Provision of Funeral Services
Details
- Supplier(s)
- CRESCENT FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED
- Value
- £30,000
- Duration
- 10 months
- Topic
- Funeral services
- Published
- 1 September 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
Provision of funeral services and deceased patient transportation services for Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. The contract covers the collection, transfer, handling and funeral arrangements for pregnancy loss, stillbirths, infants and, where required, adult deceased patients. Services are required on a responsive basis and must be delivered in accordance with relevant statutory, regulatory and professional standards. ## Contract award
Timeline
- Completed: Award published1 September 2026Current notice
- Completed: Award date1 September 2026
- Next: Contract expiry date30 June 2027in 9 months
About the buyer
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital and community services across Somerset, and buys as an NHS trust with its own team of procurement and contract management specialists. Tenders are advertised on the Atamis e-tendering portal, with notices also published on the Find a Tender Service. Clinical services contracts follow the Provider Selection Regime at any contract value. Non-clinical procurement runs through framework agreements, including NHS Supply Chain, NHS Shared Business Services and the Crown Commercial Service. Suppliers below the tender threshold can register on the Trust's database of potential suppliers.
UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.
Over the past 5 years, most of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in repair and maintenance, IT services and medical equipment and pharmaceuticals.
Relevant CPV codes
- 98371000 · Funeral services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@somerset-nhs-foundation-trust.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@somerset-nhs-foundation-trust.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@somerset-nhs-foundation-trust.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@somerset-nhs-foundation-trust.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@somerset-nhs-foundation-trust.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@somerset-nhs-foundation-trust.gov |
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