Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. The Contractor must be licensed to engage in the practice of mortuary sciences in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 2. Funeral services shall be performed in conformity with the standards of the National Funeral Directors Association, the Selected Independent Funeral Homes, and The Pennsylvania Funeral Trust. 3. The Contractor shall remove the remains of deceased inmates from the Institution, county morgue, local hospital, or other local facility. Contractor will remove remains from SCI Albion no later than 6 hours upon notification from SCI Albion medical staff once the body has been released for removal by the Erie County coroner’s office. Contractor will provide custodial care cold storage if or when necessary until the body is either legally claimed by family members or cremated under terms of this contract. 4. The Contractor shall prepare the deceased bodies, provide all necessary transportation, obtain burial permits and authorizations for cremations, file death certificates, and perform any other duty incidental to the cremation of a human corpse. 5. All ground transportation of the deceased shall be in hearse-style vehicles. Should the Contractor have to travel outside a 60 mile radius from the institution to pick up a body at a location other than at SCI Albion, the Contractor may charge for mileage based on the current GSA mileage reimbursement rate. Mapquest/Google Maps will be used to determine the amount of miles outside the 60 mile range for compensation purposes using the most direct route. Mileage will be added as a separate line item on purchase order at time of service.
