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Dunstable Town Council

Cemetery Consultants for a New Cemetery in Dunstable

Business ServicesCPV 45215400
Value£207k
Awarded16 Mar 2026
Published19 Mar 2026
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded
CEMETERY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LIMITED
Awarded value£207k
Award date16 Mar 2026

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

Who to contact
accounts@dunstable.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£207ktotal contract value
median £158k
this tender£0£6.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Construction band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 64,002 valued Construction tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Council is seeking to appoint a consultant with strong and demonstrable experience of developing new cemetery land for future burial needs.

Dunstable Town Council (DTC) is looking to appoint a consultant who can assist with delivering the following objectives associated with a new Dunstable cemetery: - To provide adequate burial space for Dunstable the next 50+ years. - To incorporate traditional burial methods and consider options for green and alternative burials. - To incorporate traditional , new and sustainable memorialisation options. - To ensure accessibility and inclusivity for all faiths and communities. - To incorporate green infrastructure and biodiversity. - To create a peaceful, respectful, and well-maintained environment. - To comply with all burial legislation and other legal, environmental, and planning regulations. - To enable efficient management of the site by cemetery and grounds staff. - To use part of the land as 'meanwhile' allotment land.

The Council is issuing this tender document to attract potential tenderers to bid for the consultancy work to support the development process from inception through to completion.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

To provide adequate burial space for Dunstable

To provide adequate burial space for Dunstable the next 50+ years.

02

To ensure accessibility and inclusivity for all

To ensure accessibility and inclusivity for all faiths and communities.

03

To comply with all burial legislation

To comply with all burial legislation and other legal, environmental, and planning regulations.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

To incorporate green infrastructure and biodiversity.

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0603dc
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
025262-2026
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