Civil Legal Aid Services in England and Wales from 1 September 2024

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Value

£7,781,577

Suppliers

Classifications

  • Legal services

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  • award

Submission Deadline

1 year ago

Published

6 months ago

Description

The Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") invited Tenders to deliver the publicly funded civil legal aid services, to commence on 1 September 2024 under the 2024 Standard Civil Contract ("2024 Contract") in the following Categories of Law:

· Family;
· Housing and Debt and Welfare Benefits;
· Immigration and Asylum (including work at Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs));
· Mental Health;
· Community Care;
· Claims Against Public Authorities;
· Clinical Negligence;
· Public Law;
· Family Mediation;
· Education; and
· Discrimination. 

Alongside tenders for the above Categories of Law, applicants were also able to tender for HLPAS, commencing on 1 September 2024. HLPAS will be delivered in 106 HLPAS Areas across England and Wales. Successful Applicants were required to hold a 2024 Contract which included a specific authorisation to conduct Housing and Debt Contract Work i.e. the delivery of legal aid advice on Housing & Debt matters that are not covered by HLPAS. Applicants must hold a 2024 Contract for the delivery of Housing and Debt work at each Office from which they bid to deliver HLPAS.

Applicants must have reviewed the following documents which set out the complete rules of the 2024 procurement process, to be read in the following order:

- Selection Questionnaire Invitation to Tender (SQ ITT);
- Award ITT;
- Category-Specific Information;
- HLPAS ITT (to tender for HLPAS work);
- HLPAS Specific Information document (to tender for HLPAS work);
- 2024 Contract; and 
- Frequently Asked Questions

All Tenders had to be completed and submitted using the eTendering system. The eTendering system can be accessed either through a link on the tender pages (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-2024-contract-procurement-process) of the LAA website or directly at https://legalaid.bravosolution.co.uk

Late submissions were not considered under any circumstances. 

It was the Applicant's sole responsibility to ensure that it submitted a Complete Tender before the Tender Deadline, which was 17 October 2023 at 5pm

Additional information: 
The outcome of the tender is published on the following links below

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