--- title: "Additional Procurement of the Standard Civil Contract 2024 including Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service (HLPAS) from 1 September 2024" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0449c3" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0449c3" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0449c3.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0449c3.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "THE LEGAL AID AGENCY" published: "2024-03-18" --- # Additional Procurement of the Standard Civil Contract 2024 including Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service (HLPAS) from 1 September 2024 Buyer: THE LEGAL AID AGENCY Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0449c3 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0449c3) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0449c3.json) ## Summary The Legal Aid Agency is inviting tenders for the Additional Procurement of the Standard Civil Contract 2024, which includes the Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service (HLPAS), starting from 1 September 2024. This procurement falls under the legal services category and covers various areas of law such as Family, Housing and Debt, Immigration and Asylum, among others. The contract work will commence around 1 September 2024, with the opportunity for organisations to tender for services in specific locations. This tender presents an opportunity for organisations to provide legal aid services under the 2024 contract, regardless of whether they are current legal aid providers. The procurement process involves specific documents that need to be reviewed and tenders submitted using the eTendering system. The deadline for tender submissions is set for 22nd April 2024, with the award period starting shortly after. Businesses with expertise in legal services and a focus on the specified law categories are well-suited to compete for this contract. ## Notice The Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") is inviting Tenders to deliver the publicly funded civil legal aid services, to commence from 1 September 2024 under the 2024 Standard Civil Contract ("2024 Contract"). This is an additional procurement exercise, and supplemental to that launched on 13 September 2023. Providers do not need to submit a response to this procurement process in the following circumstances: * those who have been notified of a successful outcome of their 2024 Standard Civil Tender through the eTendering message board; and * those who are not seeking to deliver Contract Work in additional Categories of Law and/or from additional offices/Procurement Areas The LAA intends to award contract work under this process to commence on or around 1 September 2024, however, it cannot guarantee this date and the actual date contract work may commence could be later. This exercise will cover 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 may also tender to deliver the Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service (HLPAS). HLPAS contract work awarded under this exercise will commence as soon as possible after 1 September 2024. This opportunity will be restricted to the following areas only: * Barnstaple, Torquay & Newton Abbott * Blackpool, Preston * Crewe * Lancaster * St Helens * Taunton, Yeovil * Wigan All organisations that meet the minimum contract requirements can tender to deliver services under a 2024 contract. You do not need to be a current legal aid provider to tender for this opportunity. All organisations that successfully tender will be awarded a 2024 contract and there is no limit to the number of 2024 contracts that may be awarded under this process. Applicants must review the following documents which set out the complete rules of the additional 2024 procurement process and should be read in the following order: * Selection Questionnaire Invitation to Tender (SQ ITT ADD); * Award ITT ADD; * Category-Specific Information; * HLPAS ITT ADD (to tender for HLPAS work); * HLPAS Specific Information ADD document (to tender for HLPAS work); * 2024 Contract; and * Frequently Asked Questions. All Tenders must be completed and submitted using the eTendering system, accessed through: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-2024-contract-procurement-process or https://legalaid.bravosolution.co.uk Late submissions will not be considered under any circumstances. It is the Applicant's sole responsibility to ensure it submits a Complete Tender before the Tender Deadline and ensure its Tender has been correctly completed to fully and properly represent its tender for the 2024 Contract. ### Lot Information Barnstaple, Torquay & Newton Abbott Barnstaple, Torquay & Newton Abbott HLPAS Contract Work Blackpool, Preston Blackpool, Preston 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 Lancaster Lancaster 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 Taunton, Yeovil Taunton, Yeovil 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 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008611-2024 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 18 Mar 2024 | | Submission deadline | 22 Apr 2024 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | 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 | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## 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 | TLD3 Greater Manchester, TLD4 Lancashire, TLD42 Blackpool, TLD44 Lancaster and Wyre, TLD7 Merseyside, TLG24 Staffordshire CC, TLK23 Somerset CC, TLK4 Devon | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79100000 - Legal services ## Release History - 18 Mar 2024 at 11:23 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008611-2024 ## 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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