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title: "Detained Duty Advice Scheme Services at Derwentside from 1 July 2022"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0325f5"
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# Detained Duty Advice Scheme Services at Derwentside from 1 July 2022

Buyer: THE LEGAL AID AGENCY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0325f5

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## Summary

The Legal Aid Agency has completed the procurement process for Detained Duty Advice Scheme Services at Derwentside, County Durham. The process involved inviting applicants to submit tenders for an exclusive schedule under a Standard Civil Contract. The opportunity opened on 24 March 2022 with a submission deadline of 25 April 2022. The awarded contracts for delivering the services were signed in June and July 2022.

This public procurement opportunity in legal services provides a chance for organisations to deliver work within an Immigration Removal Centre setting. Bidders had to meet specific requirements related to immigration and asylum law. Businesses involved in legal services, particularly those experienced in immigration law, would be well-suited to compete for this tender. The contract period for delivering the services at Derwentside starts from 1 July 2022.

## Notice

The LAA invited Applicants to submit a Tender for an IRC Exclusive Schedule under a 2018 Standard Civil Contract to deliver work conducted in an Immigration Removal Centre ("IRC") setting through the Detained Duty Advice Scheme ("DDAS") at the following new IRC; * Derwentside, County Durham. The LAA intended to award IRC Exclusive Schedules to any organisation who met the contract requirements and Applicants who bid to deliver this work must have been able to deliver up to 100% of the work falling within the scope of this contract. Applicants did not need to be a current legal aid provider to submit a tender, enabling organisations new to legal aid to bid to deliver this work. To be awarded Contract Work Applicants must have: a) Either: * Held a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation in the Immigration and Asylum Category of Law; or * Bid for and be awarded a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation in the Immigration and Asylum Category of Law; and b) Met the Generic Requirements and the Derwentside IRC requirements set out in section 2 of this Information For Applicants document ("IFA"). Organisations solely regulated by OISC may not have been eligible to bid as they may not have been able to meet all the tender requirements. A revised supervisor standard was introduced for this procurement process to ensure the quality of advice provided. This required supervisors to provide additional case examples of common elements of work encountered at IRCs. Applicants who wished to deliver the above service must have submitted a Tender which consisted of a response to the SQ and the Derwentside IRC ITT. This opportunity opened on 24 March 2022. The deadline for submitting a Tender was 12 noon on 25 April 2022.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The LAA invited Applicants to submit a Tender for an IRC Exclusive Schedule under a 2018 Standard Civil Contract to deliver work conducted in an Immigration Removal Centre ("IRC") setting through the Detained Duty Advice Scheme ("DDAS") at the following new IRC; * Derwentside, County Durham. The LAA intended to award IRC Exclusive Schedules to any organisation who met the contract requirements and Applicants who bid to deliver this work must have been able to deliver up to 100% of the work falling within the scope of this contract. Applicants did not need to be a current legal aid provider to submit a tender, enabling organisations new to legal aid to bid to deliver this work. To be awarded Contract Work Applicants must have: a) Either: * Held a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation in the Immigration and Asylum Category of Law; or * Bid for and be awarded a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation in the Immigration and Asylum Category of Law; and b) Met the Generic Requirements and the Derwentside IRC requirements set out in section 2 of this Information For Applicants document ("IFA"). Organisations solely regulated by OISC may not have been eligible to bid as they may not have been able to meet all the tender requirements. A revised supervisor standard was introduced for this procurement process to ensure the quality of advice provided. This required supervisors to provide additional case examples of common elements of work encountered at IRCs. Applicants who wished to deliver the above service must have submitted a Tender which consisted of a response to the SQ and the Derwentside IRC ITT. This opportunity opened on 24 March 2022. The deadline for submitting a Tender was 12 noon on 25 April 2022. Additional information: Organisations should note that the estimated contract value covers both contract work to be delivered at Derwentside IRC and also Immigration and Asylum Contract work where the LAA awards a contract through this procurement process. The estimated value of the work at Derwentside IRC is PS125k and the estimated value of the Immigration and Asylum contract work is PS242k. Figures based on maximum term

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021794-2022 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Aug 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 25 Apr 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Jun 2022 |
| Contract period | 30 Jun 2022 - 31 Dec 2022 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £366,875 |
| Lots value | £366,875 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £122,292 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE LEGAL AID AGENCY |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1H 9AJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLC14 Durham |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 3 |
| Supplier names | CLIFTON LAW (SOLICITORS; PROCTOR & HOBBS; SHAWSTONE ASSOCIATES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79100000 - Legal services

## Release History

- 8 Aug 2022 at 16:46 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021794-2022
- 24 Mar 2022 at 14:50 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008027-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://legalaid.bravosolution.co.uk
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/legal-aid-agency
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-tender-activity-2021

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