---
title: "Prior Information Notice - Generalist community legal advice"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-043b37"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK"
published: "2024-02-19"
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# Prior Information Notice - Generalist community legal advice

Buyer: LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-043b37

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## Summary

The London Borough of Southwark has published a Prior Information Notice titled "Generalist Community Legal Advice." The procurement falls under the services category with a focus on community, social, and personal services. The tender aims to provide free triage, information, advice, and referral services in Southwark, with a particular emphasis on welfare benefits, housing, debt, and immigration. The consultation for expressing interest in providing the services closes on 17th March 2024, and the future notice date for the tender communication is set for 30th June 2024.

This tender by the London Borough of Southwark presents an opportunity for businesses in the community, social, and personal services sector to engage in providing universal advice services to the local community. Companies offering support in welfare benefits, housing, debt, immigration, and related areas would be well-suited to compete for this contract. Interested parties should take note of the upcoming deadline for the consultation process and prepare their responses accordingly to potentially secure a contract for providing essential community legal advice services in Southwark.

## Notice

To provide universal, free at point of access triage, information, advice and (where relevant) signposting/referral to specialist agencies. Priority advice areas are likely to include welfare benefits, housing, debt and immigration, as well as non-priority areas including but not limited to employment, education, discrimination and family.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This information notice aims to test the market for the provision of the described services in Southwark local authority area. The procurement strategy, specification and tender requirements are to be determined, following the outcome of our consultation. To express interest in providing the described services, please respond to the consultation: https://consultations.southwark.gov.uk/environment-leisure/community-legal-advice-2025. The consultation closes on 17 March 2024.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005412-2024 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Feb 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 29 Jun 2024 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 2QH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark |
| Local authority | Southwark |
| Electoral ward | London Bridge & West Bermondsey |
| Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark |
| Delivery location | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

## Release History

- 19 Feb 2024 at 15:17 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005412-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.southwark.gov.uk
- https://consultations.southwark.gov.uk/environment-leisure/community-legal-advice-2025

## Provenance

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