Funeral Services
Awarded to Ascension Funerals
Lancaster City Council(buyer)
- Published
- Published 20 January 2026
- Deadline
- Closed 18 February 2026
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Overview
Contracting authority
1 live opportunity · 27 awarded contracts
Lancaster, United Kingdom
GB-PPON: PTQG-8236-WVNZ
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Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- In delivery
- Category
- Services
- Estimated value
- £300,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Rules
- Procurement Act 2023
- Published
- 20 January 2026
- Deadline
- Closed
Award outcome
- Award date
- 5 March 2026
- Contract period
- 2 March 2026 → 31 March 2031
- Contract length
- 5 years 1 month
- Bids received
- 360,000
- Ascension Funerals
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About the winner
Ascension Funerals
- Based in
- Garstang
- Public contracts won
- 1
- Across UK and EU notices
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Competition and scoring
Bids received
360,000
1 from SMEs
Open and restricted tenders in Other community, social and personal services drew a median of 3 bids over the last 24 months; 19% received only one.
Who bid
- Ascension FuneralsWinner
How bids were scored
Price 50% · Quality 50%
- Price50%
- Quality40%
- Social Value10%
Price and cost criteria in black, quality in blue.
Market context
Typical award in Other community, social and personal services
£180,000
Median of 2,491 awards in the last 24 months
Lancaster City Council in the last 12 months
34
contracts awarded, worth £4,005,137 in total
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Notice history
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Contract
12 March 2026
Contract Notice
20 January 2026
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