Notice Information
Notice Title
PROVISION OF SOLICITOR TELEPHONE SURVEYS
Notice Description
The overall aim of the project is to gain an insight into how small and medium civil legal aid law firms function, with insights from both solicitors undertaking legal aid and firm Partners or business managers. We also want to include a proportion of firms that have not undertaken legal aid recently, to understand their decision-making. We anticipate using a telephone survey for this work.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The overall aim of the project is to gain an insight into how small and medium civil legal aid law firms function, with insights from both solicitors undertaking legal aid and firm Partners or business managers. We also want to include a proportion of firms that have not undertaken legal aid recently, to understand their decision-making. We anticipate using a telephone survey for this work.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000818625
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC545720
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
73110000 - Research services
79310000 - Market research services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £40,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 15 Jan 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SCOTTISH LEGAL AID BOARD
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- allanhe@slab.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1312402020
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH12 5HE
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM75 City of Edinburgh
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- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh West
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC545720
PROVISION OF SOLICITOR TELEPHONE SURVEYS - The overall aim of the project is to gain an insight into how small and medium civil legal aid law firms function, with insights from both solicitors undertaking legal aid and firm Partners or business managers. We also want to include a proportion of firms that have not undertaken legal aid recently, to understand their decision-making. We anticipate using a telephone survey for this work.
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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