Official UK procurement notice
Procurement of Criminal Legal Aid Services from 1 October 2022
Authority: The Legal Aid Agency·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is inviting Tenders for the delivery of publicly funded criminal legal aid services
from 1 October 2022 under a 2022 Standard Crime Contract (“Crime Contract”).
Applicants may tender to carry out Contract Work in the following Classes of Work at each Office from which
they wish to deliver Contract Work:
- Criminal Investigations and Criminal Proceedings (this includes Appeals and Reviews); and/or
- Prison Law (this includes Appeals and Reviews); or
- Appeals and Reviews only
The Deadline for submitting Tenders is 5pm on 30 November 2021 (“Deadline”)
All Tenders must be completed and submitted using the eTendering system. This can be accessed either
through a link on the tender pages of the LAA website or directly at www.legalaid.bravosolution.co.uk ↗.
Late submissions will not be considered under any circumstances. It is the Applicant’s sole responsibility to
ensure that the LAA receives its Tender before the Deadline.
Crime Contracts will run for a period of one year from the Contract Start Date (subject to rights of early
termination and the LAA’s right to extend for up to a further two years).
CPV: Legal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Crime Contract 2022Awarded
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 100
- Not used: 0
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 19 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Jan 2023, 16:30 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 30 Nov 2021 – …
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-001328- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02edcaFind a Tender
Publisher note: Organisations should note that the estimated contract value is based on the maximum possible length of the contract i.e. one year initial term and possible two year extension. It should also be noted that there were 12476 bids but the system does not allow input of over 999 bids.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Nov 2021, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 30 Nov 2021, 17:01 GMT
Timeline
30 Nov 2021 → 16 Jan 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline30 Nov 2021, 17:00 GMT
- Bids opened30 Nov 2021, 17:01 GMT
- Contract starts1 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST
- Notice published16 Jan 2023, 16:30 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jan 2023- Status changed to complete16 Jan 2023, 16:30 GMT
- Buyer details updated16 Jan 2023, 16:30 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| all bidders can be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/crime-contract-2022-tender | £1,800,000,000 †very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 001328-2023-Crime Contract 2022-1 · all bidders can be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/crime-contract-2022-tender
- Signed
- 16 Jan 2023
- Value
- £1,800,000,000
- Period
- … – 30 Sept 2023
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 999bids · 999 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR)Mediation body
- Legal Aid AgencyReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.