Published date: 1 October 2020

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: 5 November 2020, 9am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Legal services - 79100000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£10,900,000

Procurement reference

tender_248071/891790

Published date

1 October 2020

Closing date

5 November 2020

Closing time

9am

Contract start date

1 April 2021

Contract end date

31 August 2023

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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

The Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") is inviting Applicants to submit a Tender for a 2021 Civil Legal Advice Contract ("CLA Contract" or "Contract") to provide Specialist Telephone Advice in the Education and / or Discrimination Categories of Law from 1 April 2021 as part of the LAA's publicly funded telephone-based Civil Legal Advice ("CLA") service.

The LAA is seeking to award a total of six separate CLA Contracts:

- 3 in the Discrimination Category; and
- 3 in the Education Category
In the Discrimination Category, we wish to award of 3 Contracts of equal size to 3 separate organisations.

In the Education Category, we wish to award 3 Contracts to 3 separate organisations. Applicants will be able to bid for a 'Lot' depending on the volume of work they wish to deliver as follows:
- Lot 1 - we are seeking to award 2 Contracts, each delivering 20% of the total volume of Education Contract Work; and
- Lot 2 - we are seeking to award 1 Contract, delivering 60% of the total volume of Education Contract Work.

An Applicant may bid in either Lot 1 or in Lot 2. An organisation may not bid in both Education Category Lots.

An Applicant can only be awarded, and hold, one CLA Specialist Telephone Advice Contract in each Category of Law.


About the buyer

Address

102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
England

Email

civiltenders@justice.gov.uk