This request for bids/quotes for temporary storage to hold excess dead bodies has been pointed out previously here on GLP:

[link to www.find-tender.service.gov.uk (secure)]


People have claimed that this is SOP, and is done every few years.

My question is — has London planned for this situation in the past? Is this SOP?

I've done some web searches and can only find references to the request for this year, even when narrowing the search to before 2020.