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Coroner Removal Services

Liverpool City Council

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Planning

11 Aug 2026 at 09:51

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Liverpool City Council intends to procure coroner removal services for the Liverpool & Wirral Coroner Service. The service will collect and transport deceased persons from the community after referral to His Majesty’s Coroner. It is intended to support the Coroner in carrying out statutory duties and provide a professional, dignified and timely response across Liverpool and Wirral. This is a public service requirement in the funeral and related services category. The work will be delivered across the Liverpool and Wirral area, for the Council and its coroner service. Suppliers should therefore be prepared to handle sensitive removals from community locations and provide an appropriate service across both areas, rather than a single-site transport operation.

The procurement is at the planning stage: the Council has stated its intention to procure but has not invited tenders. It expects to use a tender procedure for one lot, with the procurement above the relevant threshold. The estimated value is £480,000 excluding VAT (£576,000 including VAT). The expected contract period is 1 June 2027 to 31 May 2030, with a possible extension to 31 May 2032. The Council plans to distribute a pre-market engagement questionnaire from 11 August to 4 September 2026 to help shape its procurement strategy, and expects the next notice to be published on 1 October 2026. Businesses should treat these dates as indicative planning expectations, not tender deadlines.

This will suit funeral directors, mortuary transport providers and specialist deceased-removal operators with experience of collecting and transporting deceased persons following referral to a coroner. Relevant suppliers will need to demonstrate that they can deliver a professional, dignified and timely response, including work arising from community locations across Liverpool and Wirral. The service is closely connected to statutory coroner duties, so businesses should be ready to operate reliably within a sensitive public-service environment and respond appropriately to referrals. The Council’s pre-market engagement gives capable providers an opportunity to explain how they currently deliver these services, their geographic coverage, operational approach and ability to support continuity of the statutory service before the procurement strategy is finalised.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Coroner Removal Services

Notice Description

The Liverpool & Wirral Coroner Service is seeking to ensure the continued provision of a statutory service for the collection and transportation of deceased persons from the community following referral to His Majesty's Coroner. The service is required to support the Coroner in the discharge of their statutory duties and to ensure a professional, dignified and timely response across the Liverpool and Wirral area.

Planning Information

Premarket engagement questionnaire will be distributed via ProContract from 11/08/2026-04/09/2026. The Council welcomes responses to this questionnaire which will help form the procurement strategy.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e0e1
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076049-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

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
£480,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
11 Aug 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
1 Oct 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Jun 2027 - 31 May 2030 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

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

Locality
LIVERPOOL
Postcode
L3 1DS
Postcode Area
Liverpool
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD7 Merseyside
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD72 Liverpool
Delivery Location
TLD7 Merseyside
Local Authority
Liverpool
Electoral Ward
Waterfront South
Westminster Constituency
Liverpool Riverside

Further Information

Notice Documents

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