Where Care Excellence Meets Business Success. Transform your operations today - 0333 577 0877
We are here to help 24/7.

Awarded· 12 Mar 2025

Mortuary Services

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · West Northamptonshire, East Midlands

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Mortuary Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in West Northamptonshire.

Source: Find a Tender, published 12 Mar 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 16:51

    View notice
01

About this tender

In brief

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Mortuary Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in West Northamptonshire. The contract went to West Northamptonshire Council. It was awarded on 12 March 2025. The contract value is £9,000,000.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 12 March 2025. The notice number is 009083-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04ec63.

Summary of the contracting process

The Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust intends to award a contract for comprehensive Mortuary Services under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) regulated by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. This services contract, valued at approximately £9,000,000, will cover the full Mortuary service from hospital to offsite storage, including bereavement support, over a total period of 15 years (5+5+5).

The contract, pending formal award notices, involves locations in the UKF24 and UKF25 regions. The standstill period starts immediately following the publication of this notice and ends at midnight on 25th March 2025, with the expected contract commencement around September 2025.

The notice in full

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice for full Mortuary service from Hospital to offsite storage including bereavement. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the MSP process of the PSR.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice for a full Mortuary service from Hospital to offsite storage including bereavement for a total of 15 years (5+5+5) using the MSP process. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period.

    Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight at the end of the 25th of March 2025 This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS9,000,000. The contract will commence approximately Sept 2025

02

Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Other health and social care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
West Northamptonshire Council
Number of suppliers
1

Procedure

Notice type
Award Notice
Procurement method
Limited
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Current stage
Award
Stages so far
Award
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Awardee scale
Large

Values

Contracts value
£9,000,000

Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.

Status

Tender
Complete
Lots
Cancelled
Awards
Active
Contracts
Active

References

Find a Tender notice
009083-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ec63
CPV code
85111800 - Pathology services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
03

Location

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is based in West Northamptonshire. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
West Northamptonshire
Town
Northampton
Postcode
NN16 8UZ
Electoral ward
Delapre and Rushmere
Constituency
Northampton South
Delivery area
West Northamptonshire, TLF25 North Northamptonshire
Region
East Midlands
Sub-region
West Northamptonshire
Area
Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Country
England
04

Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Category
Services
Contact
Laura Greatorex
Address
Kettering, NN16 8UZ · East Midlands · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
West Northamptonshire Council
Awardee scale
Large
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
Not stated
05

Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
06

Questions about Mortuary Services

Who won the Mortuary Services contract?

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to West Northamptonshire Council on 12 March 2025.

How much is the Mortuary Services contract worth?

The contract value is £9,000,000.

Who is the buyer for Mortuary Services?

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, based in West Northamptonshire, East Midlands. The named contact is Laura Greatorex.

Get ready for the next round

Contracts like this come back. We help care providers build the evidence, policies and case studies a buyer scores, so you are ready when the re-tender opens.

What to do next

  1. This contract has been awarded.
  2. A re-tender usually follows near the end.
  3. Build your evidence and case studies now.
  4. Keep your policies and training records current.