Notice Information
Notice Title
Procurement of Civil Legal Aid Services in England and Wales from April 2021
Notice Description
The 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 and / or Discrimination Categories of Law from 1 April 2021 as part of the LAA's publicly funded telephone-based Civil Legal Advice ("CLA") service. The LAA intends to award a total of six separate CLA Contracts: * 3 in the Discrimination Category; and * 3 in the Education Category
Lot Information
Education - Lot 1
The 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 and / or Discrimination Categories of Law from 1 April 2021 as part of the LAA's publicly funded telephone-based Civil Legal Advice ("CLA") service. This Information for Applicants document ("IFA") provides information about the CLA Specialist Telephone Advice Contract Invitations to Tender ("ITTs"), including how Applicants submit an ITT Response, and the rules governing this stage of the procurement process. The LAA intends to award a total of six separate CLA Contracts: * 3 in the Discrimination Category; and * 3 in the Education Category In the Discrimination Category, we are seeking to award 3 Contracts of equal size. In Education, Applicants will be able to bid for a 'Lot' depending on the volume of work they wish to deliver as follows: * Lot 1 - we are seeking to award 2 Contracts, each delivering 20% of the total volume of Education Contract Work; and * Lot 2 - we are seeking to award 1 Contract, delivering 60% of the total volume of Education Contract Work. The LAA reserves the right to award fewer than 3 Contracts in the Education and/or Discrimination Category and/or no Contracts in any one or more Categories.
Education - Lot 2The 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 and / or Discrimination Categories of Law from 1 April 2021 as part of the LAA's publicly funded telephone-based Civil Legal Advice ("CLA") service. This Information for Applicants document ("IFA") provides information about the CLA Specialist Telephone Advice Contract Invitations to Tender ("ITTs"), including how Applicants submit an ITT Response, and the rules governing this stage of the procurement process. The LAA intends to award a total of six separate CLA Contracts: * 3 in the Discrimination Category; and * 3 in the Education Category In the Discrimination Category, we are seeking to award 3 Contracts of equal size. In Education, Applicants will be able to bid for a 'Lot' depending on the volume of work they wish to deliver as follows: * Lot 1 - we are seeking to award 2 Contracts, each delivering 20% of the total volume of Education Contract Work; and * Lot 2 - we are seeking to award 1 Contract, delivering 60% of the total volume of Education Contract Work. The LAA reserves the right to award fewer than 3 Contracts in the Education and/or Discrimination Category and/or no Contracts in any one or more Categories.
DiscriminationThe 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 and / or Discrimination Categories of Law from 1 April 2021 as part of the LAA's publicly funded telephone-based Civil Legal Advice ("CLA") service. This Information for Applicants document ("IFA") provides information about the CLA Specialist Telephone Advice Contract Invitations to Tender ("ITTs"), including how Applicants submit an ITT Response, and the rules governing this stage of the procurement process. The LAA intends to award a total of six separate CLA Contracts: * 3 in the Discrimination Category; and * 3 in the Education Category In the Discrimination Category, we are seeking to award 3 Contracts of equal size. In Education, Applicants will be able to bid for a 'Lot' depending on the volume of work they wish to deliver as follows: * Lot 1 - we are seeking to award 2 Contracts, each delivering 20% of the total volume of Education Contract Work; and * Lot 2 - we are seeking to award 1 Contract, delivering 60% of the total volume of Education Contract Work. The LAA reserves the right to award fewer than 3 Contracts in the Education and/or Discrimination Category and/or no Contracts in any one or more Categories.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0299aa
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004665-2021
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award 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
-
- CPV Codes
79100000 - Legal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £4,700,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Mar 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 16 Feb 20215 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active, Unsuccessful
- 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
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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