Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Mortuary and Associated Services
Authority: Leicester City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis award notice is for award of Mortuary and Associated Services. Leicester City Council's internal reference for this contract is FEW1286.
Leicester City Council is the lead authority for Leicester City & South Leicestershire Coroner Area. The Council has a statutory duty to fund the Coroner’s Service including expenditure on mortuary and post-mortem services.
There is no competition for this service. Deceased bodies referred to the Leicester City & South Leicestershire Coroner must remain within their jurisdiction until officially released by the Coroner.
The term of this contract is up to 4 years (1+1+1+1). The value provided at 'II.1.7. Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)' and at 'V.2.4. Information on value of the contract/lot' represents the total estimated value for a full term. Actual expenditure may vary due to the nature of this contract.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1His Majesty's Coroner and the Coronial process is governed under a statute of law,…Awarded
His Majesty's Coroner and the Coronial process is governed under a statute of law, whereby a cause of death must be given to enable the legal registration of the death and disposal, burial or cremation. To enable this Leicester City Council would like to award the contract to University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust for the provision body storage refrigeration an post mortem facilities. Associated services may include (as required): toxicology services; bodily fluids extraction and storage: tissue extraction and storage; MRI scanning.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 12 Jan 2024, 14:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Jan 2024, 14:56 GMT
- Authority reference
DN703205- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-001124- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042cc5Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Award relying on Reg. 32(b)(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons.
By law, the body must stay in the Coroner’s area. Therefore, his Majesty's Coroner Service requires mortuary services at University Hospitals of Leicester, UHL.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Mortuary and Associated Services · UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST
- Signed
- 20 Dec 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| His Majesty's Coroner and the Coronial process is governed under a statute of law,… | 1bids · 0 electronic | 0 | — | £2,480,000 – £2,480,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £1 – £2,480,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.