Legal Support Grant Funding

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  "date": "2025-05-30T14:29:34+01:00",
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    "id": "GB-PPON-PDNN-2773-HVYN",
    "name": "Ministry of Justice"
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    "title": "Legal Support Grant Funding",
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      "currency": "GBP",
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      "id": "2023/54",
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    "description": "Please Note - This notice is to alert suppliers of a market engagement for the award of a grant agreement and not a contract therefore the Procurement Act 2023 does not apply.\nThe Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is committed to ensuring early access to free legal support through its Legal Support Grants. Since 2015, over £30 million has been invested to help individuals facing legal or rights-based issues. A new grant programme is expected to launch from April 2026, with funding of around £6 million annually through to March 2029, subject to the Spending Review.\nAs part of this programme, the MoJ is seeking to appoint a grant intermediary to manage the administration and delivery of the grant. The intermediary will be responsible for:\n•\tRunning a competitive grant process (anticipated to be Nov 2025 – Feb 2026)\n•\tOverseeing approximately 50 frontline organisations\n•\tManaging grant performance and day-to-day delivery\n•\tCollecting and reporting data\n•\tCoordinating with the MoJ and an external evaluator\n•\tFacilitating collaboration and data-sharing across funded organisations\nThe successful intermediary will enter into a Primary Grant Agreement with MoJ by early November 2025. The MoJ may direct funding into specific categories aligned with user needs and delivery models. \nEligibility for grant intermediary/administrator role: \nApplicants must be:   \n•\tA charity or institution (other than a charity) which is established for \n        charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes.   \nIt is strongly desirable that prospective intermediaries also:  \n•\tAre a specialist grant administrator.  \n•\tHave experience of administering grants in the legal support sector.  \n•\tHave sufficient resource to run a secondary competition across England and \n        Wales with up to 200 applications within 3-4 months.  \n•\tHave experience of working closely with data analysts and an independent \n        evaluator, or the capability to do so, to provide data and reports as required",
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      "id": "GB-PPON-PDNN-2773-HVYN",
      "name": "Ministry of Justice",
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      "address": {
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        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "London",
        "postalCode": "SW1H 9AJ",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "102 Petty France"
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        "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/procurement",
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        "scheme": "GB-PPON"
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      "contactPoint": {
        "name": "MoJ Procurement Professional Services Category",
        "email": "MoJProcurementProfessionalServices@Justice.gov.uk"
      }
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  "language": "en",
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        "id": "028833-2025",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028833-2025",
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        "noticeType": "UK2",
        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
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        "datePublished": "2025-05-30T14:29:34+01:00"
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    "milestones": [
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        "type": "engagement",
        "status": "scheduled",
        "dueDate": "2025-06-18T23:59:59+01:00",
        "description": "For more information and to feedback at this stage please join our early virtual market engagement session at 3-4PM on Wednesday 25 June. During the session the likely requirements for the grant intermediary will be outlined, and potential intermediaries will have an opportunity to share feedback to help shape this offer, followed by a designated period to raise further questions, and which will help determine how we take this forward. For further details and to be added to a mailing list, please contact MoJProcurementProfessionalServices@Justice.gov.uk with subject prj_14648 - Legal Support Grant Funding by Wednesday 18 June."
      }
    ]
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