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Wakefield Council Bereavement Services Admin system

The Council of the City of Wakefield · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

Wakefield Council operate 2 Crematoria, at Wakefield and Pontefract, and run and maintain 19 Cemeteries across the district. The Council's Bereavement Services currently undertake around 3500 cremations and 850 burials (both full burials and cremated remains interments) per annum. As part of this role the Council operates an electronic system for the booking of cremations and burials, including an online booking system for Funeral Directors, and has a legal obligation to maintain electronic burial and cremation Registers. Memorials sales are also undertaken, and Bereavement Services is also responsible for the inspection, testing and recording of all memorials contained within their cemeteries and ensuring that they are all maintained in a safe condition. The contract will be awarded for an initial period of 5 years from the agreed go-live date (with a preceding implementation period being specified in the contract). After the initial period, the contract could continue for up to a maximum of 5 further years. This will be for a 2-year optional extension period, followed by a further 2-year optional extension and a final one-year extension (5+2+2+1)

Awarded to

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GSS (NI) Ltd

Matched by number
Published award value
£527.3k
Awarded
26 May 2026
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH NI606324
Location
Ballymena, UKN0F, BT43 7QA, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
RFS24-061
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
The Council of the City of Wakefield
Id
GB-PPON-PDZN-8179-PJQV

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PDZN-8179-PJQV

Address

Street Address
Wood Street
Locality
Wakefield
Postal Code
WF1 2HQ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKE45

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
GSS (NI) Ltd
Id
GB-COH-NI606324

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
NI606324

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PQJX-3417-XYLN

Address

Street Address
The Ecos Centre
Locality
Ballymena
Postal Code
BT43 7QA
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKN0F

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Wakefield Council Bereavement Services Admin system
Status
active
Date
27 May 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
goods
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
2 Jun 2026, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
48000000
Description
Software package and information systems

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
527,266
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-NI606324
Name
GSS (NI) Ltd

Contract period

Starts
29 May 2027, 00:00
Ends
29 May 2032, 23:59
Max Extent Date
29 May 2037, 23:59

Renewal

Description
After the initial period, the contract could continue for up to a maximum of 5 further years. This will be for a 2-year optional extension period, followed by a further 2-year optional extension and a final one-year extension (5+2+2+1).

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
051995-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
2 Jun 2026, 15:31
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
15 Jun 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Wakefield · UKE45 · WF1 2HQ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 051995-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·