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/012097-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award 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
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Feb 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 13 Oct 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 10 Feb 20261 weeks 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
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NOTTINGHAM
- Postcode
- NG2 3NG
- Post Town
- 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
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012097-2026
10th February 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075749-2025
20th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054808-2025
8th September 2025 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054791-2025
8th September 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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