# Provision of Digital Autopsy Services

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council](/buyers/sandwell-metropolitan-borough-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £1,250,000
- Published: 10 October 2023
- Planned start: 11 October 2023
- Planned end: 30 September 2028
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 5e666457-f445-47f8-98b5-4d27785bb151-687498
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6e0bceb3-df28-4d31-81a2-6f7a46b0080c

## Description

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council are the relevant authority for the Black Country Coroners Service\. The Black Country Jurisdiction covers Sandwell, Walsall, Dudley and Wolverhampton and this contract will provide digital autopsy\(CT scanning\) services for all four areas and will be offered in one lot as we seek a single provider\. Digital Autopsy/CT Scanning is used as first line intervention as an alternative to traditional post-mortem examinations within the Black Country\. Patients are scanned via a CT Scanner and images from the scan are then used by specially trained radiologists and coroners' pathologists to assist in ascertaining a cause of death\. It is anticipated that a cause of death can be ascertained in approximately 75% of cases where patients have been scanned\. This avoids the need to use the more traditional invasive approach to post mortem in these cases\. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

## Related contract awards

- [Refurbishment of Existing KS2 toilets and New Resource Room, Temple Meadow School, - AWARD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-58e0038e-ec39-41e4-bb76-f9c0e757034f): Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
- [Media Workshop - AWARD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-799a0b55-a042-4e77-9fcc-a33d7ade82af): Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
- [Starting your Tax Journey 2026 - AWARD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7cbcb1a4-ef38-4324-bd5b-93acbd0aec85): Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5e666457-f445-47f8-98b5-4d27785bb151-687498)