CDD Pipeline Notice

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  "id": "027145-2025",
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  "date": "2025-05-23T18:32:21+01:00",
  "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-05251f",
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    "id": "GB-PPON-PNZC-2236-JJJZ",
    "name": "Legal Aid Agency"
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    "id": "LAA - CDD 2026",
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          "startDate": "2026-03-01T00:00:00+00:00"
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    "title": "CDD Pipeline Notice",
    "value": {
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      "currency": "GBP",
      "amountGross": 2950000
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    "status": "planned",
    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "2023/54",
      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents",
      "scheme": "UKPGA"
    },
    "description": "Criminal Defence Direct (CDD) Service Procurement Exercise – Launch in summer 2025\nThe Legal Aid Agency (LAA), on behalf of the Lord Chancellor, will run a procurement exercise to award contracts for two providers to deliver the CDD Service from on or around 1 March 2026. \nKey Details:\n•\tService: 24/7 non means tested telephone-based legal advice for individuals detained at police stations \n        for non-indictable offences.\n•\tContract Award: Two providers will each manage 50% of the caseload (with possible variations).\n•\tDuration: 1 March 2026 – 31 May 2031.\nProcurement Process Updates:\n From 24 February 2025, all suppliers must use the Cabinet Office Central Digital Platform to share their organisation’s information with Contracting Authorities by providing a share code during the procurement process.\nIf suppliers are still unable to create a share code after getting assistance from the Cabinet Office, please email contact:  Crime.Contracts@justice.gov.uk.\nKey Service Changes:\nThe LAA, as part of this procurement, will introduce the following key changes to the CDD Service that align with the move to enhanced flexibility and reducing barriers to support providers in successfully delivering the CDD contract and ensure consistency across similar services. \nFor the new CDD Contract the LAA are:\n•\tallowing Applicants to choose the arrangements most suitable for their delivery models and are not \n        specifying the office requirements; \n•\tremoving supervisor-to-advisor ratios;\n•\tremoving the requirement for supervisors to be on-site 35 hours/week; and\n•\tintroducing a new KPI to track client engagement and timeliness of advice",
    "communication": {
      "futureNoticeDate": "2025-07-16T23:59:59+01:00"
    },
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    "mainProcurementCategory": "services"
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      "id": "GB-PPON-PNZC-2236-JJJZ",
      "name": "Legal Aid Agency",
      "roles": [
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      "address": {
        "region": "UKI32",
        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "London",
        "postalCode": "SW1H 9AJ",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "102 Petty France"
      },
      "details": {
        "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/legal-aid-agency",
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      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "crime.tenders@justice.gov.uk"
      }
    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "planning": {
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        "description": "Pipeline notice on Find a Tender",
        "documentType": "plannedProcurementNotice",
        "datePublished": "2025-05-23T18:32:21+01:00"
      }
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