Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
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
E-mail: emma.viola@nhs.net
NUTS: UKG39
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/13355
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
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:
267 830.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33940000
98370000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG39
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
Quality criterion: Quality Funeral Services
/ Weighting: 58.4
Quality criterion: Quality TGransportation of Bodies
/ Weighting: 60
Quality criterion: Price Funeral Services
/ Weighting: 40
Quality criterion: 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 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 OJ S:
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
E-mail: michael.taaffe@centralengland.coop
NUTS: UKG38
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 267 830.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
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
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
17/10/2022