Notice Information
Notice Title
SC220333 - Market Engagement - Mass Fatality Incident Response Services
Notice Description
Market Engagement Opportunity The Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) is a partnership of agencies who work together to ensure a coordinated response to emergencies that could have a significant impact on communities in Kent and Medway. Kent County Council (on behalf of the KRF) is planning a Procurement process to put in place a new Contract to provide emergency support to assist the response to a Mass Fatality incident, if required. This Market Engagement exercise is intended to help the Council understand the level of interest in this opportunity, and potential service offerings from the market. The Council plans to use the information and feedback we receive to develop our plans for the future delivery of this Contract. This is an open engagement exercise in which any potential providers can participate. All interested organisations are invited to complete a Market Engagement Questionnaire. All responses to this questionnaire should be submitted via the Kent Business Portal, no later than 5pm on Friday 9th February 2024. All questionnaire responses will be treated as 'commercial in confidence'. Alternatively, responses can also be emailed to Alison.Blackman@kent.gov.uk.
Lot Information
Lot 1
It is anticipated that in the event of a Mass Fatality incident, any combination of the following support could be required (depending on the availability of existing resource across KRF Partners): Provision of Specialist Equipment required to operate a temporary mortuary service. Specialist staff to conduct or assist with post-mortem examinations, collect and store samples, collect, analyse and associate ante-mortem information from families and other agencies. Establishment of emergency mortuary to receive and store human remains. Provide emergency mortuary and all necessary mortuary equipment, processes to conduct post-mortem examinations of human remains. Identification of human remains, including arranging DNA or other analysis as appropriate on post-mortem and ante-mortem samples. Search and Recovery: Search, recover and/or transport human remains from the site(s) of the incident. The Supplier would be expected be able to provide a guaranteed level of response 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year, should these services to be required. It is anticipated that the planned Contract will begin in June 2024.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-042ed9
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002059-2024
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
-
- CPV Codes
33900000 - Post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 Jan 20242 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Mar 2024Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Mrs Alison Blackman
- Contact Email
- alison.blackman@kent.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 3000413335
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MAIDSTONE
- Postcode
- ME14 1XQ
- Post Town
- Rochester
- 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
- TLJ4 Kent
-
- Local Authority
- Maidstone
- Electoral Ward
- Penenden Heath
- Westminster Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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