--- title: "The Transportation of Bodies on Behalf of the Senior Coroner for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02a8c9" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-02a8c9" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02a8c9.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02a8c9.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "CORNWALL COUNCIL" published: "2021-04-21" --- # The Transportation of Bodies on Behalf of the Senior Coroner for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Buyer: CORNWALL COUNCIL Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02a8c9 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-02a8c9) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02a8c9.json) ## Summary Cornwall Council has completed the procurement process for the transportation of bodies, as required by the Senior Coroner for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The tender title is "The Transportation of Bodies on Behalf of the Senior Coroner for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly," classified under the industry category of funeral and related services. Located in Truro, Cornwal, the procurement stage is now at the award phase, having concluded on 19 March 2021, with a total contract value of £125,000 for two active awards specifically designated for Council’s Community Network Areas 15 and 18/19. This process was conducted under a limited procurement method due to extreme urgency, following a tender initiated in December 2020. This tender represents a significant opportunity for local funeral service providers, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and larger funeral directors, to engage with public sector services. Companies that can offer efficient transportation services, manage the logistical complexities of body removals at short notice, and operate within the Cornwall, Devon, and potentially national areas would be particularly well-suited to fulfil these requirements. The process illustrates a need for reliability and quality in service delivery, making it essential for bidders to demonstrate their capacity to meet these specific expectations outlined in the tender. ## Notice In general all deaths not entirely due to natural causes or where a cause of death is unknown should be reported to the Coroner. When there is a sudden death, it is the responsibility of the Coroner to examine the cause of death and to remove bodies from the scene to the Mortuary, pending a post-mortem examination. The cases that require the removal of a body in this way are mainly community rather than hospital deaths. The Coroner through the Police Control Centre or a Coroner's Officer will instruct a Provider to collect the body and transport it to the mortuary. Body removals will need to be undertaken from different locations in the County and taken to specified mortuaries at locations in Cornwall, Devon and on occasions nationally, at short notice and at any time. In order to ensure this process is carried out efficiently, Cornwall Council is seeking to appoint Providers by competitive tender to provide this Service which will be used by the Coroner for Cornwall & Isles of Scilly. The Council is the responsible body and is therefore carrying out the tender process on behalf of the Coroner ### Lot Information Lot 6: Council's Community Network Areas 15, 18 and 19. Lot 6: Council's Community Network Areas 15, 18 and 19. ### Procurement Information Cornwall Council went out to tender in December 2020 to renew an Agreement for contractors to provide a service to transport deceased persons between the place of death to the Coroner's chosen mortuary. Tenders closed in January 2021, a formal evaluation process followed, and the 8 lots were awarded at the beginning of March 2021.Dignity were awarded Lot 6 but declined due to it not being financially viable for them, there were no other tenders for this lot. .Cornwall Council took the following steps. 1. Offer contract to all bidders who met the quality evaluation criteria 2. Direct enquiries to local Funeral Directors in the area and consideration of a consortium 3. Approach previous bidder to negotiate directly Conclusion Co-op submitted a very reasonable price for Lot 6, areas 18 and 19, Legal have incorporated this Lot into the contract along with Lots 3, 4 and 5, using the previously submitted social value and quality method statement responses for all lots. F.D Hall & Son submitted a fair price for Lot 6, area 15, and will subcontract out to Richardson's of Looe. Legal have drawn up a contract incorporating their pricing document, but no quality method statements or social value templates were submitted as this is not a requirement under the negotiation without prior publication procedure, it was also considered to be a delicate relationship due to the previous history and not appropriate to ask them to fill in extra paperwork, Procurement did however carry out a due diligence report to assess any financial risk, the Due Dil report showed credit health as 'very low risk' and no other areas for concern ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008536-2021 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Limited | | Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Large, SME | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 21 Apr 2021 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 19 Mar 2021 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | £125,000 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Cancelled | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CORNWALL COUNCIL | | Locality | TRURO | | Post town | Truro | | Postcode | TR1 3AY | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | | ITL 3 | TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | | Local authority | Cornwall | | Electoral ward | Truro Boscawen & Redannick | | Westminster constituency | Truro and Falmouth | | Delivery location | TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 2 | | Supplier names | FD HALL AND SON; FUNERAL SERVICES LTD T/A CO-OP FUNERALCARE | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 98 - Other community, social and personal services ### Codes - 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services - 98370000 - Funeral and related services ## Release History - 21 Apr 2021 at 16:12 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008536-2021 ## Notice URLs - http://www.cornwall.gov.uk - https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:615640-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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