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

Legal services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published3
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Tenderline Synopsis: The Legal Aid Agency: "Procurement of Civil Legal Aid Services in England and Wales from April 2021". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 3 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityThe Legal Aid AgencyScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for The Legal Aid Agency. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
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Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
11.8Bids / Report
15.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 51 active published awards; 51 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityThe Legal Aid Agency
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published8 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
Last source update8 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationLegal services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0299aa
What is being bought
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
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    8 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    8 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    8 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
Lots and requirements (3)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Education - Lot 1
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    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. The LAA intends to award a total of six separate CLA Contracts: • 3 in the Discrimination Category; and • 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.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Education - Lot 2
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    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. The LAA intends to award a total of six separate CLA Contracts: • 3 in the Discrimination Category; and • 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.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 3 · #3
    Discrimination
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    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. The LAA intends to award a total of six separate CLA Contracts: • 3 in the Discrimination Category; and • 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.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    8 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
  2. Award unsuccessful
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award unsuccessful
    Not published · Not published
  4. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  5. Contract active
    Signed 16 Feb 2021, 00:00 GMT · £4,700,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Education - Lot 1
Not published · Not published · unsuccessful
Education - Lot 2
Not published · Not published · unsuccessful
Citizens Advice Gateshead, Equality and Employment Law Centre, Stephensons Solicitors LLP
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Discrimination
£4,700,000 · signed 16 Feb 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 3 (lot 3)
electronicBids: 3 (lot 3)
smeBids: 3 (lot 3)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

The Legal Aid Agency

Contracting authority GB-FTS-7990
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  • The Legal Aid Agency
    buyer

    102 Petty France, London, UKI, SW1H 9AJ
    civiltenders@justice.gov.uk

  • Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR)
    mediationBody

    70 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1EU

  • Citizens Advice Gateshead
    supplier

    The Davidson Building, Swan Street, Gateshead, UKC22, NE8 1BG

  • Equality and Employment Law Centre
    supplier

    151 Dale Street, Liverpool, UKD72, 2 2AH

  • Legal Aid Agency
    reviewBody
    reviewContactPoint

    102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ

  • Stephensons Solicitors LLP
    supplier

    Wigan Investment Centre, Waterside Drive, Wigan, UKD3, WN3 5BA
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