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# Legal Aid Agency’s Specialist Quality Mark (SQM)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/legal-aid-agency-s-specialist-quality-mark-sqm-ocds-h6vhtk-02bf8f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Legal Aid Agency: "Legal Aid Agency’s Specialist Quality Mark (SQM)". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £2,500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [The Legal Aid Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-legal-aid-agency-gov-ea556)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £2,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Accounting and auditing services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02bf8f`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/legal-aid-agency-s-specialist-quality-mark-sqm-ocds-h6vhtk-02bf8f#tl-md)

## Description
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).  It works with providers of legal services to ensure fair, prompt and effective access to civil and criminal legal aid and advice in England and Wales. LAA would like to engage the service of a provider to administer its Specialist Quality Mark (SQM) scheme.  The SQM is the organisational quality standard owned by the LAA but delivered under licence and services delivered under contract will be directly chargeable from legal services providers.  The purpose of the SQM is to ensure providers of legal services are well managed, provide good levels of client care and have appropriate systems in place to ensure delivery of good quality advice. Compliance with the SQM, or the Law Society’s equivalent standard Lexcel, is a requirement for legal services providers that have, or are seeking to have, a contract with the LAA. The service, which involves auditing and assessing legal services providers who apply for SQM accreditation, will be delivered across England and Wales. We anticipate that services under contract are likely to be required for a maximum of 5 years from 1 April 2022.
To register to attend an on-line market engagement session, interested organisations should email civil.tenders@justice.gov.uk by no later than 7 July 2021.
Full detail of the procurement process will be detailed in the invitation to tender.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 79210000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) would like to engage the service of a provider to deliver the Specialist Quality Mark (SQM) scheme.  The SQM is the organisational quality standard owned by the LAA but delivered under licence.  Its purpose is to ensure pro...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F014364-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-06-23T21:45:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T10:33:21.320Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02bf8f