Coroner Service – Body Storage, Mortuary Provision, Histology & Toxicology

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

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Buckinghamshire Council is seeking to place two contracts – one for the body storage, mortuary provision and histology (Lot 1), and one for toxicology (Lot 2).

Lot 1 contract will commence on site on 1st January 2022 and end on the 31st December 2026.The contract may be extended by one further 2 year period, and then one further 1 year period.

The Buckinghamshire Coroner jurisdiction covers the territorial county of Buckinghamshire, excluding Milton Keynes.

The coronial jurisdiction contains major transport links consisting of motorways, A-roads, underground and mainline railways, as well as an airport.

It also has one healthcare trust, a mental health unit and two prisons.

As with all Coroners, the Buckinghamshire Coroner works to the Coroners & Justice Act 2009.

The current population of Buckinghamshire is 540,000 and with 13% growth anticipated by 2036.

There is a well-established Medical Examiner Service in place at Stoke Mandeville Hospital which reviews all hospital deaths, and there is a statutory requirement for this to include all community deaths by April 2022.

This Contract award notice is for Lot 1 only.

Lot 2 was awarded previously and was subject to a separate contract award notice number 2021/S 071-182385 dated 13.4.21

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