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Published 29 Apr 2025, 11:24 BST

Official UK procurement notice

East Cambridgeshire District Council Bereavement Centre Electric Cremator

Official notice

Authority: East Cambridgeshire District Council (Local council)·On behalf of: Cambridgeshire County Council

GoodsDirect awardAbove threshold
Sectors: Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: East of England (UKH)
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Awarded 4 Jun 2025no call for competition
Awarded to DFW Europe BV.
Contract term 1 yrends 22 May 2026 · starts 22 May 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The council is in the process of building a new build crematorium and bereavement centre

located at the Former Outdoor Centre, Mepal, UK. The key aims of this new facility is to

provide a beautiful and sustainable alternative to the residents of East Cambridgeshire and

surrounding area. To assist with this aim, it has been decided that an electric cremator will be

installed.

Production, supply and installation of an electric cremator and supporting equipment, as

listed below.

Supporting equipment includes

  • Automatic charging bier
  • Attachment for automatic charging bier for little cremations
  • Control system
  • Extraction box above the oven entry
  • Crematoria Emissions Monitoring system
  • Reporting tool
  • Single Stream Filtration installation
  • Raking box and tools
  • Ash pan lift
  • Ash pan trolley
  • Cremulator
  • Ash treatment table with ashpan storage
  • Electric driven coffin trolley
  • Remote control for charging
  • Secondary heat exchanger

Training of operatives on the equipment supplied and ongoing maintenance contract with UK

based provider.

The provision of the electric cremator needs to be within the constraints of the new building,

changing the build layout at this stage is not a possibility due to cost implications for

redesign work.

The floor area available in the cremator hall for the cremator and the supporting equipment is

71m2. This does not include the floor area that has been allocated for the committal hall.

There is also the constraint for the delivery and installation of the cremator to fit with the

build programme, with an anticipated installation date of March 2026.

CPV: Cremators

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yr
Contract period: 22 May 2025 – 22 May 2026 (1 yr)
Delivery: East of England
42350000 Cremators

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
29 Apr 2025, 11:24 BST
Last source update
27 Jun 2025, 08:00 BST
Authority reference
25046
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035569
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Cremators
Delivery area
East of England (UKH)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0508f8 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Market engagement was run to identify any other provider in the market, and this provider were the only ones to respond.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

29 Apr 2025 → 27 Jun 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    29 Apr 2025, 11:24 BST
  2. Market engagement
    21 May 2025, 23:59 BST

    To receive the Market Engagement document for completion, interested parties should email Jon Collyns at Jon.collyns@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.

    The closing date for receipt of submitted questionnaires is 5pm on Wednesday 21st May 2025.

  3. Contract starts
    22 May 2025, 00:00 BST
  4. Standstill ends
    13 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Latest notice published
    27 Jun 2025, 08:00 BST

Notice history

7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Apr 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    29 Apr 2025, 11:24 BST
    UK2
  2. Transparency notice published
    27 May 2025, 13:21 BST
    UK5
  3. Status changed to complete
    27 May 2025, 13:21 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    27 May 2025, 13:21 BST
  5. Contract award notice published
    4 Jun 2025, 11:55 BST
    UK6
  6. Contract details notice published
    27 Jun 2025, 08:00 BST
    UK7
  7. Contract signature expected
    30 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-04: 1 release · 29 Apr 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Jun 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
DFW Europe BV.East Cambridgeshire District Council Bereavement Centre1 Jul 2025 – 11 May 2026€970,000 inc. VAT4 Jun 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • East Cambridgeshire District Council Bereavement Centre · DFW Europe BV.

    Signed
    16 Jun 2025
    Value
    €970,000 inc. VAT
    Period
    1 Jul 2025 – 11 May 2026
    Status
    active

    No agreed KPIs: N/a

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

East Cambridgeshire District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PQBT-2817-GJGV The Grange, Nutholt Lane, Ely, East of England, CB7 4EEContact name, email, phone

Other public bodies

  • Cambridgeshire County CouncilProcess contact pointProcuring entityLeading the ProcurementGB-PPON: PJVB-3262-VGVJ Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, East of EnglandContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • DFW Europe BV.Awarded supplierGB-PPON: PBPH-1882-HMZV Dulleweg 43, Broek op Langedijk, NL, 1721 PM, NLContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure