Funeral Services — Care Home Residents
A Contract Award Notice
by NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Source
- OJEU
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- 3 year (est.)
- Value
- £499-£450K
- Sector
- MISCELLANEOUS
- Published
- 22 Jan 2021
- Delivery
- 01 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2024 (est.)
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
Nottingham
2 buyers
- Nottinghamshire County Council Nottingham
1 supplier
- Aw Lymn the Family Funeral Service Nottingham
Description
Nottinghamshire County Council sought a suitably experienced organisation to deliver funeral services across Nottinghamshire (excluding Nottingham City). The Council has a statutory duty to undertake the cremation or burial of people who die whilst living in residential and nursing care accommodation and who have no-one willing or able to make funeral arrangements for them. It is estimated that the contract will involve the provision of approximately 30 funerals per year. The contract is awarded for an initial period of 3 years. There is an option to extend for up to a further 2 years in 12 month increments.
Total Quantity or Scope
The Council has a statutory duty to undertake the cremation or burial of people who die whilst living in residential and nursing care accommodation and who have no-one willing or able to make funeral arrangements for them. It is estimated that the contract will involve the provision of approximately thirty funerals per year. … The service provider is required to: • work to the national association of funeral directors code of practice; • arrange for the removal of the deceased person from the residential home to the funeral home; • ensure cremations and burials take place within a maximum of two weeks from the date of death; • arrange a funeral at a crematorium or cemetery that is closest to the residential accommodation in which the person died; • provide a hearse; • provide adequate bearers; • be responsible for the dressing and coffining of the body; • provide a fabric shroud.
Award Detail
1 | Aw Lymn the Family Funeral Service (Nottingham)
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Award Criteria
Quality | 30.0 |
Price | 70.0 |
CPV Codes
- 98370000 - Funeral and related services
Indicators
- Award on basis of price and quality.
Reference
- OJEU 035104-2021