2024 Civil Re-Opening

Description

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is inviting Tenders for contracts to deliver civil legal aid services under the 2024 Standard Civil Contract (“2024 Civil Contract”) which runs from 1 September 2024 to 30 June 2026 (subject to the rights of early termination and the LAA’s right to extend by up to a further 26 months). This procurement process opens on 4 December 2024. The LAA intends that the Application Period will remain open until, or around, 31 December 2025 and organisations may tender at any point within this period. The LAA intends to award contracts under this process to commence as soon as possible after the Verification process as described in this Application Guide is complete. Depending on the circumstances, the date on which an individual Applicant, where its Tender is successful, may commence work under the 2024 Standard Civil Contract (“Service Commencement Date”) may be several months from the date of Tender submission and relies on the provision of timely and accurate information by Applicants. Inaccurate or incomplete evidence may delay the issuing of a contract. Applicants must review the following documents which set out the complete rules of the additional 2024 procurement process and should be read in the following order: • Selection Questionnaire Invitation to Tender (SQ ITT); • 2024 Standard Civil Contract Application Guide • Category Specific Information; • 2024 Standard Civil Contract; • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) – published periodically (see paragraph 24.4) The ITT documents listed above can be found in the ‘Attachments’ section of this ITT or can be downloaded from the Gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/re-opening-2024-standard-civil-contract-procurement-process Applicants may continue to ask questions throughout the Application Period. These will be included in an updated FAQ document which will be published at regular intervals throughout the lifetime of this procurement process.