Funeral Services 2026

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      "date": "2025-12-15T00:00:00Z",
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          "datePublished": "2025-12-19T12:35:42Z",
          "description": "Contract award notice on Find a Tender",
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          "id": "084883-2025",
          "noticeType": "UK6",
          "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084883-2025"
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          "name": "A.W.LYMN THE FAMILY FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED"
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    "name": "Nottinghamshire County Council"
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        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "locality": "Nottingham",
        "postalCode": "NG2 7QP",
        "region": "UKF16",
        "streetAddress": "County Hall, Loughborough Road"
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        "email": "prpc@nottscc.gov.uk"
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        "locality": "Nottingham",
        "postalCode": "NG3 1GF",
        "region": "UKF14",
        "streetAddress": "Robin Hood House"
      },
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        "email": "chloe@lymn.co.uk"
      },
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    "description": "Nottinghamshire County Council has a statutory duty under Section 48 of the Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984 to undertake the cremation or burial of people who die whilst living in residential and nursing care accommodation and who have no-one willing or able to make funeral arrangements for them.\nIt is estimated that the contract will involve the provision of approximately thirty funerals per year.\nThe Provider must:\n\u2022 Be able to facilitate both burials and cremations.\n\u2022 Work to the National Association of Funeral Directors existing Code of Practice The Funeral Director Code - The NAFD, or equivalent.\n\u2022 Be able to provide a cost effective and responsive service to the whole of the Council\u0027s geographic area.\n\u2022 Liaise with the Council\u0027s designated Business Support Administrators (PoPPFA Team) and provide a written quotation for all expenses to be incurred for each individual funeral.\n\u2022 Arrange for the removal of the deceased Person from the residential home, nursing home or a supported living complex as appropriate to the funeral home, which must be located within the Nottinghamshire County boundary (including Nottingham City).\n\u2022 Collect a deceased on any day, including weekends and public holidays.\n\u2022 Ensure cremations and burials take place within a maximum of two weeks (10 working days) from the date of death, unless there are exceptional circumstances which result in a delay.\n\u2022 Arrange a funeral at a crematorium or cemetery that is closest to the residential accommodation in which the Person died, unless the Person has expressed a wish to be buried or cremated in another area of Nottinghamshire.\n\u2022 The funeral must depart either from the funeral home or from the residential home where the Person died.\n\u2022 Provide a hearse.\n\u2022 Provide adequate bearers.\n\u2022 Be responsible for the dressing and coffining of the body.\n\u2022 Provide a fabric shroud.\n\u2022 Provide a flower tribute.\nThe contract will initially run for four years, from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2030.There is an option to extend for up to a further two years up to 31 March 2032.\nThe maximum contract value assigned to these requirements is \u00a3450,000 (inclusive of VAT) over the maximum term allowed of 6 years.",
    "id": "DN790761",
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      "scheme": "UKPGA",
      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents"
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    "procurementMethod": "open",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure",
    "status": "complete",
    "title": "Funeral Services 2026"
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}