No one bid on Shelby County’s autopsy contract. Here’s what happens now.
The contract that makes the University of Tennessee Health Science Center operators of the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center is set to expire. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center — critically important for performing autopsies for 20 counties — is facing uncertainty as no organization has bid on a contract to operate the center.
The current contract expires June 30, and a request for proposal (RFP) issued April 1 seeking an operator for the next term — July 1 to June 30, 2026 — ended without a bid.
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Aisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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