Notice Information
Notice Title
Civil Legal Aid Services in England and Wales from 1 September 2023
Notice Description
The Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") invited Tenders to deliver the publicly funded face to face civil legal aid services from 1 September 2023 under the 2018 Standard Civil Contract ("2018 Contract") in the following Categories of Law: - Family - Housing, Debt and Welfare Benefits - Immigration and Asylum (including work at Immigration Removal Centres ("IRCs") - Mental Health - Community Care - Claims Against Public Authorities - Clinical Negligence - Public Law - Family Mediation - Education - Discrimination. On 3 October 2022, the LAA confirmed that it would be extending the 2018 Contract to allow current contract holders to continue delivering contracted services until the new end date of 31 August 2024. On 3 November 2022, the LAA confirmed it would offer further opportunities to apply to deliver work under the 2018 Contract extension period. The Contract Work awarded under this procurement process will run from 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2024. This procurement process was open to: - New Entrants seeking to deliver publicly funded civil legal aid services; and - existing Providers who hold a 2018 Contract and who are seeking to deliver publicly funded civil legal aid services in additional Categories of Law; and - existing Providers who hold a 2018 Contract and who are seeking to deliver publicly funded civil legal aid services from additional offices / Procurement Areas. The Deadline for submitting Tenders was 5pm on 31 March 2023 ("Deadline") This notice publishes the outcome of that tender. Additional information: The outcome of the tender is published on the following link below
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e766dc96-d83e-4be4-a2a9-0e7a85ce7496
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9590add5-9898-4ab7-b59d-b591a3326116
- 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 (above 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
- £7,781,577 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £7,781,577 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Dec 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 31 Mar 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Aug 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2023 - 31 Aug 2024 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
- Legal Aid Agency
- Contact Email
- civiltenders@justice.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
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, TLM Scotland, TLN Northern Ireland
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- 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/9590add5-9898-4ab7-b59d-b591a3326116
19th December 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e549bb2f-c026-4471-8970-10bc43739b96
7th March 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-tender-activity-2023
For information relating to the tender process
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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