Provider Panel for Public Health Funeral Services

This contract is for a Provider Panel for Public Health Funeral Services.

This contract is divided into four Lots:

• Lot 1 - Burial • Lot 2 - Cremation • Lot 3 - Burial with an Estate • Lot 4 - Cremation with an Estate

The following is set out to allow funeral directors to provide a quote to Durham County Council for the provision of the following services:

• Advice, liaison and support to all third parties and professional personnel that may be required to arrange the funeral; • To provide care and preparation of the Deceased • Removal of deceased person from any site as directed by the Council (as promptly as possible); • Provision of a standard wooden or wooden derivative coffin; • Provision of a hearse* and required number of bearers to attend the service at the crematorium / cemetery; • Provide a minister / priest or appropriate person to conduct a funeral service; • Payment of standard fees: Burial £850 Cremation £750