Temporary Body Storage Service

Westminster City Council

Publication reference: 2021/S 000-013120
Publication date: 10 June 2021

F02: Contract notice

Section II: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurementII.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) TitleII.1.1) Title

Temporary Body Storage Service

two.1.2) Main CPV codeII.1.2) Main CPV code

45215000 – Construction work for buildings relating to health and social services, for crematoriums and public conveniences

two.1.4) Short descriptionII.1.4) Short description

The Authority seeks to procure a framework agreement for temporary body storage in the event of an excess deaths situation for the 32 London boroughs and the City of London, led by Westminster City Council. The framework agreement will appoint a single provider and will be for a period of 4 years. This will be a contingency contract, only called upon in the event that an excess deaths situation arises in the future and existing local body storage capacity needs to be augmented.

The over-arching aim of this tender is to provide a single framework supplier that will be able to provide temporary body storage facilities to house deceased in the event of an excess deaths situation. The deceased will be stored with dignity and respect, at locations to be determined based on local London needs at the time and will require some design elements to accommodate local site conditions and constraints, while being capable of rapid deployment, construction and commissioning to an agreed standard. This framework will be procured by the Authority as the pan-London lead, but all London local authorities may call-off against the framework.

This will be a contingency cover framework and as such there is no minimum guarantee of any level of spend or call-off under the framework agreement.