Notice for changes or additional information
Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority/entity
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Forensic and Non-Forensic Pathology and Mortuary Services Provision
Reference number: COPFS-2020-PMM
II.1.2)Main CPV code85111800 Pathology services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
The Lord Advocate, through the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has responsibility in Scotland for the prosecution of crime and the investigation of sudden or suspicious deaths which require further investigation. As part of the process of investigating deaths, the Procurator Fiscal may, in order to establish the cause and mechanism of death, instruct post-mortem examinations at specified mortuaries.
The current contracts are due to expire in 2021 and as a result COPFS is looking to procure the provision of pathology and mortuary services required across the whole of Scotland (mainland and the Scottish islands).
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:22/01/2021
VI.6)Original notice reference Section VII: Changes
VII.1)Information to be changed or added
VII.1.2)Text to be corrected in the original noticeSection number: IV.2.2)
Place of text to be modified: Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Instead of:
Date: 02/03/2021
Local time: 12:00
Read:
Date: 05/05/2021
Local time: 12:00
VII.2)Other additional information:
COPFS has considered the requests for an extension of time received and has decided to amend the timetable for receipt of the tender.
