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SQM Services from 1 October 2022

Accounting
auditing and fiscal services
UK
Published value
£2,500,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: The Legal Aid Agency: "SQM Services from 1 October 2022". Published status: complete. Published value: £2,500,000. 1 published lot. 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)£2,500,000
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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.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
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. Published-to-award variance 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
Published1 Jul 2022, 13:36 BST
Last source update1 Jul 2022, 13:36 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationAccounting, auditing and fiscal services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-031046
What is being bought
The 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.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £2,500,000
    1 Jul 2022, 13:36 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    1 Jul 2022, 13:36 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    1 Jul 2022, 13:36 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    1 Jul 2022, 13:36 BST
  5. Status changed to active
    27 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
  6. Official notice release published
    27 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
  7. Submission deadline changed to 10 Mar 2022, 17:00 GMT
    27 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
  8. Buyer information updated
    27 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The 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.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    1 Jul 2022, 13:36 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 1 Jul 2022, 00:00 BST · £2,500,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Recognising Excellence
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
SQM Services from 1 October 2022
£2,500,000 · signed 1 Jul 2022, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 3 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 3 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 1)
smeBids: 3 (lot 1)
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, UK, SW1H 9AJ
    civiltenders@justice.gov.uk

  • Centre for Dispute Resolution
    mediationBody

    70 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y1EU

  • Legal Aid Agency
    reviewBody
    reviewContactPoint

    102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ

  • Recognising Excellence
    supplier

    Unit 3, Twigworth Court Business Centre, Tewkesbury Road,, Gloucester, UKK13, GL2 9PG
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