Award

Mass Fatality Resilience Capability-Lot 2

HOME OFFICE

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Award

18 Aug 2025 at 11:05

Award Notice
Tender

21 Feb 2025 at 15:50

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Home Office has completed the procurement process for its "Mass Fatality Resilience Capability-Lot 2," under the industry category of mortuary equipment and supplies, focusing primarily on England, with possible involvement of the Devolved Administration Governments. Following a competitive open procedure, the contract was awarded to Fews Marquees Ltd on 14 August 2025 and will remain active until 13 August 2027. With an initial term of 2 years and options for extensions, this contract aims to enhance the Home Office's capability to provide resilient body storage solutions in the event of major incidents. The total contract value is £488,691.44, and the award notice was published on 18 August 2025. The procurement process was conducted through an open procedure, above the specified threshold.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses in the mortuary equipment supply industry, particularly SMEs, to expand their service offerings and establish a working relationship with the Home Office. The framework allows for multiple lot bidding, encouraging diverse solutions to be proposed for different storage solutions, such as soft shell, hard shell, and temporary building structures. Suppliers that can ensure rapid deployment, resilience to adverse weather, and innovative solutions will be well-positioned to compete in this arena and contribute to public safety infrastructure. Businesses with capabilities in producing robust, portable, and resilient mortuary solutions are especially encouraged to engage.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Mass Fatality Resilience Capability-Lot 2

Notice Description

Following on from the market engagement notice in late 2024, and a competitive process ending on 28th March 2025. The Home Office now publishes the contract award notice for a Mass Fatality Capability Resilience Storage Framework. In the event of a major incident resulting in a large number of fatalities which could overwhelm existing body storage capacity the Home Office would provide contingency support to the requesting local authority. The Home Office seeks to replace its current capability with a more efficient operating model. This opportunity will support the Home Offices strategy. The initial term is 2 years, with the options to extend yearly for up to 2 additional years (2+1+1). Our vision We believe a multiple lot framework agreement would be best suited to meet the demands of this capability. Suppliers offering alternative solutions will bid for a place on a capability lot, this will involve suppliers maintaining access to provisions which could be called upon for deployment by the Authority. These aims will be delivered with the responses of this document in mind to ensure that we consider any novel and/or unique approach that could be utilised as a solution. The scope for this provision is predominantly England, however there is a possibility that the Devolved Administration Governments (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) may also enrol. We will outline the configuration of our core requirement of storage for up to 700 fatalities across three phases (although the authority may adjust the planned fatalities storage of one or more phases to ensure a successful core requirement is delivered). Each phase will be put to the market as separate lots, although we would welcome multiple bids if relevant and the supplier is able to offer a viable to solution to multiple. Soft Shell: We plan to have a minimum call-off storage of 100 fatalities for the 'soft shell' portable temporary body storage (including some bariatric). Soft shell may require cover for adverse weather and should be deployable within twenty-four hours. Hard Shell: Hard shell may be similar to the existing ISO container body storage units ("hard shell"). The characteristic of this phase is that units should remain versatile and robust to all weather events and may require hard standing. They offer refrigeration and have the ability to freeze. They should provide storage of up to 150 of the deceased (including bariatric). Delivery and assembly should take no longer than three days. Temporary Building: The final tier relates to an alternative building/ structure that could be housed outside independently, similar to Nightingale hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic. They should allow both refrigeration and freezing. The core requirement will be at least 450 fatalities including bariatric and/ or fragmented fatalities. This will need to be deployed within 5 days. This award notice is for Lot 2-Hard Shell solution.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-027cea80-b2d2-4be7-a607-588a7004756c
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6bc9c974-d864-4f8f-9d02-024c03ea6d49
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

CPV Codes

33970000 - Mortuary equipment and supplies

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£488,691 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£488,691 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Aug 20256 months ago
Submission Deadline
28 Mar 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
13 Aug 20256 months ago
Contract Period
13 Aug 2025 - 13 Aug 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
HOME OFFICE
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 4DF
Post Town
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

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Further Information

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