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

A Contract Award Notice
by LEGAL AID AGENCY

Source
OJEU
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
33 month (est.)
Value
£5M
Sector
BUSINESS
Published
12 Mar 2021
Delivery
01 Dec 2020 to 31 Aug 2023 (est.)
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

England and Wales

Geochart for 4 buyers and 5 suppliers

4 buyers

4 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. The LAA intends to award a total of six separate CLA Contracts: • 3 in the discrimination category; and • 3 in the education category.

Lot Division

1 Education — Lot 1

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. … 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.
2 Education — Lot 2

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. … 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.
3 Discrimination

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. … • 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 Unnamed (None)
  • Education — Lot 1
  • CONTRACT NOT AWARDED – PROCUREMENT DISCONTINUED.
2 Unnamed (None)
  • Education — Lot 2
  • Reference: 2
  • CONTRACT NOT AWARDED – PROCUREMENT DISCONTINUED.
3 Citizens Advice Gateshead (Gateshead)
  • Discrimination
  • Reference: 3
  • Num offers: 3
  • Value: £4,700,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
4 Equality & Employment Law Centre (Liverpool)
  • Discrimination
  • Reference: 3
  • Num offers: 3
  • Value: £4,700,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.
5 Stephensons Solicitors (Lancashire)
  • Discrimination
  • Reference: 3
  • Num offers: 3
  • Value: £4,700,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
  • Contractor is an SME.

Award Criteria

Criterion 1 – staffing the service 22.0
Criterion 2 – delivering a quality service 13.0
Criterion 3 – capacity planning for the service 17.0
Criterion 4 – implementation of the service 8.0
PRICE 40.0

CPV Codes

  • 79100000 - Legal services

Indicators

  • Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

No contracts were awarded in the Education Category. The cancellation notice can be found on our website at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attac...

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