Temporary Body Storage Service
Westminster City Council
45215000 – Construction work for buildings relating to health and social services, for crematoriums and storage of bodies, and for public conveniences
June 10th, 2021
https://wwwfindtenderservicegovuknotice0131202021orig
Publication reference: 2021/S 000-013120
Publication date: 10 June 2021
F02: Contract notice
Section one: Contracting authority Section I:
Westminster City Council / 64 Victoria Street / London SW1E 6QP
Email: nvdbergh@westminster.gov.uk
United Kingdom
NUTS code UK – the United Kingdom
Main Website: www.westminster.gov.uk
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:
https://www.capitalesourcing.com
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned addresses.
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://www.capitalesourcing.com
1-4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
1-5) Main activity
Main activity: General public services
Section two: Object Section II: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement:
Title: Temporary Body Storage Service
two.1.2) Main CPV code
45215000 – Construction work for buildings relating to health and social services, crematoriums, and storage of bodies and public conveniences.
two.1.3) Type of contract: Works
two.1.4) Short description
The Authority seeks to procure a framework agreement for temporary body storage in the event of an excess deaths situation for the 32 London boroughs and the City of London, led by Westminster City Council. The framework agreement will appoint a single provider and will be for a period of 4 years. This will be a contingency contract, only called upon in the event that an excess deaths situation arises in the future and existing local body storage capacity needs to be augmented.
The over-arching aim of this tender is to provide a single framework supplier that will be able to provide temporary body storage facilities to house deceased in the event of an excess death situation. The deceased will be stored with dignity and respect, at locations to be determined based on local London needs at the time and will require some design elements to accommodate local site conditions and constraints, while being capable of rapid deployment, construction, and commissioning to an agreed standard. This framework will be procured by the Authority as the pan-London lead, but all London local authorities may call off against the framework.
This will be a contingency cover framework and as such, there is no minimum guarantee of any level of spend or call-off under the framework agreement.
two.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: £6,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots:
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
44210000 – Structures and parts of structures
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
UKI – London
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Authority seeks to procure a framework agreement for temporary body storage and building crematoriums in the likely event of an excess deaths situation for the 32 London boroughs and the City of London itself; led by Westminster City Council. The framework agreement will appoint a single provider and will be for a period of 4 years. This will be a contingency contract, only called upon in the event that an excess deaths situation arises in the future and existing local body storage capacity needs to be augmented.
The over-arching aim of this tender is to provide a single framework supplier that will be able to provide temporary body storage facilities to house deceased in the event of an excess death situation. The deceased will be stored with dignity and respect, at locations to be determined based on local London needs at the time and will require some design elements to accommodate local site conditions and constraints, while being capable of rapid deployment, construction, and commissioning to an agreed standard. This framework will be procured by the Authority as the pan-London lead, but all London local authorities may call off against the framework.
This will be a contingency cover framework and as such, there are no minimum guarantees of any level of spend or call-off under the framework agreement.
The Authority will be hiring the structures and associated items, which will be decommissioned and removed at the end of the requirement.
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two.2.5) Award criteria:
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: £6,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
Is this contract is subject to renewal? No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Will variants are accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or program financed by European Union funds: No
Section three. Legal, economic, financial, and technical information three:
1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial selection criteria as stated in procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability:
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Section four. Procedures
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure: Open procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system:
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement. Framework agreement with a single operator/constructor
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
Is the procurement covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate.
Date: 12 July 2021 (Local time at 12:00pm / noon)
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of Tender:
Date: 12 July 2021 at 12.00 pm / noon
Section six.
Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
Is this a recurrent procurement: No
six?4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice / Strand /Holborn / London WC2A 2LL / United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Royal Courts of Justice / Strand / Holborn / London WC2A 2LL
United Kingdom
https://wwwfindtenderservicegovuknotice0131202021orig
Dr. Robert Gorter:
Why would the UK government expect a wave of deaths in the fall of 2021? One can only speculate at this point but in the fall of 2021, the next seasonal flu epidemic will start when in the Northern Hemisphere, the season changes and makes it more favorable for the next flu epidemic to start.
But: the UK government never wanted to build extra storehouses for corpses and extra crematoriums to get rid of the deceased till now. Or, is it true were many outstanding virologists and immunologists have been waning for over one year? That the mRNA-based anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines would cause major and lethal side effects after 1-3 years later and cytokine storms when vaccinated would be exposed to “wild virus” of the Corona family?
Would being vaccinated actually be of a great disadvantage?
Also, being vaccinated without documenting if that person has already immunity against the Coronavirus family is a great mistake:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-92521-4
It is estimated that about 40% of all Europeans have already immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and it is a mistake to vaccinate for infections for which one has already immunity.