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: 12 month extension available.
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 months
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000817533
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC544856
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- 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
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 3 Dec 20252 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 6 Jan 20262 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Feb 2026 - 31 Jan 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- FIFE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Aaron Muir
- Contact Email
- aaron.muir@fife.gov.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
Notice Documents
-
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC544856&idx=3
3rd December 2025 - Area map -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC544856&idx=4
3rd December 2025 - Fife Council Terms and Conditions - Purchase of Services -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC544856
Provision of a Funeral and Undertaking Service - 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.
Notice URLs
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