Purpose

The award of the contract for
public health funerals following receipt and evaluation of
tenders.
 

Content

The Corporate Director
of Sustainable Communities, Regeneration &
Economic Recovery isAGREED:
 

to award as set out
in this report for the provision of public health funeral services
for 5-years to Bidder A for the value set out in the Part B
report.

 

Reasons for the decision

Having assessed all the
options, the recommendation to award the contracts to the suppliers
is recommended because the preferred tenders
were compliant were high quality and offers value for money for the
Council.
 
The procurement process
followed the agreed procurement strategy via an open procedure
under the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 23). It was designed to ensure
value for money, compliance with national procurement rules, and
the selection of supplier(s) capable of delivering these
services.
 
The recommendations
meets the Mayors Business plan to engage
local suppliers and economy, to ensure efficient, value for money
services and deliver projects within budget.
 

Alternative options considered

Commissioning options were set
out in the Procurement strategy report. At this stage in the
process the two options are to award some or all of the contracts
in line with the recommendations or to not award some of all of the
contracts; and abandon the procurement process. In the event of
non award the Council could either stop
carrying out the service which is not viable or re-procure the
services again. Given the procurement has provided the Council with
bids that deemed high quality and offer value for money there is no
deemed advantage of re-procuring the services. Indeed re-procuring
the services would lead to a gap in service provision that would
need managing. Finally the market might be more reluctant to re-bid
if the Council abandons the procurement without due cause.
Therefore the recommended option is to award the contracts as set
out in this report.