Georgia Procurement Registry #PE-72900-NONST-2027-000000021

Indigent decedent pickup and cremation services for Sumter County

Sumter County, Georgia, is seeking a licensed funeral home to provide approved indigent decedent pickup and cremation services. - Buyer: Sumter County Board of Commissioners, Sumter County, Georgia. - Requested service: For each County-approved case, pick up and transport the deceased to a crematory, provide proper care without embalming, offer immediate family a brief pre-cremation viewing, provide a standard cremation container, complete cremation, and return the ashes to family or next of kin when reasonably possible and consistent with Georgia law. - Important requirements: The provider must hold the required funeral-home license and Georgia authorization, and must not take possession of a deceased person until the County gives final approval. Embalming and services not expressly authorized by the County are not payable. - Pricing: Proposals must provide a guaranteed lump-sum price per case. Case quantities and a total contract value are not stated. - OEMs and vendors: No specific funeral home, vendor, or product manufacturer is named. - Term: One year from the contract date, with four one-year renewal options, for a potential five-year term.

Description

Sumter County is seeking proposals from a properly licensed and Georgia-authorized funeral home to pick up and cremate approved indigent deceased persons who died in Sumter County. Services include transportation to the crematory, proper care excluding embalming, an opportunity for immediate family to briefly view the deceased before cremation, a standard cremation container, and return of ashes to family or next of kin when reasonably possible and consistent with Georgia law. The contractor may not take possession of the deceased before the County's final approval, and the fee must be a lump sum price per case. The proposed contract term is one year, with four automatic one-year renewals.

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