Funeral and related services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 98370000·Services · class·in Community & Cultural Services
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 73 lots from 49 competitions run by 45 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 40 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 33 from older notices (bids received, middle 2).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 115 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 37 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 4 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Funeral Services and Coroners Transportation for the Black Country | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 10 Nov 2026 | 15d | £1,588,446 |
| HM Coroners Community Removals list | Durham County Council | 2 Nov 2026 | 7d | £1,500,000 |
| Maidstone Borough Council & Swale Borough Council Public Health Act Funerals | Maidstone Borough Council | 27 Oct 2026 | 1d | £95,000 |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
98370000 Funeral and related services153 notices · 57%98371000 Funeral services95 notices · 35%98371100 Cemetery services and cremation services27 notices · 10%98371120 Cremation services19 notices · 7%98371200 Undertaking services17 notices · 6%98371110 Cemetery services16 notices · 6%98371111 Cemetery maintenance services16 notices · 6%- Other services 82 · 12m
- Accommodation and office services 81 · 12m
- Membership organisation services 67 · 12m
- Civic-amenity services 64 · 12m
- Dog kennel services 59 · 12m
- Washing and dry-cleaning services 52 · 12m
- Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations 43 · 12m
- Miscellaneous membership organisations services 41 · 12m
- Miscellaneous services 25 · 12m
- Physical well-being services 17 · 12m
- All of Community & Cultural Services →
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Local authorities72%(195 notices)
195 of 269 notices are Local authorities (72%).Central government20%(54 notices)
54 of 269 notices are Central government (20%).NHS & health2%(6 notices)
6 of 269 notices are NHS & health (2%).Education & universities2%(5 notices)
5 of 269 notices are Education & universities (2%).Other public bodies0%(1 notices)
1 of 269 notices are Other public bodies (0%).Not classified3%(8 notices)
8 of 269 notices are Not classified (3%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Essex County Council | Local authorities | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | Local authorities | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Newcastle City Council | Local authorities | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| BLACKPOOL COUNCIL | Local authorities | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Birmingham City Council | Local authorities | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornwall Council | Local authorities | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Oxfordshire County Council | Local authorities | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Police Authority | Central government | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Stoke on Trent City Council | Local authorities | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Durham County Council | Local authorities | 3 | 3 | 1 |
167 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 237 of 269 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| West Midlands | — | — | 80% | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| East of England | 2 | 69% | 76% | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract89%(240 notices)
240 of 269 notices are Contract (89%).Framework11%(29 notices)
29 of 269 notices are Framework (11%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open73%(197 notices)
197 of 269 notices are Open (73%).Route not published13%(36 notices)
36 of 269 notices are Route not published (13%).Limited / restricted8%(21 notices)
21 of 269 notices are Limited / restricted (8%).Direct award5%(13 notices)
13 of 269 notices are Direct award (5%).Selective1%(2 notices)
2 of 269 notices are Selective (1%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold58%(52 notices)
52 of 90 notices are Above threshold (58%).Below threshold42%(38 notices)
38 of 90 notices are Below threshold (42%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (136) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid26%(19)
19 of 73 lots fall in 1 bid (26%).2–352%(38)
38 of 73 lots fall in 2–3 (52%).4–622%(16)
16 of 73 lots fall in 4–6 (22%).7 or more0%(0)
0 of 73 lots fall in 7 or more (0%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 73 lots from 49 competitions run by 45 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 40 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 33 from older notices (bids received, middle 2).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
103 of 129 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 7 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
148 SME bids out of 173, on 67 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
52 of 72 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 38 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
9 of 136 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 39 lots from 14 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 268 awards to 135 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 24% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Funeral Services Limited T/A Co-op Funeralcare | 15 | 17 | 4 | 13 |
| Dignity Funerals Ltd | 10 | 12 | 7 | 10 |
| Facultatieve Technologies Ltd | 7 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| Central England Co-operative Limited | 6 | 14 | 0 | 6 |
| Daniel Robinson and Sons Limited | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| Bate & Holland Funeral Services Ltd | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| The Hunnaball Family Group Limited | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Co-op Funeralcare | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 149 of 269 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in funeral and related services
4 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Maidstone Borough Council & Swale Borough Council Public Health Act Funerals | Maidstone Borough Council | 27 Oct 2026 | 1d | £95,000 |
| HM Coroners Community Removals list | Durham County Council | 2 Nov 2026 | 7d | £1,500,000 |
| Funeral Services and Coroners Transportation for the Black Country | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 10 Nov 2026 | 15d | £1,588,446 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 9837. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 16 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.