Provision of Funeral Services for North Tyneside Council

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North Tyneside Council awarded a contract to Funeral Services Ltd T/A Co-op Funeralcare for funeral services.

The contractor will act as a Funeral Director or Funeral Service provider for the Council's Court of Protection Team, which arranges funerals for service users who lack mental capacity to manage their finances and have no one else to act on their behalf.

The Council has a statutory requirement to arrange two types of funerals: Direct to Cremation Funerals, funded by the Authority for deceased individuals with no financial assets or relatives to fund a funeral, averaging six per year over the last three years; and Standard Cost Funerals, funded from the deceased's assets with invoices approved by the Authority before payment, averaging five per year over the same period.

The contract value is AUD 12,000.