Contract for the Provision of Coroner's Post Mortems

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Hertfordshire County Council

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

3ce97804-771a-4e18-846d-02c260ff6f72-651434

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 85111800

Published tags

award

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27 Aug 2026

This is an Award Notice. Hertfordshire County Council have awarded a contract for the Provision of Coroner's Post Mortems. There is no competition for this service. Deceased bodies referred to the Hertfordshire Coroner must remain within their jurisdiction until officially released by the Hertfordshire Coroner. Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) is relying on Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 in making this award without prior publication. Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) permits such an award where competition is absent for technical reasons. The Local Authority has a statutory duty to provide a Coroner Service for the community of Hertfordshire. As part of the Coroner's duties, he/she must establish a cause of death if none has been provided by the signing/authorising medical practitioner. To facilitate post-mortem examinations Hertfordshire County Council has contracts with local NHS Hospital mortuaries. There are 3 NHS Hospital mortuaries within Hertfordshire (or close to the Hertfordshire border) that provide post-mortem services to the Coroner Service. Currently, one mortuary would not be able to manage the volume of post-mortems requested by Hertfordshire so we need more than one contract to cover this requirement. The direct award value of £980,000 reflects the total estimated value that will be awarded over the whole term of the contract between the three NHS trusts receiving the direct award. The £980,000 will not be equally divided between the three NHS trusts but will be awarded based on volume of deceased sent to each NHS trust for coronial post-mortem examination each month. Reg 32(2)(b) states that a procurement is not required where a service can only be supplied by a particular economic operator ENHT, WHHT and PAH in this case because "competition is absent for technical reasons".

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   5 Jul 2023

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 20 Aug 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   3ce97804-771a-4e18-846d-02c260ff6f72-651434

   Published tags

   award

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Contract for the Provision of Coroner's Post Mortems

  Buyer: Hertfordshire County CouncilSupplier: East and North Hertfordshire Trust (ENHT)

  End date in notice

  31 Jul 2027

  Value shown in notice

  £980,000Whole award value; not assigned to one supplier

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  • This award names more than one supplier but does not divide the published value between them. The figure is shown for context and is not assigned to one supplier.

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  Award or lot reference

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• Contract for the Provision of Coroner's Post Mortems

  Buyer: Hertfordshire County CouncilSupplier: Princess Alexandra Hospital Harlow (PAH)

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