Notice Information
Notice Title
Procurement of ITA Services from 1 June 2021
Notice Description
On 10 December 2020, the Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") published an invitation to tender for Civil Legal Aid, Immigration Telephone Advice Services ("ITA Services") in England and Wales from 1 June 2021 on its e-Tendering portal. In accordance with the LAA's right to do so pursuant to paragraph 5.24 of the Invitation to Tender Information for Applicants ("IFA") document, the LAA cancelled the procurement process in its entirety on 30 April 2021. The LAA notified applicants and published a cancellation notice on its website on that date. For completeness a Contract Award Notice is also being published. This means that the LAA did not proceed with the award of any ITA Services contracts under that procurement process. The LAA received insufficient compliant tenders that met the minimum quality requirements. The procurement process therefore did not result in the award of any contracts to provide ITA Services from 1 June 2021. To ensure on-going access to ITA Services for Clients beyond 1 June 2021, the LAA has extended the existing contract with the current ITA Services provider (Optimus Law Ltd) for a period of 12 months to 31 May 2022. During this time the LAA and Ministry of Justice are undertaking a review of the ITA service to consider the commission of this service in the future. Further information can be found: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-telephone-advice-services-from-june-2021
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-9ac6300d-4a38-4056-8c8c-196a1a75d93d
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3a16dd11-d169-4a5c-b0a0-9a7c4218d7ed
- 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
- Other - To ensure on-going access to ITA Services for Clients beyond 1 June 2021, the LAA has extended the existing contract with the current ITA Services provider (Optimus Law Ltd) For a period of 12 months to 31 May 2022
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
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
- £170,840 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £173,724 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 May 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 18 Jan 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 27 Apr 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- 31 May 2021 - 31 May 2022 6-12 months
- 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/3a16dd11-d169-4a5c-b0a0-9a7c4218d7ed
21st May 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4ce278e4-d320-4d3d-836b-de3897cbe1c5
10th December 2020 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-telephone-advice-services-from-june-2021
Further information can be found:
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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