Stale Pre-tender

Genealogy Services - Early Market Engagement

Details

Topic
Funeral and related services
Published
29 October 2024

Tender description

West Northamptonshire Council is seeking to engage the sector in helping to shape the contractual arrangements and structure of its Genealogy Service for the purpose of locating next of kin in order that the Council can comply with its statutory obligations. A questionnaire has been created to support this. The engagement questionnaire covers the following topics: • The length of the contract • Fee Structures • Dealing with no value estates • Sole supplier and capacity If you would like to respond to this market engagement exercise and be invited to tender in due course, please contact procurement@westnorthants.gov.uk and request a copy of the questionnaire

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published29 October 2024
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About the buyer

West Northamptonshire Council is a local authority formed in April 2021 from its predecessor councils, and buys through its own Procurement Team. Larger tenders run on the In-Tend portal, where suppliers access documents and submit bids. Advertised opportunities also appear on Find a Tender, with Contracts Finder used for lower values. A Commercial Pipeline lists potential tendering opportunities for the next 18 months. Certain goods, services and works are bought through frameworks from the Crown Commercial Service, ESPO, NEPO and YPO. The council also hosts a Security Services framework that Northamptonshire local authorities, schools and public bodies can use.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of West Northamptonshire Council's contract awards have been in transport services, construction work and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 98370000 · Funeral and related services
  • 98910000 · Services specific to international organisations and bodies

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