Provision of Funeral Service Arrangements for Public Health Funerals

Concepts

• funeral services
• public contracts scotland
• glasgow
• provision of funeral service arrangements
• day of the funeral
• public contracts scotland - tender portal
• burial funeral service
• public health funerals
• care of funeral directors
• spd

Location

Glasgow, UK

Description

The council is seeking tender submissions for the provision of funeral service arrangements for public health funerals. This contract is to appoint a supplier to provide a Collection to Cremation/Burial Funeral Service. This will include: - collection of and bringing the deceased into care of funeral directors upon request. - preparation and presentation of the deceased, covering no less than washing, dressing and hygienic treatment of the remains. - provision of a simple coffin, suitable for burial or cremation. - Transportation of the remains on the day of the funeral direct to the pre-determined location/final destination. - provision of the necessary personnel on the day of the funeral to carry out the transportation and handover to the council officers on site. This procurement will be conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland - Tender portal (PCS-T). We will apply a one stage Open procedure. Bidders must self-certify their adherence to the conditions of participation via the SPD (Scotland) in PCS-T, and may be required to submit Means of Proof before contract award. Bidders must refer to the specific requirements listed in Section III in this Contract Notice when completing the SPD in PCS-T

Total Quantity or Scope

The council is seeking tender submissions for the provision of funeral service arrangements for public health funerals. This contract is to appoint a supplier to provide a Collection to Cremation/Burial Funeral Service. This will include: - collection of and bringing the deceased into care of funeral directors upon request. - preparation and presentation of the deceased, covering no less than washing, dressing and hygienic treatment of the remains. - provision of a simple coffin, suitable for burial or cremation. - Transportation of the remains on the day of the funeral direct to the pre-determined location/final destination. - provision of the necessary personnel on the day of the funeral to carry out the transportation and handover to the council officers on site. The contract will require compliance with all the relevant legislation/regulations both general and specific/defined. This procurement will be conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland - Tender portal (PCS-T). We will apply a one stage Open procedure. Bidders must self-certify their adherence to the conditions of participation via the SPD (Scotland) in PCS-T, and may be required to submit Means of Proof before contract award. Bidders must refer to the specific requirements listed in Section III in this Contract Notice when completing the SPD in PCS-T. The contract will require compliance with all the relevant legislation/regulations both general and specific/defined. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if there are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015

Renewal Options

The contract duration is for 3 Years with an option to extend for a further 2 periods of up to 12 months each.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 98370000 - Funeral and related services
• 98371000 - Funeral services

Indicators

• This is a recurring contract.
• Renewals are available.
• Financial restrictions apply.
• Professional qualifications are sought.
• Technical restrictions apply.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Health & Safety — the H&S Questionnaire is contained in the attachments section of PCS-T. Bidders must respond to the H&S Questionnaire as part of their submission. Documented evidence validating responses provided to the H&S Questionnaire must also be returned with your submission. As Health & Safety is pass/fail criteria, failure to provide a completed questionnaire and/or provide the evidence requested at with your tender submission may result in your organisation being assessed as having failed. Bidders must note the implications FOI legislation and ensure that any info they wish the council to consider withholding is indicated. (NB the council does not bind itself to withhold this info). Tenderers Amendments - Bidders must enter any clause, condition, amendment to specification or any other qualification they may wish to make conditional to this offer within the Tenderers Amendment statement on PCS-T. Prompt Payment - The successful tenderer shall, as a condition of being awarded, be required to demonstrate to the council's satisfaction that all funds due permitted sub-contractors are paid timeously and as a minimum, invoices rendered by subcontractors shall be paid within 30 days of receipt. The successful tenderer shall also impose this condition on its sub-contractors in respect of payments due to any sub-sub-contractors. Bidders will be required to complete the prompt payment statement and Non-collusion statement within PCS-T. Insurance Mandate - All successful suppliers will be required to sign an Insurance Mandate, contained in the Qualification Envelope within the PCS Tender portal authorising the Council to request copies of insurance documents from the supplier’s insurance provider. If the mandate is not signed and returned the Council reserves the right to request copies of insurance certificates from bidders at any point during the contract period. Terms and Conditions are located within the buyers attachments area within the PCS Tender portal. Additional information pertaining to this contract notice is contained in the Invitation to Tender situated within the buyers attachments area of PCS-T. Bidders must ensure they read this document in line with this contract notice The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 24517. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-pr... A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Community Benefits will be a mandatory requirement of the contract with delivery of 25 Community Benefit Points deliverable over the full duration of the contract, more details can be found in the procurement documents (SC Ref:736925)