Department of Justice invites tenders (“Tenders”) for the provision of Funeral Director Services including the removal of remains to the Dublin District Mortuary or other mortuary as directed by the Dublin District Coroner, storage of remains on occasion and burial or cremation of remains. The Dublin District Coroner is an independent official responsible for the medico-legal investigation of all sudden, unexpected, unnatural, unexplained, violent and other reportable deaths in Dublin. The Coroner is also responsible for the management of the Dublin District Mortuary. This public procurement competition will be divided into 2 lots (each a “Lot”) as described below. Lot 1 - Funeral Director Services within the Dublin City Area Lot 2 - Funeral Director Services within the Dublin County Area Please refer to tender documentation for a more detailed Specification of Requirements and Instructions to Tender.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-03-23.
The procurement was published on 2023-02-09.
Suppliers
The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Provision of Funeral Undertaking Services for Department of Justice - Dublin District Coroner
PROJ000008091”
Products/services: Funeral and related services📦
Short description:
“Department of Justice invites tenders (“Tenders”) for the provision of Funeral Director Services including the removal of remains to the Dublin District...”
Short description
Department of Justice invites tenders (“Tenders”) for the provision of Funeral Director Services including the removal of remains to the Dublin District Mortuary or other mortuary as directed by the Dublin District Coroner, storage of remains on occasion and burial or cremation of remains. The Dublin District Coroner is an independent official responsible for the medico-legal investigation of all sudden, unexpected, unnatural, unexplained, violent and other reportable deaths in Dublin. The Coroner is also responsible for the management of the Dublin District Mortuary. This public procurement competition will be divided into 2 lots (each a “Lot”) as described below. Lot 1 - Funeral Director Services within the Dublin City Area Lot 2 - Funeral Director Services within the Dublin County Area Please refer to tender documentation for a more detailed Specification of Requirements and Instructions to Tender.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 750 000 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
1️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 1 - Funeral Director Services within the Dublin City Area
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Funeral services📦
Additional products/services: Undertaking services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 1
Description of the procurement:
“Department of Justice invites tenders (“Tenders”) to this request for tenders (“RFT”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for the provision of Funeral...”
Description of the procurement
Department of Justice invites tenders (“Tenders”) to this request for tenders (“RFT”) from economic operators (“Tenderers”) for the provision of Funeral Director Services including the removal of remains to the Dublin District Mortuary or other mortuary as directed by the Dublin District Coroner, storage of remains on occasion and burial or cremation of remains.
The Dublin District Coroner is an independent official responsible for the medico-legal investigation of all sudden, unexpected, unnatural, unexplained, violent and other reportable deaths in Dublin.
The Coroner is also responsible for the management of the Dublin District Mortuary. The Dublin District Mortuary is located on Griffith Avenue, Whitehall, Dublin 9, D09 RDT8
This public procurement competition will be divided into 2 lots (each a “Lot”) as described below.
Lot 1 - Funeral Director Services within the Dublin City Area
Lot 2 - Funeral Director Services within the Dublin County Area
Closing date for receipt of clarification questions is 12:00 noon on 09/03/2023.
Closing date for receipt of Tender submissions if 12:00 noon on 23/03/2023.
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Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 1 225 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 24
Information about options
Options ✅
Description of options:
“The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to 1 year with a maximum of 3 such extension or extensions on...”
Description of options
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to 1 year with a maximum of 3 such extension or extensions on the same terms and conditions, subject to the Contracting Authority’s obligations at law. The proposed term is subject to the Probationary conditions described in Schedule D of the Services Contract included with this RFT.
2️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 2 - Funeral Director Services within the Dublin County Area
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 525 000 💰
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 232724)
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: Please consult the RFT documentation for this competition (RFT 232724)
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-03-23
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 6
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2023-03-23
12:00 📅
Complementary information Additional information
“Please refer to the Request for Tender documents associated with the Notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT 232724)” Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18866000📞 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Please consult your own legal advisors.
Source: OJS 2023/S 032-094702 (2023-02-09)
Contract award notice (2023-07-05) Object Scope of the procurement
Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT): EUR 1 750 000 💰
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅ Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Service Methodology
Quality criterion (weighting): 300
Quality criterion (name): Contract management
Quality criterion (weighting): 100
Quality criterion (name): Resource Deployment
Quality criterion (name): Logistical Capability
Quality criterion (name): Environmental
Cost criterion (name):
“Sum total of the marks awarded for Line Items 1 to 8 (inclusive) when added together.”
Cost criterion (weighting): 300
Procedure Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2023/S 032-094702
Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Award of contract
1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Lot Identification Number: 1
Title: Lot 1 - Funeral Director Services within the Dublin City Area
Date of conclusion of the contract: 2023-06-28 📅
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Name and address of the contractor
Name: T. Stafford & Sons ULC
Postal address: 60 North Strand Road, Dublin 3
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D03HC96
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
The contractor is an SME ✅ Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 1 225 000 💰
2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Lot Identification Number: 2
Title: Lot 2 - Funeral Director Services within the Dublin County Area
Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: EUR 525 000 💰
Source: OJS 2023/S 130-415619 (2023-07-05)