Tender for Civil Legal Aid Services in England and Wales
Legal aid Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme services in England and Wales are currently being maintained through contingency arrangements.
United Kingdom-London: Legal services
2018/S 212-485562
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
102 Petty France
London
SW1H9AJ
United Kingdom
Contact person: Gemma Jordan
E-mail: civiltenders@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk
NUTS code: UK
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/legalaid-agency
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Procurement of Civil Legal Aid Services in England and Wales from 17.12.2018 — 2018 Housing Possession Court Duty Schemes
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
Legal aid Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme (“HPCDS”) services in England and Wales are currently being maintained through contingency arrangements. The Legal Aid Agency (“LAA”) has identified an issue with access to legal aid HPCDS services covering specific HPCDS schemes. The LAA is inviting Applicants to submit a Tender for an Exclusive Schedule under a 2013 Standard Civil Contract (as amended) (“HPCDS contract or contract”) to deliver HPCDS services in specific courts for an initial period to 30.9.2019 with the right for the LAA to extend the contract from 1.10.2019 for a maximum further 12 months. The LAA is offering up to four contracts in each of the following HPCDS Schemes:
— Barnet,
— Bodmin and Truro,
— Grimsby,
— Winchester.
These contracts will commence on 17.12.2018.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.1)Title:
Barnet
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The LAA is inviting applicants to submit a tender for an exclusive schedule under a 2013 Standard Civil Contract (as amended) (“HPCDS contract or contract”) to deliver HPCDS services in specific courts for an initial period to 30.9.2019 with the right for the LAA to extend the contract from 1.10.2019 for a maximum further 12 months. The LAA is offering up to four contracts in each of the following HPCDS schemes:
— Barnet,
— Bodmin and Truro,
— Grimsby,
— Winchester.
These contracts will commence on 17.12.2018. The LAA is seeking to award HPCDS contracts to applicants who:
a) are able to deliver HPCDS services through an office based in the corresponding housing and debt procurement area and hold authorisation in the housing and debt categories of law under a 2018 Standard Civil Contract; and
b) have relevant and recent experience of delivering HPCDS services; and
c) are able to deliver HPCDS services from 17.12.2018. HPCDS will be scheduled through rotas. Successful applicants will be required to attend and deliver HPCDS services where requested by clients at all housing possession listings included in the relevant scheme during their allocated rota weeks (see Paragraphs 1.4 — 1.5 of the IFA). The allocation of contract work to an applicant is dependent on the number of contracts awarded in a HPCDS. In submitting a tender, therefore, applicants must be willing to deliver a minimum of 1 week in 4 and a maximum of all weeks of a HPCDS rota (i.e. the entire HPCDS) in the scheme(s) they have tendered for. Due to the urgent need for contracts to commence in December to maintain service provision, the timescale from launch to the deadline for submission of tenders has been set at 27 days. Applicants wishing to deliver services under the HPCDS Contract must submit a tender which consists of a response to 1 or more HPCDS ITT(s) (“ITT Response”).
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The contract is for an initial period to 30.9.2019 with the right for the LAA to extend the contract from 1.10.2019 for a maximum further 12 months.
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.1)Title:
Bodmin and Truro
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The LAA is inviting applicants to submit a tender for an exclusive schedule under a 2013 Standard Civil Contract (as amended) (“HPCDS contract or contract”) to deliver HPCDS services in specific courts for an initial period to 30.9.2019 with the right for the LAA to extend the contract from 1.10.2019 for a maximum further 12 months. The LAA is offering up to four contracts in each of the following HPCDS schemes:
— Barnet,
— Bodmin and Truro,
— Grimsby,
— Winchester.
These contracts will commence on 17.12.2018. The LAA is seeking to award HPCDS contracts to applicants who:
a) are able to deliver HPCDS services through an office based in the corresponding housing and debt procurement area and hold authorisation in the housing and debt categories of law under a 2018 Standard Civil Contract; and
b) have relevant and recent experience of delivering HPCDS services; and
c) are able to deliver HPCDS services from 17.12.2018. HPCDS will be scheduled through rotas. Successful applicants will be required to attend and deliver HPCDS services where requested by Clients at all housing possession listings included in the relevant scheme during their allocated rota weeks (see Paragraphs 1.4 — 1.5 of the IFA). The allocation of contract work to an applicant is dependent on the number of contracts awarded in a HPCDS. In submitting a tender, therefore, applicants must be willing to deliver a minimum of 1 week in 4 and a maximum of all weeks of a HPCDS rota (i.e. the entire HPCDS) in the scheme(s) they have tendered for. Due to the urgent need for contracts to commence in December to maintain service provision, the timescale from launch to the deadline for submission of tenders has been set at 27 days. Applicants wishing to deliver services under the HPCDS Contract must submit a Tender which consists of a response to 1 or more HPCDS ITT(s) (“ITT Response”).
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The contract is for an initial period to 30.9.2019 with the right for the LAA to extend the contract from 1.10.2019 for a maximum further 12 months.
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.1)Title:
Grimsby
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The LAA is inviting applicants to submit a tender for an exclusive schedule under a 2013 Standard Civil Contract (as amended) (”HPCDS contract or contract”) to deliver HPCDS services in specific courts for an initial period to 30.9.2019 with the right for the LAA to extend the contract from 1.10.2019 for a maximum further 12 months. The LAA is offering up to four contracts in each of the following HPCDS schemes:
— Barnet,
— Bodmin and Truro,
— Grimsby,
— Winchester
These contracts will commence on 17.12.2018. The LAA is seeking to award HPCDS contracts to applicants who:
a) are able to deliver HPCDS services through an office based in the corresponding housing and debt procurement area and hold authorisation in the housing and debt categories of law under a 2018 Standard Civil Contract; and
b) have relevant and recent experience of delivering HPCDS services; and
c) are able to deliver HPCDS services from 17.12.2018. HPCDS will be scheduled through rotas. Successful Applicants will be required to attend and deliver HPCDS services where requested by Clients at all housing possession listings included in the relevant scheme during their allocated rota weeks (see Paragraphs 1.4 — 1.5 of the IFA). The allocation of contract work to an applicant is dependent on the number of contracts awarded in a HPCDS. In submitting a tender, therefore, applicants must be willing to deliver a minimum of 1 week in 4 and a maximum of all weeks of a HPCDS rota (i.e. the entire HPCDS) in the Scheme(s) they have tendered for. Due to the urgent need for contracts to commence in December to maintain service provision, the timescale from launch to the deadline for submission of tenders has been set at 27 days. Applicants wishing to deliver services under the HPCDS Contract must submit a Tender which consists of a response to 1 or more HPCDS ITT(s) (“ITT Response”).
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The contract is for an initial period to 30.9.2019 with the right for the LAA to extend the contract from 1.10.2019 for a maximum further 12 months.
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.1)Title:
Winchester
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The LAA is inviting applicants to submit a tender for an exclusive schedule under a 2013 Standard Civil Contract (as amended) (“HPCDS contract or contract”) to deliver HPCDS services in specific courts for an initial period to 30.9.2019 with the right for the LAA to extend the contract from 1.10.2019 for a maximum further 12 months. The LAA is offering up to four contracts in each of the following HPCDS schemes:
— Barnet,
— Bodmin and Trur,
— Grimsby,
— Winchester.
These contracts will commence on 17.12.2018. The LAA is seeking to award HPCDS contracts to applicants who:
a) are able to deliver HPCDS services through an office based in the corresponding housing and debt procurement area and hold authorisation in the housing and debt categories of law under a 2018 Standard Civil Contract; and
b) have relevant and recent experience of delivering HPCDS services; and
c) are able to deliver HPCDS services from 17.12.2018. HPCDS will be scheduled through rotas. Successful applicants will be required to attend and deliver HPCDS services where requested by clients at all housing possession listings included in the relevant scheme during their allocated rota weeks (see Paragraphs 1.4 — 1.5 of the IFA). The allocation of contract work to an applicant is dependent on the number of contracts awarded in a HPCDS. In submitting a tender, therefore, applicants must be willing to deliver a minimum of 1 week in 4 and a maximum of all weeks of a HPCDS rota (i.e. the entire HPCDS) in the scheme(s) they have tendered for. Due to the urgent need for contracts to commence in December to maintain service provision, the timescale from launch to the deadline for submission of tenders has been set at 27 days. Applicants wishing to deliver services under the HPCDS contract must submit a tender which consists of a response to 1 or more HPCDS ITT(s) (“ITT Response”).
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The contract is for an initial period to 30.9.2019 with the right for the LAA to extend the contract from 1.10.2019 for a maximum further 12 months.
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.4.1)Review body
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
United Kingdom
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures
70 Fleet Street
London
EC4Y1EU
United Kingdom
VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
United Kingdom
E-mail: civiltenders@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: