Notice Information
Notice Title
Procurement of Civil Legal Aid Services in England and Wales from April 2021.
Notice Description
The Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") invited Applicants to submit a Tender for a 2021 Civil Legal Advice Contract ("CLA Contract" or "Contract") to provide Specialist Telephone Advice in the Education Category of Law from 1 April 2021 as part of the LAA's publicly funded telephone-based Civil Legal Advice ("CLA") Service. Applicants wishing to deliver Education Services under a CLA Contract had to submit a response to the Selection Questionnaire ("SQ") and the Education Category Invitation To Tender ("ITT"). Further information on the tender can be found here:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/specialist-telephone-advice-in-education-and-discrimination-from-april-2021 This notice is to publish the contracts awarded as a result of this procurement.
Lot Information
Lot 1 Lot
he Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") is inviting Applicants to submit a Tender for a 2021 Civil Legal Advice Contract ("CLA Contract" or "Contract") to provide Specialist Telephone Advice in the Education Category of Law from 1 April 2021 as part of the LAA's publicly funded telephone-based Civil Legal Advice ("CLA") service. The LAA is seeking to award up to 5 CLA Contracts in the Education Category. An Applicant can only be awarded, and hold, one CLA Specialist Telephone Advice Contract in each Category of Law
Lot 2 LotsThe Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") is inviting Applicants to submit a Tender for a 2021 Civil Legal Advice Contract ("CLA Contract" or "Contract") to provide Specialist Telephone Advice in the Education Category of Law from 1 April 2021 as part of the LAA's publicly funded telephone-based Civil Legal Advice ("CLA") service. The LAA is seeking to award up to 5 CLA Contracts in the Education Category. An Applicant can only be awarded, and hold, one CLA Specialist Telephone Advice Contract in each Category of Law
Lot 3 Lotshe Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") is inviting Applicants to submit a Tender for a 2021 Civil Legal Advice Contract ("CLA Contract" or "Contract") to provide Specialist Telephone Advice in the Education Category of Law from 1 April 2021 as part of the LAA's publicly funded telephone-based Civil Legal Advice ("CLA") service. The LAA is seeking to award up to 5 CLA Contracts in the Education Category. An Applicant can only be awarded, and hold, one CLA Specialist Telephone Advice Contract in each Category of Law
Lot Variant Bidshe Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") is inviting Applicants to submit a Tender for a 2021 Civil Legal Advice Contract ("CLA Contract" or "Contract") to provide Specialist Telephone Advice in the Education Category of Law from 1 April 2021 as part of the LAA's publicly funded telephone-based Civil Legal Advice ("CLA") service. The LAA is seeking to award up to 5 CLA Contracts in the Education Category. An Applicant can only be awarded, and hold, one CLA Specialist Telephone Advice Contract in each Category of Law
Lot 1The Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") invited Applicants to submit a Tender for a 2021 Civil Legal Advice Contract ("CLA Contract" or "Contract") to provide Specialist Telephone Advice in the Education Category of Law from 1 April 2021 as part of the LAA's publicly funded telephone-based Civil Legal Advice ("CLA") Service. Applicants wishing to deliver Education Services under a CLA Contract had to submit a response to the Selection Questionnaire ("SQ") and the Education Category Invitation To Tender ("ITT"). Further information on the tender can be found here:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/specialist-telephone-advice-in-education-and-discrimination-from-april-2021 This notice is to publish the contracts awarded as a result of this procurement.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0290df
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009490-2021
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
79100000 - Legal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £7,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £7,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £3,775,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 Apr 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 25 Feb 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Mar 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2021 - 31 Aug 2023 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Active, Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE LEGAL AID AGENCY
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- 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), TLH East (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 URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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