SCE0039 - Public Health Funerals

Description

Leicester City Council is considering commissioning a Public Health Funeral contract for the provision of funerals as part of its statutory duty within the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984. It is anticipated, dependent upon an engagement exercise, that tenders for this service would be sought in late October 2025, to enable a new contract to begin from 01/04/2026. As part of the commissioning process, the authority is undertaking a preliminary market engagement. This gives potential providers and other stakeholders the opportunity to express their interests and feed in their views about the potential service model and specification principles. The commissioners will use the information to appraise options and further develop the specification. This process does not constitute a formal tender or other competitive bidding process and will not result in the letting of a Contract. The authority is using this process solely to test the market to gather information and ascertain the level of interest in this particular service. There are therefore no formal criteria which we will use to judge your responses, and it is not our intention to provide any feedback. Keywords: Public Health, Funerals