Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of a Funeral and Undertaking Service
Notice Description
Fife Council require suitably qualified contractors(s) to provide an undertaking and funeral service to ensure all persons in Fife who have no means to pay and have no-one who adopts responsibility for them to have a respectful burial/cremation. This requirement shall be split into 2 lots per area of Fife, tenderers can quote for any or both Lots.
Lot Information
North Fife
Fife Council require suitably qualified contractors(s) to provide an undertaking and funeral service to ensure all persons in Fife who have no means to pay and have no-one who adopts responsibility for them to have a respectful burial/cremation. This requirement shall be split into 2 lots per area of Fife, tenderers can quote for any or both Lots.
Renewal: Extension period of 12 months
South FifeFife Council require suitably qualified contractors(s) to provide an undertaking and funeral service to ensure all persons in Fife who have no means to pay and have no-one who adopts responsibility for them to have a respectful burial/cremation. This requirement shall be split into 2 lots per area of Fife, tenderers can quote for any or both Lots.
Renewal: 12 month extension available.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05ee99
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013272-2026
- 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
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £52,708 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Feb 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 8 Jan 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 13 Feb 20261 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- FIFE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- aaron.muir@live.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 3451550000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLENROTHES
- Postcode
- KY7 5LT
- Post Town
- Kirkcaldy
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM0 Eastern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM01 Clackmannanshire and Fife
- Delivery Location
- TLM72 Clackmannanshire and Fife
-
- Local Authority
- Fife
- Electoral Ward
- Glenrothes Central and Thornton
- Westminster Constituency
- Glenrothes and Mid Fife
Further Information
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