Published date: 17 December 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 21 January 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Legal services - 79100000

Location of contract

East of England, London, South East, South West

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

DEC2018 HPCDS and Housing

Published date

17 December 2018

Closing date

21 January 2019

Contract start date

1 March 2019

Contract end date

31 August 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") has identified an issue with access to legal aid Housing and Debt Services covering specific Housing and Debt Procurement Areas and Housing Possession Court Duty Schemes ("HPCDS") in England and Wales. It is inviting Applicants to submit a Tender to deliver the following services:

Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme (HPCDS)

The LAA is inviting Applicants to submit a Tender for an Exclusive Schedule under a 2013 Standard Civil Contract (as amended) ("HPCDS Contract or Contract") to deliver HPCDS services in specific courts for an initial period from 1 March 2019 to 30 September 2019 with the right for the LAA to extend the contract from 1 October 2019 for a maximum further 12 months.

The LAA is offering up to four contracts in each of the following HPCDS Schemes:
• Bradford and Skipton
• Scarborough and York
• Wakefield
• Walsall

The LAA is also inviting responses to its Invitations to Tender ("ITTs") for the delivery of publicly funded civil legal aid services from 1 March 2019 under a 2018 Standard Civil Contract (also referred to in this document as a "Face to Face Contract") in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law in the following Procurement Areas:

• City of Kingston upon Hull
• Calderdale
• Doncaster
• Dorset
• East Riding of Yorkshire
• North Yorkshire
• Portsmouth and Isle of Wight
• Sandwell

The LAA is seeking to award Housing and Debt Face to Face Contracts to Applicants who meet the generic minimum requirements

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Please note that he LAA is inviting Applicants to submit a Tender for an Exclusive Schedule under a 2013 Standard Civil Contract (as amended) ("HPCDS Contract or Contract") to deliver HPCDS services in specific courts for an initial period from 1 March 2019 to 30 September 2019 with the right for the LAA to extend the contract from 1 October 2019 for a maximum further 12 months.

The LAA is also tendering for Housing and Debt Contract which will also start on 1 March 2019 (the "Contract Start Date") but unlike the HPCDS contracts will run until 31 August 2021 (subject to the LAA's rights of early termination and LAA's right to extend the Contract for up to a further 2 years i.e. 31 August 2023).

About the buyer

Contact name

Gemma Jordan

Address

13th Floor 102 Petty France
LONDON
SW1H9AJ
England

Telephone

07469579108

Email

Gemma.Jordan@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk