Awarded contract

C024PA - Deceased Collection and Transport Service for Mid and South Essex

Details

Supplier(s)
THE HEARTFELT FUNERAL COMPANY LTD., Peasgood and Skeates Independent Family Funeral Directors
Value
£1,100,000
Duration
5 years
Topic
Funeral and related services
Published
20 July 2026

Tender description

Essex County Council (ECC) is responsible for delivering the Coroner Service for the Essex Coroner Area, which includes the administrative areas of Essex County Council and the unitary authorities of Thurrock Council and Southend-on-Sea City Council. As part of this statutory function, ECC contracts specialist providers to deliver deceased collection and transport services within the county which is split into 5 geographical service areas. Following tender evaluation and contract award, the Authority has contracted suppliers for the provision for deceased collection and transport services for mid and south Essex service areas covering Brentwood, Chelmsford, Maldon, Basildon, Thurrock, Castle Point, Rochford, Southend, and South of Braintree ## Contract award Title: Lot 1. Castle Point, Rochford, & Southend Lots: - Lot 1: Castle Point, Rochford, & Southend ## Contract award Title: Lot 2. Basildon and Thurrock Lots: - Lot 2: Basildon and Thurrock ## Contract award Title: Lot 3. Brentwood, Chelmsford and Maldon Lots: - Lot 3: Brentwood, Chelmsford and Maldon ## Contract award Title: Lot 4. South of Braintree Lots: - Lot 4: South of Braintree

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date17 July 2026
  2. Completed: Award published20 July 2026
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date30 September 2031in 5 years

About the buyer

Essex County Council is a local authority that procures through three in-house teams, Corporate, Place and People. Larger opportunities are advertised through Open, the council's own tendering and contract management platform. Smaller and lower-value contract notices instead appear on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. The Place team commissions highways, waste, energy and transport work, including a dedicated Dynamic Purchasing System for bidders. Construction projects separately run through the Essex Construction Framework, a route for regional contractors. The People team commissions education, social care, adult support and public health services across the county.

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 Essex County Council's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 98370000 · Funeral and related services

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