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Following on from the market engagement notice in late 2024, and a competitive process ending on 28th March 2025. The Home Office now publishes the contract award notice for a Mass Fatality Capability Resilience Storage Framework. In the event of a major incident resulting in a large number of fatalities which could overwhelm existing body storage capacity the Home Office would provide contingency support to the requesting local authority. The Home Office seeks to replace its current capability with a more efficien...
Buyer
Home Office
Value
£7,500,000
Published
2 Sept 2025
Closes
5 Mar 2025
Procurement details
Source
Find a Tender
Region
Westminster
Procurement method
Open
Category
Goods
Contract starts
Not provided
Contract ends
Not provided
CPV classifications
33940000
Cadaver transport and storage equipment and supplies
33970000
Mortuary equipment and supplies
Lots
Lot 1 Soft Shell
£2,500,000
Capability able to be deployed to a range of locations. Should be able to provide appropriate chilling capacity. Have a minimum call-off storage of 100 fatalities for the 'soft shell' portable temporary body storage (including some bariatric). Soft shell may require cover for adverse weather and should be deployable within twenty-four hours.
Delivery: United Kingdom
Lot 2 Hard Shell solution
£2,500,000
Hard Shell: Hard shell may be similar to the existing ISO container body storage units ("hard shell"). The characteristic of this requirement is that units should remain versatile and robust to all weather events and may require hard standing. They offer refrigeration and have the ability to freeze. They should provide storage of up to 150 of the deceased (i...
Delivery: United Kingdom
Lot 3 Temporary Building solution
£2,500,000
Temporary Building: The final tier relates to an alternative building/ structure that could be housed outside independently, similar to Nightingale hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic. They should allow both refrigeration and freezing. The core requirement will be at least 450 fatalities including bariatric and/ or fragmented fatalities. This will need to...
Delivery: United Kingdom
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