Coroners Removal Service for Dorset 2023

<p style="margin: 0"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council seeks to appoint suppliers for the removal of bodies where a death has been referred to HM Coroner for Dorset (the Coroner) for further investigation.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">The Council are appointed by Dorset County Council to be the ‘relevant’ local authority providing support for the Coroner’s Service in Dorset.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">Once a death is reported, the Coroner takes control of the body and may arrange for its removal to a suitable location, including a mortuary, where the Coroner may authorise a post mortem examination to be carried out.&nbsp; The Coroner’s officers and appointed officers of Dorset Police are authorised by the Coroner to instruct the Supplier to collect the body and transfer it to a suitable location.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">Where post mortem examination is required this will normally be conducted at Holly Tree Lodge Public Mortuary at Bournemouth East Cemetery, Gloucester Road, Bournemouth, Dorset BH7 6JB (the Mortuary).&nbsp; </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">Some post mortem examinations, particularly paediatric or other specialist examinations will be carried out at mortuaries located elsewhere outside Dorset with suitable arrangements put in place by the Coroner.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">This tender has been split into 8 different geographical lots across Dorset that are identified in the </span></span><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">‘Appendix 1 - Coroners Removal Service Districts April 2023’. </span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">The Lots are:</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">The start date for the contract is 01 April 2023. The contract will be for a three-year period with the option to extend for a further year.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">The deadline for submitting your response to this contract opportunity is Wednesday 14 December 2022&nbsp;at 14:00.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">Bidders interested in this opportunity should click on the ‘Register interest in this opportunity’ button in the top right of the screen. If you are not already logged into the system, you will be required to log in before you can ‘Register interest in this opportunity’. New users to the system must register first to obtain a user name and password before returning to this opportunity.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">Once bidders have registered their interest they can access the full tender documentation automatically from ‘My Activities’ on the home page. There is a guide for using the Supplying the South West system within the attachments section of this advert. Please follow the guide from page 24 on ‘How to Access Tender Documents through Supplying the South West’ within the attachments section to the right which provides a step-by-step screen shot of how to access the tender documents.</span></p>