Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
1. Title: REPATRIATION SERVICES
2. Awarding Authority: Ministry of Defence, GB Email: DefComrcl-HOBP4Team@mod.gov.uk. Web: (Elizabeth Harding)
3. Contract type: Service contract
Procurement Act – Open
4. Description: The Awarding authority has a requirement for global repatriation services, on an individual or multiple basis for deceased Armed Forces and other entitled personnel. The services may include specialist services in the event of a major incident resulting in mass fatalities, where the MOD leads or supports the response.
The supplier must provide a 24/7, 365-day global service, ensuring compliance with medical and legal requirements. This includes body preparation, embalming, facial reconstruction, dressing, provision of coffins and shrouds, coffin marking, and transport arrangements (civil flights will only be used where RAF flights are unavailable). Where local funeral infrastructure is absent, or after a major incident, the supplier may need to deploy staff into military theatres to carry out repatriations and ensure their security in operational or conflict zones worldwide, overseas, or exceptionally in the UK. The Contractor may also be required to provide a Mortuary Assistant for an in-theatre mortuary. Further details can be found in the Statement of Requirement in Annex A to the Schedule of Requirements
The Contractor must be a member of the National Association of Funeral Directors, or equivalent.
For guidance only, average demand over the last 3 years has been 9 repatriations per year, but exact numbers are unknown and there have been occasions where150 repatriations have occurred in a year. Specialist services for a major incident have not yet been required, but this does not indicate future need.
The contractor will undertake tasks on a call-off basis. No business is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement. The £4.9M contract value is a not-to-exceed figure and does not guarantee any orders or that this value will be reached.
5. CPV Code(s): 98371000, 98371200, 98370000, 39296100
6. NUTS code(s): UKK, UKK1, UKK13
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: South West (England), Gloucestershire, Wiltshire And Bristol/Bath Area, Gloucestershire.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Project Code: 714935451
9. Estimated value of requirement: Estimated Value of Contract Not to exceed £4,900,000.
10. Listing Deadline: 23.7.2026 (10:30:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:
12. Other information: Notes: Default Additional Notes
Procurement Route: Procurement Act – Open
Contract Duration: Up to a maximum of 4 years
Contract Start Date: 01/01/2027
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TKR-2026624-EX-1873960
