Official UK procurement notice
SQM Services from 1 October 2022
Authority: The Legal Aid Agency
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Legal Aid Agency (“LAA”) invited Applicants to tender for a concession contract (“Contract”) to administer the LAA’s Specialist Quality Mark (“SQM”), from 1 October 2022.
The SQM is the LAA’s organisational quality standard designed to ensure that Legal Services Providers are well run and provide good client care. The SQM gives assurance regarding the quality of advice in several ways which, whilst not direct measures of quality are fundamental to reliable delivery of a quality service and
therefore are fundamentally important to the delivery of legal aid services. Compliance with the SQM, or equivalent standard (e.g. Lexcel), is a requirement for Legal Services Providers that have, or are seeking to have, a contract with the LAA.
The LAA intended to enter into contract with one (1) organisation to administer the LAA’s SQM under a licence. On the LAA’s behalf, the Licensee will provide the SQM Services, which include auditing and assessing Legal Services Providers that apply for SQM accreditation.
This notice confirms the outcome of that procurement.
CPV: Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Delivering a Quality Service
- Mobilisation
- Applying your Skills and Experience
- Staffing the Service
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure with prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0023 Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/23/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 27 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Jul 2022, 13:36 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-018034- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031046Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://legalaid.bravosolution.co.uk/ ↗
- Submission deadline
- 10 Mar 2022, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
10 Mar 2022 → 1 Oct 2022 · 3 dates- Submission deadline10 Mar 2022, 17:00 GMT
- Notice published1 Jul 2022, 13:36 BST
- Contract starts1 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Jul 2022- Published value published: £2,500,0001 Jul 2022, 13:36 BST
- Status changed to complete1 Jul 2022, 13:36 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recognising ExcellenceSME | £2,500,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
SQM Services from 1 October 2022 · Recognising ExcellenceSME
- Signed
- 1 Jul 2022
- Value
- £2,500,000
- Period
- … – 30 Sept 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 2 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
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- Recognising ExcellenceAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria