What the buyer wrote
Portsmouth City Council is inviting tenders from suitably qualified funeral directors to deliver funeral andburial services. Under Section 46 of the Public Health Act 1984 Local Authorities have a statutory duty tomake arrangements for the disposal of a deceased's body if it appears to the local authority that no suitable arrangements have been made. The Authority arranges approximately 35 funerals per year and is looking to appoint one provider who could meet all our requirements. All deceased bodies will be buried unless instructed otherwise. The timing of the funerals will be at the discretion of the Authority and the successful provider will therefore need to be flexible.…
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Details
- What the buyer calls it
- Community Funeral Provision 2017 - AWARD
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Type
- services
- Suitable for small firms
- The buyer says yes. What that is worth
- Work starts
- 31 Mar 2017
- Work ends
- 31 Mar 2020
- Kind of work
- Supplies and catering
Who the buyer named
Procurement Service was the named contact on this notice.