral services. The tender was split into two lots — adult funeral services and child funeral services. Bidders were able to submit tenders for one lot only or for both. The anticipated contract length is an initial 3 years commencing 1 March 2021, with options to extend, up to a maximum of 5 years

Delivery location

UKH · UKH

Categories

Funeral services 98371000Funeral services 98371000

Lot details

Adult Funeral Services

This lot for adult funeral services shall apply to those funeral services where the deceased is 12 years of age or over. Full details of the Trust's requirements are available in the specification contained within the tender documentation. Core requirements include: — The contract(s) shall be performed generally in accordance with the Code of Practice of the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD); — The contractor(s) will be required to carry out basic cremations and burials as instructed by the WHHT. Funerals will be conducted in a professional manner, with punctuality, decency, decorum and respect for a diverse range of cultures whether or not mourners are in attendance; — Contractors' staff will be expected to have received training with respect to their specific duties and must use the appropriate dress code; — All funeral arrangements will be made in accordance with the requirements of the Trust, patient and relatives. The WHHT's bereavement services or other nominated location is to be informed of any changes to agreed arrangements at least 72 hours before the time of the funeral; — Funeral directors shall use every endeavour to ensure that the client, and also the Trust, understand the range of services and care offered, the prices and also any known disbursements, being the fees which may be paid out on behalf of the Trust, to Ministers of Religion, Civil Celebrates, Cemetery or Crematorium fees, and suchlike; — The contractor(s) shall ensure that the appropriate certificates are issued and all other documentation (such as ensuring the correct identity of the deceased) has been completed before a funeral takes place; — The services shall be provided in accordance with the specification and, except in emergencies, the contractor(s) shall not deviate from the specification without the prior written consent of the Trust's Authorised Officer.

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Technical — 60
Commercial — 40

Child Funeral Services

This lot for child funeral services applies to those funeral services where the deceased is under 12 years of age, including funeral services for stillborn or infants, and foetal disposal arrangements (non-viable births – NVBs). Full details of the Trust's requirements will be available in the specification contained within the tender documentation. Core requirements include: — The contract(s) shall be performed generally in accordance with the Code of Practice of the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD); — The contractor(s) will be required to carry out basic cremations and burials as instructed by the WHHT. Funerals will be conducted in a professional manner, with punctuality, decency, decorum and respect for a diverse range of cultures whether or not mourners are in attendance; — Contractors' staff will be expected to have received training with respect to their specific duties and must use the appropriate dress code; — All funeral arrangements will be made in accordance with the requirements of the Trust, patient and relatives. The WHHT's bereavement services or other nominated location is to be informed of any changes to agreed arrangements at least 72 hours before the time of the funeral; — Funeral directors shall use every endeavour to ensure that the client, and also the Trust, understand the range of services and care offered, the prices and also any known disbursements, being the fees which may be paid out on behalf of the Trust, to Ministers of Religion, Civil Celebrates, Cemetery or Crematorium fees, and suchlike; — The contractor(s) shall ensure that the appropriate certificates are issued and all other documentation (such as ensuring the correct identity of the deceased) has been completed before a funeral takes place; — The services shall be provided in accordance with the specification and, except in emergencies, the contractor(s) shall not deviate from the specification without the prior written consent of the Trust's Authorised Officer.

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Technical — 60
Commercial — 40

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
AFuneral servicesNot published
BFuneral servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 98. The category anchor is Funeral services (98371000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 984,2303 median · 49.9 average (1,582 of 4,230 with a bid count)3.4 average (1,770 of 4,230 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKH1082.5 median · 4.5 average (26 of 108 with a bid count)1.3 average (29 of 108 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Child Funeral Services

Statusunsuccessful

Contracts

Adult Funeral Services

Statusactive
Value£250,000

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-029599
Latest release ID003633-2021
Latest release timestampTue Feb 23 2021 22:56:05 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source2
Tender items in source2
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release2
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
23 Feb 2021award, contract003633-2021

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
23 Feb 2021 · 003633-2021 · award, contract
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