Transportation of Deceased Persons

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Scottish Police Authority

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

080564-2025

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 98370000

Published tags

award, contract

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

Framework with multiple suppliers covering mainland and islands of Scotland. A service is required to uplift deceased persons from a locus and transport them to a designated mortuary, or transport between mortuaries or from a mortuary to a place of rest. The requirement for transportation is only in circumstances where there is a Police Scotland/COPFS investigation into the death. Non-suspicious deaths where a death certificate is issued or is anticipated will not form part of the requirement. The contract will incorporate the full requirement for transportation services for Police Scotland and the COPFS (Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service). Police Scotland will be the main point of contact for all enquiries & invoicing relating to the Framework. The Framework will be split into 2 Lots:- Lot 1: Reactive Journeys from Locus to Designated Mortuary or non-Designated Mortuary Lot 2: Planned Journeys between Designated Mortuaries, Non Designated Mortuaries and Designated Mortuaries, Places of Rest and Designated Mortuaries and Return Journeys Bothe lots will be further split into geographical regions with suppliers able to bid on the regions most suited to their business. The following transport services have been identified as forming part of the requirement: 1. ‘First Transport’ – Transport to Designated Mortuary 2. ‘Second Transport’ – Place of Rest or Designated Mortuary to Designated Mortuary 3. ‘Return Transport’ – Designated Mortuary to Local Jurisdiction or Mortuary

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Observed notice trail

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1. Award notice observed

   8 Dec 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   080564-2025

   Published tags

   award, contract

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Reactive Journeys

  Buyer: Scottish Police AuthoritySupplier: A & A Doyle Limited

  End date in notice

  Date not published

  Value shown in notice

  £5,200,000Value from the linked contract

  Official source

  Open the official Find a Tender notice for Reactive Journeys

  About this figure

  • 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.
  • This figure comes from the linked contract record. Overall totals continue to use the separately published award value.

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  Source

  Find a Tender

  Award or lot reference

  080564-2025-1

• Reactive Journeys

  Buyer: Scottish Police AuthoritySupplier: DIGNITY FUNERALS LIMITED

  End date in notice

  Date not published

Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

• Source states no optionsLot 1Published 8 Dec 2025.Open supporting notice 080564-2025
• Source states no optionsLot 2Published 8 Dec 2025.Open supporting notice 080564-2025

No exact source-published process relationship was found.