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title: "MBC-1658 Gravedigging Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07777c"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Melton Borough Council"
published: "2026-09-22"
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# MBC-1658 Gravedigging Services

Buyer: Melton Borough Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07777c

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## Summary

Melton Borough Council procured professional gravedigging services for its residents at Thorpe Road Cemetery in Melton Mowbray. The work covers the full grave preparation and reinstatement cycle: excavating graves, providing shoring where required, dressing the grave, backfilling after interment and reinstating the surrounding area. This is a cemetery operations service rather than a general grounds-maintenance requirement, and it is classified within sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services (CPV 90000000). The council is the public-sector buyer and the requirement relates to one service lot. The specification emphasises a high-quality, professional service delivered at the cemetery site, so relevant suppliers are those able to carry out burial-ground excavation and reinstatement work safely and reliably.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to ALAN BARNACLE LTD, an SME. It used a direct below-threshold procedure without competition, covering one lot. The contract was signed on 20 August 2026 and runs from 1 September 2026 to 30 August 2029. It has a possible extension to 30 August 2031, subject to demand or need and satisfactory performance. The contract value is £130,000 excluding VAT and £156,000 including VAT. The contract is active. The published outcome records the selected supplier and the agreement for gravedigging services; no competitive evaluation basis is stated. This outcome shows a completed, single-supplier purchase by Melton Borough Council, rather than an open tender requiring multiple bids.

For a supplier assessing future cemetery-service requirements from this buyer, the procurement demonstrates recurring demand for a specialist gravedigging service at a defined cemetery site and a contract scale suitable for an established small or medium-sized operator. Credible competitors would need practical capability in grave excavation, shoring, dressing, backfilling and reinstatement, together with the equipment, trained personnel and operational capacity to deliver consistently and safely around cemetery activities. The requirement also rewards reliability and professional standards: satisfactory performance is expressly relevant to any extension. Experience of working in burial grounds, managing excavation risks and reinstating graves to an appropriate finish would help a supplier demonstrate that it can provide the complete service rather than only individual groundwork tasks. The previous award shows that a specialist SME can meet this buyer’s requirement.

## Notice

Requirement for a high-quality and professional gravedigging service within the Thorpe Road Cemetery site for Melton Borough Council and its residents. Full specification of service includes excavation, shoring and dressing of graves, backfilling of graves and reinstatement of graves.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089620-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 30 Aug 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £130,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Melton Borough Council |
| Locality | MELTON MOWBRAY |
| Postcode area | Leicester |
| Postcode | LE13 1GH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland |
| Local authority | Melton |
| Electoral ward | Melton Warwick |
| Westminster constituency | Melton and Syston |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ALAN BARNACLE LTD |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

### Codes

- 90000000 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

## Release History

- 22 Sep 2026 at 13:15 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089620-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089620-2026
  22nd September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-22766

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.melton.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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