Published date: 21 May 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 18 January 2021, 9am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Legal services - 79100000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Wales

Value of contract

£170,840.05

Procurement reference

tender_254759/959918

Published date

21 May 2021

Closing date

18 January 2021

Closing time

9am

Contract start date

1 June 2021

Contract end date

31 May 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: To ensure on-going access to ITA Services for Clients beyond 1 June 2021, the LAA has extended the existing contract with the current ITA Services provider (Optimus Law Ltd) For a period of 12 months to 31 May 2022

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

On 10 December 2020, the Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") published an invitation to tender for Civil Legal Aid, Immigration Telephone Advice Services ("ITA Services") in England and Wales from 1 June 2021 on its e-Tendering portal.

In accordance with the LAA's right to do so pursuant to paragraph 5.24 of the Invitation to Tender Information for Applicants ("IFA") document, the LAA cancelled the procurement process in its entirety on 30 April 2021. The LAA notified applicants and published a cancellation notice on its website on that date. For completeness a Contract Award Notice is also being published.

This means that the LAA did not proceed with the award of any ITA Services contracts under that procurement process. The LAA received insufficient compliant tenders that met the minimum quality requirements.

The procurement process therefore did not result in the award of any contracts to provide ITA Services from 1 June 2021.

To ensure on-going access to ITA Services for Clients beyond 1 June 2021, the LAA has extended the existing contract with the current ITA Services provider (Optimus Law Ltd) for a period of 12 months to 31 May 2022.

During this time the LAA and Ministry of Justice are undertaking a review of the ITA service to consider the commission of this service in the future.


Further information can be found:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-telephone-advice-services-from-june-2021

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Procurement of ITA Services from 1 June 2021

  • Opportunity
  • Published 10 December 2020

Links

Award information

Awarded date

28 April 2021

Contract start date

1 June 2021

Contract end date

31 May 2022

Total value of contract

£173,724

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Optimus Law Ltd

Address

10 New Bartholomew Street Digbeth B5 5QS

Reference

Companies House number: 10445321

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Senior Responsible Officer

Address

102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
England

Email

civiltenders@justice.gov.uk