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# SQM Services from 1 October 2022

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sqm-services-from-1-october-2022-ocds-h6vhtk-031046). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Legal Aid Agency: "SQM Services from 1 October 2022". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Mar 2022, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: legalaid.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Legal Aid Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-legal-aid-agency-gov-ea556)
- **Published Value:** £2,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 March 2022 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure with prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0023
- **Awarded Value:** £2,500,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sqm-services-from-1-october-2022-ocds-h6vhtk-031046#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-031046`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sqm-services-from-1-october-2022-ocds-h6vhtk-031046#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [legalaid.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegalaid.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fl)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sqm-services-from-1-october-2022-ocds-h6vhtk-031046#participate

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** 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 tha...
- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2022 to 30/09/2025

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** SQM Services from 1 October 2022 (active)
  - Award id: `018034-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Recognising Excellence**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-57239`
  - Value: £2,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** SQM Services from 1 October 2022 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,500,000
  - Signed Date: 30/06/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018034-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-07-01T12:36:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T21:53:58.020Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-031046