Procurement of Civil Legal Aid Services in England and Wales from April 2021
The Legal Aid AgencyEstimated Value
Up to £10,900,000
Deadline
5 November 2020
Published
1 October 2020
Type
services
Overview
The Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") is inviting Applicants to submit a Tender for a 2021 Civil Legal Advice Contract ("CLA Contract" or "Contract") to provide Specialist Telephone Advice in the Education and / or Discrimination Categories of Law from 1 April 2021 as part of the LAA's publicly funded telephone-based Civil Legal Advice ("CLA") service. The LAA is seeking to award a total of six separate CLA Contracts: - 3 in the Discrimination Category; and - 3 in the Education Category In the Discrimination Category, we wish to award of 3 Contracts of equal size to 3 separate organisations.
In the Education Category, we wish to award 3 Contracts to 3 separate organisations. An Applicant may bid in either Lot 1 or in Lot 2.
An organisation may not bid in both Education Category Lots. An Applicant can only be awarded, and hold, one CLA Specialist Telephone Advice Contract in each Category of Law.
Lots (1)
- Lot 1we are seeking to award 2 Contracts, each delivering 20% of the total volume of Education Contract Work; and - Lot 2 - we are seeking to award 1 Contract, delivering 60% of the total volume of Education Contract Work
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- 1
Multiple Providers
2 contracts wonlatest 29 Jul 2026£8m
total awarded
- 2
Multiple Suppliers
1 contract wonlatest 1 Oct 2025ends 30 Sept 2034£180m
total awarded
- 3
Citizens Advice Gateshead
1 contract wonlatest 3 Jul 2025£2m
total awarded
- 4
Stephensons Solicitors LLP
1 contract wonlatest 3 Jul 2025£2m
total awarded
- 5
Access to Public Law Ltd
1 contract wonlatest 3 Jul 2025£2m
total awarded
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The Legal Aid AgencyKey Dates
Published
1 October 2020
Submission deadline
5 November 2020
Notice type
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