Published date: 8 August 2022

Last edited date: 8 August 2022

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


Closing: 25 April 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Legal services - 79100000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£366,875

Procurement reference

tender_279538/1095971

Published date

8 August 2022

Closing date

25 April 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 July 2022

Contract end date

31 December 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The LAA invited Applicants to submit a Tender for an IRC Exclusive Schedule under a 2018 Standard Civil Contract to deliver work conducted in an Immigration Removal Centre ("IRC") setting through the Detained Duty Advice Scheme ("DDAS") at the following new IRC;

- Derwentside, County Durham.

The LAA intended to award IRC Exclusive Schedules to any organisation who met the contract requirements and Applicants who bid to deliver this work must have been able to deliver up to 100% of the work falling within the scope of this contract.

Applicants did not need to be a current legal aid provider to submit a tender, enabling organisations new to legal aid to bid to deliver this work. To be awarded Contract Work Applicants must have:

a) Either:

- Held a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation in the Immigration and Asylum Category of Law; or

- Bid for and be awarded a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation in the Immigration and Asylum Category of Law; and

b) Met the Generic Requirements and the Derwentside IRC requirements set out in section 2 of this Information For Applicants document ("IFA").

Organisations solely regulated by OISC may not have been eligible to bid as they may not have been able to meet all the tender requirements.

A revised supervisor standard was introduced for this procurement process to ensure the quality of advice provided. This required supervisors to provide additional case examples of common elements of work encountered at IRCs.

Applicants who wished to deliver the above service must have submitted a Tender which consisted of a response to the SQ and the Derwentside IRC ITT.

This opportunity opened on 24 March 2022. The deadline for submitting a Tender was 12 noon on 25 April 2022.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Detained Duty Advice Scheme Services at Derwentside from 1 July 2022

  • Opportunity
  • Published 24 March 2022, last edited 24 March 2022

Award information

Awarded date

20 June 2022

Contract start date

1 July 2022

Contract end date

31 December 2022

Total value of contract

£366,875

This contract was awarded to 3 suppliers.

Clifton Law (Solicitors) Ltd

Address

139A Far Gosford Street, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5DY

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Proctor & Hobbs Limited

Address

Unit 1 Campus Road, Listerhills Science Park, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1HR

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Shawstone Associates Ltd

Address

85 Uxbridge Road, London, W5 5BW

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Legal Aid Agency

Address

102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
England

Email

civiltenders@justice.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/legal-aid-agency