Published date: 27 July 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: 17 August 2022, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Legal services - 79100000

Location of contract

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

Value of contract

£185,279

Procurement reference

tender_311551/1090882

Published date

27 July 2022

Closing date

17 August 2022

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

12 September 2022

Contract end date

30 September 2023

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 East Wales
- South Tyneside
- Staffordshire
- Wigan

b) The following HPCDS:

- Crewe
- Hull
- Stafford
- Walsall
- Wigan

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 17 August 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 2023 (subject to the LAA's rights of early termination).

Other than Wigan, each HPCDS will commence on 12 September (or the date on which Applicants bid to commence the delivery) and run until 30 September 2022. Wigan will commence on 1 October 2022 (or the date on which Applicants bid to commence the delivery) and run until 30 September 2023.

More information

Links

Additional text

Organisations should note that:

- the estimated contract value for Housing and Debt is .... This is based on the maximum possible length of the contract i.e. 12 month initial term

- the estimated contract value for HPCDS is .... This is based on the maximum possible length of the contract i.e. 12 month initial term.

About the buyer

Contact name

Legal Aid Agency

Address

102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
England

Email

civiltenders@justice.gov.uk