C008PA - Body Removal and Storage Service for Colchester and Tendring Area of Essex
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Awarded value
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Suppliers
2
Lots
2
Published
05 Jun 2026
Description
Essex County Council (ECC) is responsible for delivering the Coroner Service for the Essex Coroner Area, which encompasses the administrative boundaries of Essex County Council, together with the unitary authorities of Thurrock Council and Southend-on-Sea City Council. As part of these statutory responsibilities, ECC requires the provision of body removal services within the Colchester and Tendring Areas of Essex. These services are essential to support the effective operation of the Coroner Service, ensuring the timely, dignified, and professional transfer of deceased persons. The Council has therefore procured specialist service providers with the necessary expertise, capacity, and capability to deliver these services in accordance with legislative requirements and established service standards.
Scope
- Reference
- C008PA
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 31 Mar 2026 to 31 Mar 2028Possible extension to 31 Mar 2031
14.1 The Agreement term for this agreement with be 2 years. The initial term will be from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2028 with the option of an extension for a further three years. The Authority may at its sole discretion extend the Contract Term by such period as it may specify in written notice given not less than 3 months prior to the expiry of the Contract Term (as extended from time to time) and may do so on as many occasions as it shall think fit provided that such extensions shall not exceed 36 months in total. The decision to extend the Agreement with is at the sole discretion of Essex County Council.
- CPV classifications
- 98370000
- Contract locations
- East of England, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| price | the contract rate | price | 60.00% |
| Technical Quality | responses to quality questions | quality | 35.00% |
| quality | response to Social Value criteria | quality | 5.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Open procedure
Award details· 2 awards
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
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Award date
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Contract start
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Contract end
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Lots · 2 total
Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.
| Lot | Title | Est. value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colchester City Council Area | £120k | complete |
| 1B | Tendring District Council Area | £60k | complete |