Official UK procurement notice
Procurement of Immigration Telephone Advice Services from 1 June 2021
Authority: The Legal Aid Agency
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOn 10 December 2020, the Legal Aid Agency (“LAA”) published an invitation to tender for Civil Legal Aid, Immigration Telephone Advice Services (“ITA Services”) in England and Wales from 1 June 2021 on its e-Tendering portal.
In accordance with the LAA’s right to do so pursuant to paragraph 5.24 of the Invitation to Tender Information for Applicants (“IFA”) document, the LAA cancelled the procurement process in its entirety on 30 April 2021. The LAA notified applicants and published a cancellation notice on its website on that date. For completeness a Contract Award Notice is also being published.
This means that the LAA did not proceed with the award of any ITA Services contracts under that procurement process. The LAA received insufficient compliant tenders that met the minimum quality requirements. The procurement process therefore did not result in the award of any contracts to provide ITA Services from 1 June 2021.
To ensure on-going access to ITA Services for Clients beyond 1 June 2021, the LAA has extended the existing contract with the current ITA Services provider (Optimus Law Ltd) for a period of 12 months to 31 May 2022.
During this time the LAA and Ministry of Justice are undertaking a review of the ITA service to consider the commission of this service in the future.
Further information can be found: www.gov.uk/government/publicati… ↗
CPV: Legal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 May 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 21 May 2021, 22:45 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-011414- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b408Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
On 30 April 2021 the LAA cancelled its procurement process for the award of contracts to deliver ITA Services as the procurement process did not result in the award of any contracts. To ensure on-going access to ITA Services for Clients beyond 1 June 2021, the LAA has extended the existing contract with the current ITA Services Provider (Optimus Law Ltd) for a period of 12 months to 31 May 2022.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimus Law LtdSMEContract to deliver ITA Services for a period of 12 months from 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022 | £173,724 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract to deliver ITA Services for a period of 12 months from 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022 1 June 2021 to 31 May 2022 · Optimus Law LtdSME
- Signed
- 28 Apr 2021
- Value
- £173,724
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Centre for Dispute ResolutionMediation body
- Legal Aid AgencyReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Optimus Law LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.