2024 Further Contracts for Civil Legal Aid services from 1 September 2024

Concepts

• legal services
• standard civil contract
• hlpas contract work
• contract work
• civil legal aid services
• 2024 standard civil contract
• their 2024 standard civil contract tender
• september
• the 2024 standard civil contract
• the housing loss prevention advice service

Location

Description

The Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") is inviting Tenders to deliver the publicly funded civil legal aid services from 1 September 2024 under the 2024 Standard Civil Contract ("2024 Contract"). The Tender Deadline is 17:00 on 25 July 2024. Due to the urgent need for contracts to be in place to allow services to commence, the timescale from launch to the deadline for submission of tenders has been set at 14 days. Late submissions will not be considered under any circumstances. It is the Applicant's sole responsibility to ensure that it submits a Complete Tender before the Tender Deadline. It is the Applicant's sole responsibility to ensure its Tender has been correctly completed to fully and properly represent its tender for the 2024 Contract. Organisations that meet the Tender Requirements to hold a 2024 Contract and successfully Tender will be awarded a 2024 Contract. There is no limit to the number of 2024 Contracts that may be awarded under this process, however, the LAA will award a single Schedule to deliver each of the Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service ("HLPAS") Areas. The 2 areas included in HLPAS procurement opportunity will be the following areas only: - Barnstaple, Torquay & Newton Abbot - Boston, Lincoln Organisations do not need to submit a response to this procurement process where they: - have been notified of a successful outcome of their 2024 Standard Civil Contract Tender in Housing and Debt and Welfare Benefits through the eTendering message board; and - are not seeking to deliver Contract Work in Housing and Debt and Welfare Benefits from additional offices/Procurement Areas; and/or - do not wish to deliver HLPAS in Barnstaple, Torquay, Newton Abbot, or Boston, Lincoln. Applicants must review the following documents which set out the complete rules of the 2024 procurement process and should be read in the following order: - SQ ITT FURTHER; - Award ITT FURTHER; - Category-Specific Information; - HLPAS ITT FURTHER (if you wish to tender for HLPAS Contract Work in the 2 areas included in this procurement process); - HLPAS-Specific Information Document (if you wish to tender for HLPAS Contract Work in the 2 areas included in this procurement process); - 2024 Contract; - Procurement process for 2024 Standard Civil Contract from September 2024- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ); and - Additional Procurement: 2024 Standard Civil Contract - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

CPV Codes

• 79100000 - Legal services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.
• Contract is suitable for VCOs.

Other Information

All Tenders must be completed and submitted using the eTendering system, accessed through: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-2024-contract-procurement-proce... or https://legalaid.bravosolution.co.uk Standard Civil Contract 2024 including Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service (HLPAS) Further Tender documentation https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-2024-contract-procurement-proce...