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CPU 7935 Mortuary Services

Nottingham City Council

This public procurement record has 5 releases in its history.

Award

07 Aug 2026 at 11:47

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

10 Feb 2026 at 16:27

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

20 Nov 2025 at 14:57

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

08 Sep 2025 at 16:53

UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
Planning

08 Sep 2025 at 16:26

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Nottingham City Council procured mortuary services to support the Coroners Service for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. The requirement covers health and social work services associated with post-mortem examinations, including the related mortuary support needed by HM Coroner. The planning information indicates that the Coroner instructs around 1,650 post-mortems each year, giving an indication of the operational scale. Nottingham City Council is the buying organisation and the work is delivered in Nottinghamshire. The procurement was for one service lot and was suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. Suppliers needed to be sufficiently experienced and qualified to provide mortuary services for a public coronial service.

The procurement is complete and was awarded to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust on 10 February 2026, with the contract signed on 2 March 2026. It used an open competitive flexible procedure. Three valid bids were received, including one from an SME. The single award and contract are valued at £8,000,000 excluding VAT and £9,600,000 including VAT. The contract runs from 2 March 2026 to 1 March 2029, with an option to extend to 1 March 2031, at the Council’s discretion. Evaluation gave quality a 60% weighting and price 40%. The original tender deadline was 19 December 2025, and the award decision was due by 9 February 2026.

This procurement shows sustained demand from Nottingham City Council for specialist mortuary capacity supporting coronial post-mortems. A credible future competitor would need qualified and experienced staff, suitable mortuary facilities and the operational resilience to handle a substantial recurring workload. The service model also requires reliable monthly performance management, with post-mortem completion, interim report submission and toxicology sample dispatch identified as agreed measures. Providers should therefore be able to maintain dependable turnaround times, produce accurate coronial documentation and coordinate the secure handling and dispatch of toxicology samples. Experience working with coroners, public-sector clients or NHS organisations would help demonstrate the governance, clinical processes and service assurance expected for this requirement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

CPU 7935 Mortuary Services

Notice Description

Nottingham City Council ('the Authority') is seeking tenders from sufficiently experienced and qualified suppliers for the provision of mortuary services to support the Coroners Service within Nottinghamshire.

Planning Information

Nottingham City Council is the relevant authority for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Coroners. Nottingham City Council is looking to appoint a new supplier(s) for the Mortuary Services contract from March 2026. HM Coroner instructs around 1650 post mortems per year. The intention of the SMT is to gather a range of qualitative data and information. The information collected during this process will not be used for any other purpose other than the purpose highlighted above. No information provided in response to this exercise will be used by Nottingham City Council in assessing providers during any open market tender processes which may follow. The soft market testing will take place from the date of this published SMT until 22nd September 2025 Any questions regarding the SMT approach document should be submitted by 15th September 2025 to www.eastmidstenders.org Any responses to the soft market testing should also be submitted via the e-Tendering portal, located at www.eastmidstenders.org by 22nd September 2025 Neither the intention nor the purposes of this SMT exercise is to confer any advantage upon its participants in any future procurement process. This SMT is NOT a call for tenders. All information gathered from the SMT will be carefully considered and analysed by the Council's Procurement team. All responses will be anonymised and not shared with competitors for these services. An appropriate specification and service model may be designed using the information provided and from wider consultation with stakeholders.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-059624
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075227-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£8,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£8,000,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£8,000,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£8,000,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
19 Dec 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
13 Oct 2025Expired
Award Date
10 Feb 20266 months ago
Contract Period
2 Mar 2026 - 1 Mar 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Nottingham City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NOTTINGHAM
Postcode
NG2 3NG
Postcode Area
Nottingham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF14 Nottingham
Delivery Location
TLF14 Nottingham
Local Authority
Nottingham
Electoral Ward
Castle
Westminster Constituency
Nottingham East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

Further Information

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