Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Kent County Council · Regional or local authority
- Suppliers
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Trust, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Value
- £7,000,000
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award under Regulation 12 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (Contracts which establish or implement co-operation between contracting authorities)
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Post-mortem and mortuary equipment and supplies (CPV 33900000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2024
- Published30 Apr 2026Published 760 days after the contract date
Description
The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 places a duty on Coroners to investigate deaths that are referred to them if they have reason to think that: The death was violent or unnatural; The cause of death is unknown; or The deceased died while in prison, police custody or another form of state detention. In some cases, the Coroner will order a Post-Mortem (PM) to establish the cause of death, and in such cases, the deceased is taken to one of five NHS mortuaries across Kent and Medway. On behalf of the Kent Senior Coroners, KCC ensures access to body storage and PM facilities across the Kent coroner areas. Contracts with Dartford and Gravesham, East Kent, Medway Maritime and Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trusts for the provision of PM facilities are in place to fulful this requirement.
About the suppliers
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust: every public contract they have won.
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Trust: every public contract they have won.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust: every public contract they have won.
Medway NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.