Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Funeral Service Arrangements for Public Health Funerals
Notice Description
The council was seeking tender submissions for the provision of funeral service arrangements for public health funerals. The contract was to appoint a supplier to provide a Collection to Cremation/Burial Funeral Service. This contract will include: - collection of and bringing the deceased into care of funeral directors upon request. - preparation and presentation of the deceased, covering no less than washing, dressing and hygienic treatment of the remains. - provision of a simple coffin, suitable for burial or cremation. - Transportation of the remains on the day of the funeral direct to the pre-determined location/final destination. - provision of the necessary personnel on the day of the funeral to carry out the transportation and handover to the council officers on site. The procurement was conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland - Tender portal (PCS-T). This procurement was a one stage Open procedure.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The council was seeking tender submissions for the provision of funeral service arrangements for public health funerals. This contract was to appoint a supplier to provide a Collection to Cremation/Burial Funeral Service. This contract will include: - collection of and bringing the deceased into care of funeral directors upon request. - preparation and presentation of the deceased, covering no less than washing, dressing and hygienic treatment of the remains. - provision of a simple coffin, suitable for burial or cremation. - Transportation of the remains on the day of the funeral direct to the pre-determined location/final destination. - provision of the necessary personnel on the day of the funeral to carry out the transportation and handover to the council officers on site. This procurement was conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland - Tender portal (PCS-T). A one stage Open procedure was utilised.
Renewal: The contract duration is for 3 Years with an option to extend for a further 2 periods of up to 12 months each.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03dd2f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032116-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
98370000 - Funeral and related services
98371000 - Funeral services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £300,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £300,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £300,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 31 Oct 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 28 Jul 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 17 Sep 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- The contract duration is for 3 Years with an option to extend for a further 2 periods of up to 12 months each.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Lindsay McGibbon
- Contact Email
- lindsay.mcgibbon@glasgow.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1412876964
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLASGOW
- Postcode
- G2 1DU
- Post Town
- Glasgow
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM32 Glasgow City
- Delivery Location
- TLM82 Glasgow City
-
- Local Authority
- Glasgow City
- Electoral Ward
- Anderston/City/Yorkhill
- Westminster Constituency
- Glasgow North East
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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