Procurement of Civil Legal Aid Services in England and Wales from April 2021

A Contract Award Notice
by THE LEGAL AID AGENCY

Source
Contracts Finder
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
30.5 month
Value
£5M
Sector
BUSINESS
Published
09 Mar 2021
Delivery
15 Feb 2021 to 31 Aug 2023
Deadline
05 Nov 2020 09:00

Concepts

Location

Geochart for 1 buyers and 3 suppliers

1 buyer

3 suppliers

Description

The Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") is inviting Applicants to submit a Tender for a 2021 Civil Legal Advice Contract ("CLA Contract" or "Contract") to provide Specialist Telephone Advice in the Education and / or Discrimination Categories of Law from 1 April 2021 as part of the LAA's publicly funded telephone-based Civil Legal Advice ("CLA") service. This Information for Applicants document ("IFA") provides information about the CLA Specialist Telephone Advice Contract Invitations to Tender ("ITTs"), including how Applicants submit an ITT Response, and the rules governing this stage of the procurement process. The LAA intends to award a total of six separate CLA Contracts: - 3 in the Discrimination Category; and - 3 in the Education Category In the Discrimination Category, we are seeking to award 3 Contracts of equal size. In Education, Applicants will be able to bid for a 'Lot' depending on the volume of work they wish to deliver as follows: - Lot 1 - we are seeking to award 2 Contracts, each delivering 20% of the total volume of Education Contract Work; and - Lot 2 - we are seeking to award 1 Contract, delivering 60% of the total volume of Education Contract Work. The LAA reserves the right to award fewer than 3 Contracts in the Education and/or Discrimination Category and/or no Contracts in any one or more Categories.

Award Detail

1 Citizens Advice Gateshead (Gateshead)
  • Value: £4,700,000
2 Equality & Employment Law Centre (Liverpool)
  • Value: £4,700,000
3 Stephensons Solicitors (Wigan)
  • Value: £4,700,000

CPV Codes

  • 79100000 - Legal services

Indicators

  • Contract is suitable for SMEs.

Other Information

Contracts awarded in the Discrimination category only. No contracts were awarded in Education. 3 Contracts were awarded in the Discrimination Category of Law https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/specialist-telephone-advice-in-educat... No contracts were awarded in the Education Category of Law. Please see cancellation notice. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attac...

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