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Maidstone Borough Council & Swale Borough Council Public Health Act Funerals

Details

Buyer: Maidstone Borough Council
Value: £95,000
Topic: Funeral supplies
Published: 29 September 2026
Submission: 27 October 2026in 4 weeks
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Maidstone and Swale Borough Councils are looking to procure the services of a Funeral Director to undertake our Public Health Funerals. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Maidstone:-Funeral-and-related-services./T82VHD2AD9 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/T82VHD2AD9

Timeline

Completed: Tender published29 September 2026
Current notice
Next: Submission date27 October 2026in 4 weeks

About the buyer

Maidstone Borough Council runs local services for the borough, and buys as a local authority with its own procurement team. Tender opportunities appear on the Kent Business Portal, run using the Pro-Contract e-tendering system. Contracts above a set threshold are advertised and formally tendered, using Open or Restricted procedures. Smaller purchases are awarded after written quotes from at least three suppliers, with a preference for local firms. No approved supplier list is kept, so each contract goes out to tender individually. The council's procurement team also delivers commissioned and collaborative buying for authorities across Kent.

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 Maidstone Borough Council's contract awards have been in construction work, architectural and engineering services and business services.