RFT for UTS Body Donation Program Funeral and Cremation Services

⁠⁠⁠OPPORTUNITY:

The UTS Body Donation Program operates under Anatomical Sciences Technical Services within the Faculty of Science and manages whole body bequests made by members of the public for the purposes of anatomical education, training and research within UTS licensed facilities.

The services are critical to UTS ability to meet its statutory, ethical, and licensing obligations, and must be delivered with the highest degree of dignity, respect, professionalism and reliability, recognising the contribution of donors and the sensitivities of their families. 

The scope, service standards, qualification requirements, reporting obligations and performance requirements for the provision of specialised funeral, transport and disposal services from a qualified Supplier will support the UTS Body Donation Program (BDP), with more details as outlined in the Scope of Work of this RFT.

The successful tenderer is expected to enter into a contract with UTS on the provision of professional body transport and disposal services for the UTS BDP. This RFT is seeking service providers capable of delivering the entire scope of services as outlined in more details in the Scope of Work of this RFT.

RFT OBJECTIVES:

The objectives for this acquisition are:

• Ensuring safety of UTS staff/students, enhancing efficiencies and delivering quality of service and research outcome for UTS
•  Ensure the best overall value for money outcome for UTS. This includes assessment of both compliance with mandatory requirements and performance against weighted evaluation criteria and provision of services of quality and scalability;
•  Support smooth service activation, sustain with scalability, efficiency, and proactive reporting;
• Compliance with UTS policies and guidelines, and all applicable laws, standards, and regulatory requirements;
• Provide structured and articulated delivery plan

ENQUIRIES:

Enquiries should be made via the online forum within the etender portal.  Enquiries for this RFT close at COB, AEST on Tue 14 July 2026. UTS staff are unable to respond to verbal or email enquiries in relation to this RFT any attempt from the market to do so will be redirected to etender Forum.

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS:

Completed responses are to be submitted via the electronic tender box before the nominated cut-off date and time. Submission upload that commences before the cut-off time, but is completed after the cut-off time will be deemed unsuccessful by the system. Ensure sufficient time for the submission upload in regard to the internet speed, the file/s size, and other respondent's system/s protocols. Respondents will receive a Successful Submission Receipt timed and dated upon completion. Should assistance be required please use the online manual on the portal under Support/Online Manuals/Making a Submission.

UTS is not bound to accept the lowest priced submission or any part of a submission and reserves the right to conduct the Request for Tender process and select the successful respondent(s) as it sees fit. Late, verbal, faxed, mailed, or emailed submissions will not be accepted.