Published date: 25 February 2020

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 22 November 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Legal services - 79100000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£459,000

Procurement reference

Contract Award - specialist-telephone-advice-in-housing-debt-from-may-2020

Published date

25 February 2020

Closing date

22 November 2019

Contract start date

1 May 2020

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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is inviting Applicants to respond to this Invitation to Tender ("ITT") for the opportunity to deliver publicly funded Civil Legal Advice (CLA) Specialist Telephone Advice Services in the Housing & Debt Categories of Law from 1 May 2020 under a 2018 CLA Specialist Telephone Advice Contract.

This procurement process is designed to evaluate an Applicant's suitability to contract with us and will procure the 2018 CLA contract.

Applicants wishing to deliver Housing & Debt Services under a CLA Contract must submit a response to the Selection Questionnaire ("SQ") and this CLA Housing & Debt ITT.

You must read the Information For Applicants (IFA) document for the CLA Invitation To Tender before submitting your response.

The IFA can be found in the 'Attachments' section of the 'CLA Specialist Telephone Advice Services in Housing & Debt from May 2020 ITT' or can be downloaded from the Gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/specialist-telephone-advice-in-housing-debt-from-may-2020

This opportunity opens on Wednesday 23 October.

The deadline for submitting a CLA Specialist Telephone Advice Services in Housing & Debt from May 2020 ITT response is 12 noon on Friday 22 November.

We will accept questions about this IFA up until 12 noon on Monday 4 November (referred to below as 'End date for supplier clarification messages'). Questions must be submitted through the relevant e-Tendering message board.

Further information on how to submit a question can be found in the IFA.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Housing & Debt Specialist Telephone Advice Services in England and Wales from 1 May 2020

  • Opportunity
  • Published 23 October 2019, last edited 23 October 2019

Links

Additional text

For clarity, if the contract runs to the maximum term of 3 Years 4 Months (i.e. Initial Term (1 Year 4 Months) plusthe Extension Period (up to 2 years), then the contract value for the overall term would be £1.15m.

Award information

Awarded date

5 February 2020

Contract start date

5 February 2020

Contract end date

31 August 2021

Total value of contract

£1,033,222.64

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Watson Woodhouse Solicitors

Address

York House
TS1 2HJ
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 10868114

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Gemma Jordan

Address

102 Petty France
LONDON
SW1H9AJ
England

Telephone

07469579108

Email

Gemma.Jordan@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk