Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Plymouth City Council
Ballard House, West Hoe Road
Plymouth
PL1 3BJ
Contact
Mr Paul Williams
Telephone
+44 1752305212
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKK41 - Plymouth
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.1) Name and addresses
Torbay Council
Torquay
Contact
Mr Philip Taylor
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKK42 - Torbay
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Services on Behalf of HM Coroner within Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon
Reference number
DN554351
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 98370000 - Funeral and related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Plymouth City Council and Torbay Council are seeking a suitably qualified and experienced provider for the provision of Services on Behalf of HM Coroner within Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon. Plymouth City Council, herein referred to as (‘the Council’), is acting as the lead authority for the purposes of this Procurement Opportunity.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £1,300,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKK4 - Devon
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Plymouth City Council and Torbay Council are seeking a suitably qualified and experienced provider for the provision of Services on Behalf of HM Coroner within Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon. Plymouth City Council, herein referred to as (‘the Council’), is acting as the lead authority for the purposes of this Procurement Opportunity.
The Coroner for Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon is required to arrange the removal of bodies from the place of death or body holding area to the designated mortuary in order to allow the investigation of sudden unexpected death, unnatural deaths and those required to be reported to the Coroner under the Coroner’s Act. This service is a statutory service in which the Coroner needs to work closely with police and other statutory agencies such as the Health and Safety Executive to preserve the evidence and establish the identity of the deceased to an appropriate level, and establish the cause of death. Removal of the body by an undertaker to a public mortuary or designed holding place is required by the Local Authority to comply with Public Health legislation especially where it is a destitute body.
The Coroner through the Coroner’s Officer or Police Officer will instruct a Provider to collect the body and take it to the mortuary. Body removals will need to be made from different locations in Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon and taken to specified mortuaries at locations in Devon and on occasions nationally at short and at any time.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
60
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
2 March 2022
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
2 March 2022
Local time
12:00pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
City of Westminster
London
SW1P3BD
Country
United Kingdom