Published date: 17 October 2022

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: 7 November 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Legal services - 79100000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, West Midlands, South East

Value of contract

£185,279

Procurement reference

tender_319341/1115213

Published date

17 October 2022

Closing date

7 November 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 December 2022

Contract end date

30 September 2024

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 Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") has identified the need to increase access to legal aid Housing and Debt Services in specific Housing and Debt Procurement areas and for specific Housing Possession Court Duty Schemes ("HPCDS"). Accordingly, it is inviting Applicants to submit a Tender to deliver:

a) Housing and Debt services in:

- City of Kingston upon Hull
- Cheshire
- Shropshire
- South Tyneside
- Staffordshire
- Wigan

b) The following HPCDS:

- Basildon
- Crewe
- Hull
- Medway and Maidstone
- Stafford
- Walsall

Applicants may bid for Housing and Debt Contract Work and/or HPCDS Contract Work through this procurement process. They are not obliged to bid for both Housing and Debt and HPCDS, although they should note that to be eligible to bid for an HPCDS Contract organisations must hold, or successfully bid for as part of this procurement process, a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law.

Due to the urgent need for contracts to be in place to allow services to commence, the timescale from launch to the deadline for submission of tenders has been set at 21 days.

The Deadline for submitting Tenders is 12pm on 7 November 2022 ("Deadline")

All Tenders must be completed and submitted using the eTendering system. This can be accessed either through a link on the tender pages of the LAA website or directly at www.legalaid.bravosolution.co.uk.

Late submissions will not be considered under any circumstances. It is the Applicant's sole responsibility to ensure that the LAA receives its Tender before the Deadline.

For Housing and Debt The LAA is looking for Applicants who can start delivering Contact Work as quickly as possible. Applicants will be required to state in their Tender when they can start delivering Contract Work from each Office from which they are bidding. Contracts will run until 31 August 2024 (subject to the LAA's rights of early termination).

Each HPCDS will commence on 1 December (or the date on which Applicants bid to commence the delivery) and run until 29 April 2023 (subject to the LAA's rights of early termination).

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Legal Aid Agency

Address

102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
England

Email

civiltenders@justice.gov.uk