Notice Information
Notice Title
Funeral Services
Notice Description
FUNERAL/25/1 The Authority wishes to appoint a suitably experienced and professional Funeral Director or Funeral Service provider to fulfil its statutory duty. This requirement is covered under Section 46 of the Public Health (control of disease) Act 1984. As it is not possible to predict the number of public health funerals in future years, the contract will require a set fee for the individual cremation and burials for the specified period and in accordance with the requirements set out in this document. Procurement documentation can be downloaded from Kent Business Portal https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e9c4e12a-0820-45b0-b2d6-f4156c3ba845
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f3edc7c3-c741-47d6-ad6c-2251cf0c7c6d
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
98371000 - Funeral services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £75,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £57,000 Under £100K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 Apr 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 10 Mar 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 29 Apr 20259 months ago
- Contract Period
- 27 Apr 2025 - 28 Apr 2030 Over 5 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
- ASHFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Stephanie Leonard
- Contact Email
- stephanie.leonard@ashford.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- 01233 330371
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ASHFORD
- Postcode
- TN23 1HU
- Post Town
- Tonbridge
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ4 Kent
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ45 Mid Kent
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Ashford
- Electoral Ward
- Victoria
- Westminster Constituency
- Ashford
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f3edc7c3-c741-47d6-ad6c-2251cf0c7c6d
30th April 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ceb1df90-e371-462f-8df9-4e26dad7aa67
7th February 2025 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/
The tender documents and additional information can be accessed from the Kent Business Portal.
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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