Community Funeral Service

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Buyers

Northern Care Alliance

Value

£320,000

Suppliers

Broadoak Funeral Services Limited

Classifications

Funeral and related services
Funeral services
Undertaking services

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Published

10 months ago

Description

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a single Supplier to provide Public
Health Funeral Services for Adult Social Care Services. Salford City Council has a statutory
obligation to carry out funeral arrangements for a person who dies in the community, within
the borough of Salford, where there is no arrangement in place, or where the deceased does
not have anybody willing or able to undertake the funeral arrangements. This statutory
obligation is delegated from Salford City Council to the Northern Care Alliance NHS
Foundation Trust. The contract will also extend to arranging private funerals in
circumstances where a suitable individual has been identified but there is a need to
financially bridge the arrangements for the funeral whilst individuals access the estate or
application/ award of DWP Funeral Expenses.
The Authority cannot guarantee the number of funerals arranged each year however
oversight of the previous contract volume is contained within the tender documents

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