Contract award notice

Information

Published

External Reference: 2022-536475

FTS Reference: 2022-029126

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
N/A
Royal Stoke University Hospital, Newcastle Road
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
ST4 6QG
UK
Contact person: Emma Viola
Telephone: +44 1902695477
NUTS code:  UKG39 -  Wolverhampton
Internet address(es):
I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.5)

Main activity

Health

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Funeral Services and Transportation of Bodies
Reference number:  T1095
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

98371000  -  Funeral services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust invites competitive tenders for the provision of Funeral Services and Transportation of Bodies Contract. This will be split into two Lots, Lot 1 Funeral Services and Lot 2 Transportation of Bodies.
The Trust co-ordinates and pays for Funeral arrangements for deceased patients who have no relatives to pay the cost of the funeral, and for funerals of babies, non-viable foetuses and still births. The Trust requires the relevant Contractor in connection with the Trust to co-ordinate and provide the necessary services to facilitate the arrangements.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)

Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT:  267830.00  GBP
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

33940000  -  Cadaver transport and storage equipment and supplies
98370000  -  Funeral and related services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UKG39 -  Wolverhampton
Main site or place of performance:  
New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust invites competitive tenders for the provision of Funeral Services and Transportation of Bodies Contract. This will be split into two Lots, Lot 1 Funeral Services and Lot 2 Transportation of Bodies.
The Trust co-ordinates and pays for Funeral arrangements for deceased patients who have no relatives to pay the cost of the funeral, and for funerals of babies, non-viable foetuses and still births. The Trust requires the relevant Contractor in connection with the Trust to co-ordinate and provide the necessary services to facilitate the arrangements.
The Tender documents are attached. Please use Document 2 to submit your responses to the questions or you can upload your own document as long as the responses to the questions are clearly numbered.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality Funeral Services  /  Weighting:  58.4
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Quality TGransportation of Bodies  /  Weighting:  60
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Price Funeral Services  /  Weighting:  40
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Price transportation of Bodies  /  Weighting:  17.7
Price  -  Weighting:  40
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14)

Additional information

The University Hospitals of the North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) provides Procurement services to The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT). This contract is to provide a service to RWT in the Wolverhampton area, not to UHNM.

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Open procedure
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : no
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the FTS: 2022/S 000-012895

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Funeral Services and Transportation of Bodies

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)

Award of contract

V.2.1)

Date of conclusion of the contract

13/10/2022
V.2.2)

Information about tenders

Number of tenders received:  2
Number of tenders received by electronic means:  2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators :  no
V.2.3)

Name and address of the contractor

Central England Co-operative
Central England Co-operative
Hermes Road
Lichfield
WS13 6RH
UK
NUTS code:  UKG38 -  Walsall

The contractor is an SME : no
V.2.4)

Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot:  267830.00  GBP

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

University Hospital North Midlands
Stoke-on-Trent
St4 6QG
UK

VI.4.2)

Body responsible for mediation procedures

University Hospital North Midlands
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 6QG
UK

VI.4.4)

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

University Hospital North Midlands
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 6QG
UK