Funeral services

Tender description

Birmingham City Council on average receives approximately 100 cases per annum where the deceased person's next of kin is unknown. The Council requires the services of an International Genealogists, Family Research and Probate Company in order to trace and locate family members of deceased persons where there is no known next of kin in a timely manner. The successful company must have international experience in tracing and locating members of deceased persons due to the Council being an international city. The contract will be for a period of 4 years, commencing on the 1.4.2016. BCC will be using its e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. The web address is: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc Registration and use of In-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the In-tend correspondence function. If you are unable to register with In-tend please either email us at: cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call 0121 464 8000. If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Councils tender Portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as a bidder. We will send you a log on and password so you can download the tender documentation. Deadline for expressions of interest: 4.1.2017. Requests to participate must be by way of completion and return of the tender documentation no later than 12:00 (GMT) on 10th January 2017 using the Supplier Portal.