Removal of Deceased Persons for Her Majesty’s Coroner

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Removal of Deceased Persons for Her Majesty’s Coroner

The Contract is to provide a rapid and effective response when called upon by HM Coroner, or officers acting on his behalf, to remove a Body from the premises or other situation within the Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire area.

United Kingdom-Stoke-on-Trent: Body transport containers

2017/S 241-500578

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses

Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Civic Centre, Glebe Street
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 1HH
United Kingdom
Contact person: Mrs Debbie Cramphorn
Telephone: +44 1782232375
E-mail: debbie.cramphorn@stoke.gov.uk
NUTS code: UKG23
Internet address(es):Main address: https://www.stoke.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.stoke.gov.uk

I.2)Joint procurement

I.3)Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://procontract.due-north.com
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://procontract.due-north.com

I.4)Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.5)Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)Title:

Removal of Deceased Persons for Her Majesty’s Coroner – Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire North.

Reference number: DN312270

II.1.2)Main CPV code

33949000

II.1.3)Type of contract

Services

II.1.4)Short description:

The Contract is to provide a rapid and effective response when called upon by HM Coroner, or officers acting on his behalf, to remove a Body from the premises or other situation within the Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire area, or as directed by HM Coroner, and transporting it directly to the Public Mortuary, Hartshill.

As an ancillary part of the Service, the Service Provider will also be required to deliver and collect bodies from the Public Mortuary or other Local Hospital Mortuaries within the Coroner’s District for Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire North.

Exceptionally, there may be the need to transport a Body to or from a location much further afield.There will also be a need to transport in the region of 12 Bodies per year from the scene of death to facilitate Home Office postmortem examinations, then transport the Bodies to any other location as required.

II.1.5)Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 320 000.00 GBP

II.1.6)Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

98300000

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKG23

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The Contract is to provide a rapid and effective response when called upon by HM Coroner, or officers acting on his behalf, to remove a Body from the premises or other situation within the Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire area, or as directed by HM Coroner, and transporting it directly to the Public Mortuary, Hartshill.

As an ancillary part of the Service, the Service Provider will also be required to deliver and collect bodies from the Public Mortuary or other Local Hospital Mortuaries within the Coroner’s District for Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire North to the X-ray department of the Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke on Trent and then elsewhere but normally (though not exclusively) to:

— Birmingham Women’s Hospital,

— Selly Oak Hospital,

— Birmingham Children’s Hospital,

— Sandwell General Hospital or Leicester Hospitals,

— Alderhay Hospital or Walsgrave Hospital Coventry.

Exceptionally, there may be the need to transport a Body to or from a location much further afield.

In addition to the above requirements, there will also be a need to transport in the region of 12 Bodies per year from the scene of death to the mortuary at the Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke on Trent, to facilitate Home Office postmortem examinations, then transport the Bodies to any other location as required.

The period of the Framework Agreement will be from 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2022 (2+1+1).

II.2.5)Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6)Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 320 000.00 GBP

II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:

Dependent on the further options after 1 years- opportunity to take up further 1 x 12 months, after this will re-tender.

II.2.10)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)Information about options

Options: no
II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues

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

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation
III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
III.1.5)Information about reserved contracts
III.2)Conditions related to the contract
III.2.1)Information about a particular profession
III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:
III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Open procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.4)Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
IV.1.6)Information about electronic auction

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

IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 22/01/2018
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:

English

IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 48 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 22/01/2018
Local time: 12:00
Place:

Stoke-on-Trent City Council Procurement.

Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:

Senior Business Advisor – Procurement.

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: yes
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
VI.3)Additional information:
VI.4)Procedures for review

VI.4.1)Review body

Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Stoke-on-Trent
United Kingdom
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures
VI.4.3)Review procedure
VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

12/12/2017

 

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