--- title: "7781577" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03fc75" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03fc75" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03fc75.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03fc75.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "LEGAL AID AGENCY" published: "2024-10-03" --- # 7781577 Buyer: LEGAL AID AGENCY Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03fc75 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03fc75) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03fc75.json) ## Summary The procurement process led by the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) focuses on the delivery of publicly funded civil legal aid services under the 2024 Standard Civil Contract. This contract encompasses multiple categories of law, including Family, Housing and Debt, Welfare Benefits, Immigration and Asylum, and more. The service delivery is set to commence on 1 September 2024 across various locations in England and Wales. The process is currently at the Award stage, having recently completed with the contract awards announced on 3 October 2024. The open procedure method was used, with all bids to be submitted by 17 October 2023, and the procurement covers extensive industry categories under CPV 79100000 for Legal Services. The awarded amount totals £7,781,577 GBP. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses, particularly those in legal services, to expand their client base and revenue streams by competing for contracts across varied legal categories and geographical areas. Firms specialising in Family Law, Housing and Debt, Immigration, and other specified areas are particularly well-suited to participate. Additionally, the procurement's wide reach across 106 HLPAS Areas in England and Wales enhances accessibility and potential market penetration. Businesses must ensure compliance with the requirement to hold a 2024 Contract, specifically authorised for Housing and Debt Contract Work if tendering for HLPAS. ## Notice The Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") invited Tenders to deliver the publicly funded civil legal aid services, to commence on 1 September 2024 under the 2024 Standard Civil Contract ("2024 Contract") in the following Categories of Law: * Family; * Housing and 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; and * Discrimination. Alongside tenders for the above Categories of Law, applicants were also able to tender for HLPAS, commencing on 1 September 2024. HLPAS will be delivered in 106 HLPAS Areas across England and Wales. Successful Applicants were required to hold a 2024 Contract which included a specific authorisation to conduct Housing and Debt Contract Work i.e. the delivery of legal aid advice on Housing & Debt matters that are not covered by HLPAS. Applicants must hold a 2024 Contract for the delivery of Housing and Debt work at each Office from which they bid to deliver HLPAS. Applicants must have reviewed the following documents which set out the complete rules of the 2024 procurement process, to be read in the following order: * Selection Questionnaire Invitation to Tender (SQ ITT); * Award ITT; * Category-Specific Information; * HLPAS ITT (to tender for HLPAS work); * HLPAS Specific Information document (to tender for HLPAS work); * 2024 Contract; and * Frequently Asked Questions All Tenders had to be completed and submitted using the eTendering system. The eTendering system can be accessed either through a link on the tender pages (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-2024-contract-procurement-process) of the LAA website or directly at https://legalaid.bravosolution.co.uk Late submissions were not considered under any circumstances. It was the Applicant's sole responsibility to ensure that it submitted a Complete Tender before the Tender Deadline, which was 5pm on 17 October 2023 This notice publishes the outcome of that tender. ### Lot Information Aldershot, Basingstoke Aldershot, Basingstoke HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price is not being assessed as part of this procurement Barnet Barnet HLPAS Contract Work Barnsley Barnsley HLPAS Contract Work Barnstaple, Torquay & Newton Abbott Barnstaple, Torquay & Newton Abbott HLPAS Contract Work Barrow in Furness, Carlisle Barrow in Furness, Carlisle HLPAS Contract Work Basildon Basildon HLPAS Contract Work Aberystwyth Aberystwyth HLPAS Contract Work Bath, Bristol Bath, Bristol HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Bedford Bedford HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Birkenhead Birkenhead HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Birmingham Birmingham HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Blackpool, Preston Blackpool, Preston HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Bodmin, Truro Bodmin, Truro HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Boston, Lincoln Boston, Lincoln HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Bournemouth, Weymouth & Dorchester Bournemouth, Weymouth & Dorchester HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Bradford, Skipton Bradford, Skipton HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Brentford Brentford HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Brighton Brighton HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Bromley AHV - Bexley Magistrates' Court Bromley HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Burnley Burnley HLPAS Contract work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Caernarfon Caernarfon HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Cambridge Cambridge HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Canterbury Canterbury HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Cardiff Cardiff HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Carmarthen, Haverfordwest, Llanelli Carmarthen, Haverfordwest, Llanelli HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Central London Central London HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Cheltenham, Gloucester Cheltenham, Gloucester HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Chester Chester HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Chesterfield Chesterfield HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Coventry Coventry HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Crewe Crewe HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Croydon Croydon HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Darlington Darlington HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Dartford Dartford HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Derby Derby HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement. Dewsbury, Huddersfield Dewsbury, Huddersfield HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement. Dudley Dudley HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Durham Durham HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Edmonton Edmonton HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Gateshead Gateshead HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Grimsby Grimsby HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Hammersmith and Fulham Hammersmith and Fulham HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Hastings, Lewes Hastings, Lewes HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Hertford, Watford Hertford, Watford HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement High Wycombe High Wycombe HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Horsham, Worthing Horsham, Worthing HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Hull Hull HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Islington Islington HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Kidderminster, Redditch, Worcester Kidderminster, Redditch, Worcester HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Kingston Kingston HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Lancaster Lancaster HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Leeds Leeds HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Leicester Leicester HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Liverpool Liverpool HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Luton Luton HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Maidstone, Medway Maidstone, Medway HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Manchester Manchester HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Mansfield Mansfield HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Merthyr Tydfil, Pontypridd Merthyr Tydfil, Pontypridd HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Milton Keynes Milton Keynes HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Mold, Rhyl, Wrexham Mold, Rhyl, Wrexham HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Neath & Port Talbot, Swansea Neath & Port Talbot, Swansea HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Newcastle Newcastle HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement North Shields North Shields HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Northampton Northampton HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Norwich, Kings Lynn, Great Yarmouth Norwich, Kings Lynn, Great Yarmouth HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Nottingham Nottingham HLAPS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Oxford Oxford HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Peterborough Peterborough HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Plymouth Plymouth HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Portsmouth Portsmouth HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Reading Reading HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Romford Romford HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Rugby, Nuneaton Rugby, Nuneaton HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Salisbury, Swindon Salisbury, Swindon HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Scarborough, York, Harrogate Scarborough, York, Harrogate HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Sheffield Sheffield HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Slough Slough HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement South Shields South Shields HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Southampton Southampton HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Southend Southend HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Southwark Southwark HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement St Helens St Helens HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Stafford Stafford HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Stockport Stockport HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Sunderland Sunderland HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Taunton, Yeovil Taunton, Yeovil HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Teesside Teesside HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Telford Telford HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement 91 - Thanet Thanet HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Uxbridge Uxbridge HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Wakefield Wakefield HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Walsall Walsall HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Wandsworth Wandsworth HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Weston-Super-Mare Weston-Super-Mare HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Whitehaven Whitehaven HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Wigan Wigan HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Willesden Willesden HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Winchester Winchester HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Wolverhampton Wolverhampton HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Blackwood, Newport (Gwent) Blackwood, Newport (Gwent) HLPAS Contract. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement Doncaster Doncaster HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement. Newham Newham HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement. Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement. Isle of Wight Isle of Wight HLPAS Contract Work. Additional information: Price will not be assessed as part of this procurement. Procurement of the Standard Civil Contract 2024 including Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service (HLPAS) from 1 September 2024 The Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") invited Tenders to deliver the publicly funded civil legal aid services, to commence on 1 September 2024 under the 2024 Standard Civil Contract ("2024 Contract") in the following Categories of Law: * Family; * Housing and 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; and * Discrimination. Alongside tenders for the above Categories of Law, applicants were also able to tender for HLPAS, commencing on 1 September 2024. HLPAS will be delivered in 106 HLPAS Areas across England and Wales. Successful Applicants were required to hold a 2024 Contract which included a specific authorisation to conduct Housing and Debt Contract Work i.e. the delivery of legal aid advice on Housing & Debt matters that are not covered by HLPAS. Applicants must hold a 2024 Contract for the delivery of Housing and Debt work at each Office from which they bid to deliver HLPAS. Applicants must have reviewed the following documents which set out the complete rules of the 2024 procurement process, to be read in the following order: * Selection Questionnaire Invitation to Tender (SQ ITT); * Award ITT; * Category-Specific Information; * HLPAS ITT (to tender for HLPAS work); * HLPAS Specific Information document (to tender for HLPAS work); * 2024 Contract; and * Frequently Asked Questions All Tenders had to be completed and submitted using the eTendering system. The eTendering system can be accessed either through a link on the tender pages (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-2024-contract-procurement-process) of the LAA website or directly at https://legalaid.bravosolution.co.uk Late submissions were not considered under any circumstances. It was the Applicant's sole responsibility to ensure that it submitted a Complete Tender before the Tender Deadline, which was 5pm on 17 October 2023 This notice publishes the outcome of that tender. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031632-2024 | | 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 | 3 Oct 2024 | | Submission deadline | 17 Oct 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 1 Oct 2024 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | £7,781,577 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Active, Cancelled | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | LEGAL AID AGENCY | | Additional buyers | THE LEGAL AID AGENCY | | Locality | WESTMINSTER | | 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 | TLC13 Darlington, TLC14 Durham, TLC2 Northumberland, and Tyne and Wear, TLC22 Tyneside, TLC23 Sunderland, TLD1 Cumbria, TLD3 Greater Manchester, TLD33 Manchester, TLD4 Lancashire, TLD42 Blackpool, TLD44 Lancaster and Wyre, TLD63 Cheshire West and Chester, TLD7 Merseyside, TLD72 Liverpool, TLD74 Wirral, TLE11 Kingston upon Hull, City of, TLE13 North and North East Lincolnshire, TLE2 North Yorkshire, TLE31 Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham, TLE32 Sheffield, TLE4 West Yorkshire, TLE41 Bradford, TLE42 Leeds, TLE45 Wakefield, TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, TLF11 Derby, TLF14 Nottingham, TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire, TLF21 Leicester, TLF3 Lincolnshire, TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire, TLG12 Worcestershire CC, TLG13 Warwickshire CC, TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire, TLG22 Shropshire, TLG24 Staffordshire CC, TLG31 Birmingham, TLG33 Coventry, TLG36 Dudley, TLG38 Walsall, TLG39 Wolverhampton, TLH11 Peterborough, TLH12 Cambridgeshire CC, TLH14 Suffolk CC, TLH15 Norwich and East Norfolk, TLH21 Luton, TLH23 Hertfordshire CC, TLH24 Bedford, TLH3 Essex, TLH31 Southend-on-Sea, TLI London, TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham, TLI34 Wandsworth, TLI41 Hackney and Newham, TLI43 Haringey and Islington, TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark, TLI61 Bromley, TLI62 Croydon, TLI63 Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton, TLI71 Barnet, TLI72 Brent, TLI75 Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames, TLJ11 Berkshire, TLJ12 Milton Keynes, TLJ13 Buckinghamshire, TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC, TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex, TLJ21 Brighton and Hove, TLJ22 East Sussex CC, TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight, TLJ31 Portsmouth, TLJ32 Southampton, TLJ34 Isle of Wight, TLJ4 Kent, TLJ44 East Kent, TLK1 Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area, TLK12 Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, TLK23 Somerset CC, TLK24 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, TLK4 Devon, TLK41 Plymouth, TLL Wales, TLL1 West Wales and The Valleys, TLL12 Gwynedd, TLL17 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot, TLL18 Swansea, TLL22 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | MULTIPLE PROVIDERS | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79100000 - Legal services ## Release History - 3 Oct 2024 at 08:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031632-2024 - 13 Sep 2023 at 14:05 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027111-2023 ## Notice URLs - https://legalaid.bravosolution.co.uk - https://legalaid.bravosolution.co.uk/ - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/legal-aid-agency - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-2024-contract-procurement-process ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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