Notice Information
Notice Title
Procurement of Criminal Legal Aid Services from 1 October 2022
Notice Description
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) invited Tenders for the delivery of publicly funded criminal legal aid services from 1 October 2022 under a 2022 Standard Crime Contract ("Crime Contract"). Applicants tendered to carry out Contract Work in the following Classes of Work at each Office from which they wish to deliver Contract Work: - Criminal Investigations and Criminal Proceedings (this includes Appeals and Reviews); and/or - Prison Law (this includes Appeals and Reviews); or - Appeals and Reviews only Crime Contracts will run for a period of one year from the Contract Start Date (subject to rights of early termination and the LAA's right to extend for up to a further two years). This notice is to confirm the successful Applicants under this procurement process. Additional information: All successful providers can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/crime-contract-2022-tender
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-8f930d1a-4d6c-47be-b69f-45a669305a00
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b411cab6-d2b2-4d14-8619-b0cc2057314a
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79100000 - Legal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,800,000,000 £1B-£10B
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £1,800,000,000 £1B-£10B
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Jan 20233 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 30 Nov 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Sep 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- 30 Sep 2022 - 1 Oct 2023 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE LEGAL AID AGENCY
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1H 9AJ
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England), TLL Wales
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b411cab6-d2b2-4d14-8619-b0cc2057314a
16th January 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9806050c-db08-4ed8-bb6b-ca7873b226d7
19th October 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/crime-contract-2022-tender
Information for organisations interested in delivering face to face Criminal Legal Aid Services from October 2022
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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