Funeral and related services

Tender description

Hampshire County Council are currently exploring options for the provision of a service for the removal of deceased on behalf of the Senior Coroner within Hampshire. In certain cases where there is an unexplained, unexpected, suspicious or sudden death it is the responsibility of the Coroner to examine the cause of death. It is also the Coroner’s responsibility to remove bodies from the place of death to an appropriate location in or around Hampshire. The Coroner’s Office could also request the deceased to be transported to specialist units. Services are required 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 52 weeks of the year, without exception and including bank holidays. Business continuity plans are required to mitigate any adverse conditions such as weather disruption (floods and snow for instance) or other potential service disruption (fuel shortage, flu pandemic leading to staff shortage, etc). Direction and contact for removal and movement of the deceased will come from a number of approved sources/personnel such as the Senior Coroner, Coroner’s Officers, Coroner support staff, Police emergency control room operators, Police forensic officers. Hampshire County Council are inviting interest from appropriate professions, including national and local companies or individuals or organisations/individuals working as part of a consortium — however there will need to be a named lead company or organisation (i.e. single point of contact) for coordination, administration and mobilisation purposes. If you are interested in assisting Hampshire County Council in scoping our requirements and delivering this service, please register with Hampshire County Councils Tendering portal In-tend https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire/aspx/Home against project ref: CC10264. If your organisation is not registered on the Hampshire In-tend portal, please go to the website stated above and click on the “Register” tab — registration is free. Logging into In-Tend (once registered) — To view this opportunity please click on “Tenders” then “Current” and then scroll down to the project — Selecting “View Details” on the relevant opportunity — Clicking the “Express Interest” tab This prior information notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with organisations who are able to transport deceased bodies on behalf of the Coroner. Hampshire County Council intends to hold market engagement sessions with those suppliers interested in potentially bidding for the resulting agreement. If you are interested in engaging in our market engagement activity, please submit the following details via the Correspondence function by Friday, 26.4.2019: 1) Organisation name; 2) Contact name; 3) Job title of contact (including responsibility within your organisation); 4) Contact phone number; 5) Contact email; 6) Organisation website link. Receiving notification emails to ensure you receive email alerts and notifications from our system, please add the email domain “@in-tend.co.uk” to your Safe Senders list. When the tender updates and documents are issued you will be notified by In-Tend. The “Help” or “Information for Suppliers” buttons on the portal provide a detailed step by step guide.