Chagossian Funeral Support Scheme EME

Published date: 6 February 2025

Contract summary

Industry

Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North West, London, South East

Procurement reference

tender_482439/1449653

Published date

6 February 2025

Closing date

27 February 2025

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Description

The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is developing a contract for the provision of subsidised funeral services for England's Chagossian community. This contract would be part of FCDO's wider ongoing support to Chagossians in recognition of their unique historical circumstances. The objective of the service is to support eligible people with Chagossian heritage with the costs of funerals, and the service is being designed with input from the Chagossian community. The supplier would be required to deliver funerals directly, or be capable of managing an intermediary scheme of assessing and funding eligible funerals delivered by other funeral providers. The service will cover the whole of England, with demand expected to be concentrated in London and South East England and Greater Manchester. Market input into the design of the contract is being sought and interested suppliers are invited to attend an Early Market Engagement event to learn more information and contribute their views.

This is a Prior Information Notice and not a call for competition or tender at this time.
It is an information notice to give interested suppliers the opportunity to register interest on the FCDO Supplier Portal (https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html), engage in pre-procurement dialogue and register for the virtual Early Market Engagement event being held on Thursday 27th February 2025 Time: 14:00 - 15:30. Please register to attend via https://forms.office.com/e/3jpE3M0NhP. You must register to attend via this link in order to receive the joining instructions.

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More information

Links

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=09Ci08h8Uk-7-YW9Q9lCecrVSZRgRcpDtJxVU1ZowUdUOTc2M0pPRzhBRjJMWlJGSElURjBGS0xLMyQlQCNjPTEu&route=shorturl

Registration Form

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19:meeting_MjljNThhNTQtMDgxMS00NGY0LWE5ZTUtNzM0MWFmZDhiMDYw@thread.v2/0?context={"Tid":"d3a2d0d3-7cc8-4f52-bbf9-85bd43d94279","Oid":"9449d5ca-4560-43ca-b49c-55535668c147"}

EME Teams Link

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How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

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About the buyer

Address

Abercrombie House
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
England

Email

scott.morrison@fcdo.gov.uk

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