Published date: 2 December 2021

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: 23 December 2021, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Legal services - 79100000

Location of contract

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

Value of contract

£330,798

Procurement reference

tender_291194/1017547

Published date

2 December 2021

Closing date

23 December 2021

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 February 2022

Contract end date

30 September 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 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:

- Cambridgeshire
- City of Kingston upon Hull
- Cheshire
- Hampshire
- Portsmouth and Isle of Wight
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- South Tyneside
- Trafford
- Wigan

b) The following HPCDS:

- Chester, Hull, Mansfield, Portsmouth, Stafford
- Crewe
- Hull
- Mansfield
- Portsmouth
- Stafford

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 5pm on 23 December 2021 ("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.

Housing and Debt Contracts will run from 1 February 2022 until 31 August 2022 (subject to the LAA's right to extend for up to a further 12 months and the LAA's rights of early termination)

For HPCDS, the LAA is seeking to award a HPCDS Contract for each Scheme to Applicants who can commence service delivery from 1 February 2022 (21 February 2022 for Mansfield HPCDS). The Contract Period runs until 30 September 2022 (subject to the LAA's rights of early termination).

More information

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Additional text

Organisations should note that:

- the estimated contract value for Housing and Debt is £260, 823. This is based on the maximum possible length of the contract i.e. 7 month initial term and possible 12 month extension.
- the estimated contract value for HPCDS is £69, 975. This is based on the maximum possible length of the contract i.e. 8 month initial term.

About the buyer

Contact name

Legal Aid Agency

Address

102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
England

Email

civiltenders@justice.gov.uk