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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 from 1.3.2019 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: — Bradford and Skipton, — Scarborough and York, — Wakefield, — Walsall. The LAA is also inviting responses to its Invitations to Tender (“ITTs”) for the delivery of publicly funded civil legal aid services from 1.3.2019 under a 2018 Standard Civil Contract (also referred to in this document as a “Face to Face Contract”) in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law in the following Procurement Areas: — City of Kingston upon Hull, — Calderdale, — Doncaster, — Dorset, — East Riding of Yorkshire, — North Yorkshire, — Portsmouth and Isle of Wight, — Sandwell. 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 from 1 March 2019 to 30 September 2019 with the right for the LAA to extend the contract from 1 October 2019 for a maximum further 12 months. The LAA is offering up to four contracts in each of the following HPCDS Schemes: • Bradford and Skipton • Scarborough and York • Wakefield • Walsall 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 either; I. hold a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law; or II. or apply through this procurement process and are subsequently awarded 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 the contract start date. Where the LAA is unable to secure HPCDS Services from organisations able to meet all these requirements, it will consider Tenders from Applicants able to meet only some of them (see section 6). An Applicant must either hold a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law or they must apply through this procurement process and be awarded a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law under that process. Where an Applicant who does not currently hold a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work successfully tenders for an HPCDS Contract, any HPCDS Contract award is contingent on the Applicant being awarded a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work through this procurement process. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Applicant’s Tender to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work is unsuccessful or verification is not completed, the LAA will withdraw the HPCDS Contract offer. 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). 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 one week in four and a maximum of all weeks of a HPCDS rota (i.e. the entire HPCDS) in the Scheme(s) they have tendered for. It is a condition of any award of an HPCDS Contract that Applicants must hold and comply with the 2018 Standard Civil Contract and have and maintain an authorisation to undertake mainstream (i.e. non-HPCDS) Contract Work in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law. The HPCDS Contract being awarded through this procurement process will maintain the current arrangements for HPCDS services. Those arrangements have been made to maintain HPCDS services on a contingency basis. The 2013 Standard Civil Contract has been amended to take account of the fact that the only Contract Work authorised under the HPCDS Contract is HPCDS Contract Work. In addition, there have been amendments made to cover the changes to data protection legislation. Whilst the 2013 Standard Civil Contract incorporates the terms of the Contract for Signature to the 2013 Standard Contract, the HPCDS Contract is offered and accepted by successful Applicants under the terms of a separate offer letter. 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 from 1 March 2019 to 30 September 2019 with the right for the LAA to extend the contract from 1 October 2019 for a maximum further 12 months. The LAA is offering up to four contracts in each of the following HPCDS Schemes: • Bradford and Skipton • Scarborough and York • Wakefield • Walsall 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 either; I. hold a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law; or II. or apply through this procurement process and are subsequently awarded 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 the contract start date. Where the LAA is unable to secure HPCDS Services from organisations able to meet all these requirements, it will consider Tenders from Applicants able to meet only some of them (see section 6). An Applicant must either hold a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law or they must apply through this procurement process and be awarded a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law under that process. Where an Applicant who does not currently hold a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work successfully tenders for an HPCDS Contract, any HPCDS Contract award is contingent on the Applicant being awarded a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work through this procurement process. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Applicant’s Tender to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work is unsuccessful or verification is not completed, the LAA will withdraw the HPCDS Contract offer. 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). 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 one week in four and a maximum of all weeks of a HPCDS rota (i.e. the entire HPCDS) in the Scheme(s) they have tendered for. It is a condition of any award of an HPCDS Contract that Applicants must hold and comply with the 2018 Standard Civil Contract and have and maintain an authorisation to undertake mainstream (i.e. non-HPCDS) Contract Work in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law. The HPCDS Contract being awarded through this procurement process will maintain the current arrangements for HPCDS services. Those arrangements have been made to maintain HPCDS services on a contingency basis. The 2013 Standard Civil Contract has been amended to take account of the fact that the only Contract Work authorised under the HPCDS Contract is HPCDS Contract Work. In addition, there have been amendments made to cover the changes to data protection legislation. Whilst the 2013 Standard Civil Contract incorporates the terms of the Contract for Signature to the 2013 Standard Contract, the HPCDS Contract is offered and accepted by successful Applicants under the terms of a separate offer letter. 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 from 1 March 2019 to 30 September 2019 with the right for the LAA to extend the contract from 1 October 2019 for a maximum further 12 months. The LAA is offering up to four contracts in each of the following HPCDS Schemes: • Bradford and Skipton • Scarborough and York • Wakefield • Walsall 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 either; I. hold a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law; or II. or apply through this procurement process and are subsequently awarded 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 the contract start date. Where the LAA is unable to secure HPCDS Services from organisations able to meet all these requirements, it will consider Tenders from Applicants able to meet only some of them (see section 6). An Applicant must either hold a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law or they must apply through this procurement process and be awarded a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law under that process. Where an Applicant who does not currently hold a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work successfully tenders for an HPCDS Contract, any HPCDS Contract award is contingent on the Applicant being awarded a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work through this procurement process. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Applicant’s Tender to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work is unsuccessful or verification is not completed, the LAA will withdraw the HPCDS Contract offer. 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). 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 one week in four and a maximum of all weeks of a HPCDS rota (i.e. the entire HPCDS) in the Scheme(s) they have tendered for. It is a condition of any award of an HPCDS Contract that Applicants must hold and comply with the 2018 Standard Civil Contract and have and maintain an authorisation to undertake mainstream (i.e. non-HPCDS) Contract Work in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law. The HPCDS Contract being awarded through this procurement process will maintain the current arrangements for HPCDS services. Those arrangements have been made to maintain HPCDS services on a contingency basis. The 2013 Standard Civil Contract has been amended to take account of the fact that the only Contract Work authorised under the HPCDS Contract is HPCDS Contract Work. In addition, there have been amendments made to cover the changes to data protection legislation. Whilst the 2013 Standard Civil Contract incorporates the terms of the Contract for Signature to the 2013 Standard Contract, the HPCDS Contract is offered and accepted by successful Applicants under the terms of a separate offer letter. 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 from 1 March 2019 to 30 September 2019 with the right for the LAA to extend the contract from 1 October 2019 for a maximum further 12 months. The LAA is offering up to four contracts in each of the following HPCDS Schemes: • Bradford and Skipton • Scarborough and York • Wakefield • Walsall 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 either; I. hold a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law; or II. or apply through this procurement process and are subsequently awarded 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 the contract start date. Where the LAA is unable to secure HPCDS Services from organisations able to meet all these requirements, it will consider Tenders from Applicants able to meet only some of them (see section 6). An Applicant must either hold a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law or they must apply through this procurement process and be awarded a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law under that process. Where an Applicant who does not currently hold a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work successfully tenders for an HPCDS Contract, any HPCDS Contract award is contingent on the Applicant being awarded a 2018 Standard Civil Contract with authorisation to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work through this procurement process. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Applicant’s Tender to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work is unsuccessful or verification is not completed, the LAA will withdraw the HPCDS Contract offer. 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). 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 one week in four and a maximum of all weeks of a HPCDS rota (i.e. the entire HPCDS) in the Scheme(s) they have tendered for. It is a condition of any award of an HPCDS Contract that Applicants must hold and comply with the 2018 Standard Civil Contract and have and maintain an authorisation to undertake mainstream (i.e. non-HPCDS) Contract Work in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law. The HPCDS Contract being awarded through this procurement process will maintain the current arrangements for HPCDS services. Those arrangements have been made to maintain HPCDS services on a contingency basis. The 2013 Standard Civil Contract has been amended to take account of the fact that the only Contract Work authorised under the HPCDS Contract is HPCDS Contract Work. In addition, there have been amendments made to cover the changes to data protection legislation. Whilst the 2013 Standard Civil Contract incorporates the terms of the Contract for Signature to the 2013 Standard Contract, the HPCDS Contract is offered and accepted by successful Applicants under the terms of a separate offer letter. The LAA is also inviting responses to its Invitations to Tender (“ITTs”) for the delivery of publicly funded civil legal aid services from 1 March 2019 under a 2018 Standard Civil Contract (also referred to in this document as a “Face to Face Contract”) in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law in the following Procurement Areas: • City of Kingston upon Hull • Calderdale • Doncaster • Dorset • East Riding of Yorkshire • North Yorkshire • Portsmouth and Isle of Wight • Sandwell The LAA is seeking to award Housing and Debt Face to Face Contracts to Applicants who meet the generic minimum requirements (set out at paragraph 2.10) and who meet the following Housing and Debt minimum requirements: — Employs at least one FTE Supervisor who meets the Housing and Debt Supervisor Standard and meets the one Supervisor to four Caseworker ratio at each Office from which it is tendering to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work; and — Each Office in the Procurement Area from which the Applicant is tendering to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work must be a Permanent Presence — Employs at least one PTE Authorised Litigator with experience of delivering Housing and Debt work Where an organisation wishes to deliver Housing and Debt services but is not able to meet all the Housing and Debt minimum requirements set out above (and at paragraphs 2.36) it may submit a proposal for how they would deliver the services. Proposals should be emailed to civil.contracts@justice.gov.uk by 9am on 21 January 2019. In the event that a Procurement Area(s) does not attract successful bids from an Applicant that meets all the minimum requirements in full the LAA may consider any alternative proposals submitted to civil.contracts@justice.gov.uk by the deadline and award a contract to the organisation/organisations who most closely meet the minimum requirements. The LAA is also inviting responses to its Invitations to Tender (“ITTs”) for the delivery of publicly funded civil legal aid services from 1 March 2019 under a 2018 Standard Civil Contract (also referred to in this document as a “Face to Face Contract”) in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law in the following Procurement Areas: • City of Kingston upon Hull • Calderdale • Doncaster • Dorset • East Riding of Yorkshire • North Yorkshire • Portsmouth and Isle of Wight • Sandwell The LAA is seeking to award Housing and Debt Face to Face Contracts to Applicants who meet the generic minimum requirements (set out at paragraph 2.10) and who meet the following Housing and Debt minimum requirements: — Employs at least one FTE Supervisor who meets the Housing and Debt Supervisor Standard and meets the one Supervisor to four Caseworker ratio at each Office from which it is tendering to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work; and — Each Office in the Procurement Area from which the Applicant is tendering to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work must be a Permanent Presence — Employs at least one PTE Authorised Litigator with experience of delivering Housing and Debt work Where an organisation wishes to deliver Housing and Debt services but is not able to meet all the Housing and Debt minimum requirements set out above (and at paragraphs 2.36) it may submit a proposal for how they would deliver the services. Proposals should be emailed to civil.contracts@justice.gov.uk by 9am on 21 January 2019. In the event that a Procurement Area(s) does not attract successful bids from an Applicant that meets all the minimum requirements in full the LAA may consider any alternative proposals submitted to civil.contracts@justice.gov.uk by the deadline and award a contract to the organisation/organisations who most closely meet the minimum requirements. The LAA is also inviting responses to its Invitations to Tender (“ITTs”) for the delivery of publicly funded civil legal aid services from 1 March 2019 under a 2018 Standard Civil Contract (also referred to in this document as a “Face to Face Contract”) in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law in the following Procurement Areas: • City of Kingston upon Hull • Calderdale • Doncaster • Dorset • East Riding of Yorkshire • North Yorkshire • Portsmouth and Isle of Wight • Sandwell The LAA is seeking to award Housing and Debt Face to Face Contracts to Applicants who meet the generic minimum requirements (set out at paragraph 2.10) and who meet the following Housing and Debt minimum requirements: — Employs at least one FTE Supervisor who meets the Housing and Debt Supervisor Standard and meets the one Supervisor to four Caseworker ratio at each Office from which it is tendering to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work; and — Each Office in the Procurement Area from which the Applicant is tendering to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work must be a Permanent Presence — Employs at least one PTE Authorised Litigator with experience of delivering Housing and Debt work Where an organisation wishes to deliver Housing and Debt services but is not able to meet all the Housing and Debt minimum requirements set out above (and at paragraphs 2.36) it may submit a proposal for how they would deliver the services. Proposals should be emailed to civil.contracts@justice.gov.uk by 9am on 21 January 2019. In the event that a Procurement Area(s) does not attract successful bids from an Applicant that meets all the minimum requirements in full the LAA may consider any alternative proposals submitted to civil.contracts@justice.gov.uk by the deadline and award a contract to the organisation/organisations who most closely meet the minimum requirements. The LAA is also inviting responses to its Invitations to Tender (“ITTs”) for the delivery of publicly funded civil legal aid services from 1 March 2019 under a 2018 Standard Civil Contract (also referred to in this document as a “Face to Face Contract”) in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law in the following Procurement Areas: • City of Kingston upon Hull • Calderdale • Doncaster • Dorset • East Riding of Yorkshire • North Yorkshire • Portsmouth and Isle of Wight • Sandwell The LAA is seeking to award Housing and Debt Face to Face Contracts to Applicants who meet the generic minimum requirements (set out at paragraph 2.10) and who meet the following Housing and Debt minimum requirements: — Employs at least one FTE Supervisor who meets the Housing and Debt Supervisor Standard and meets the one Supervisor to four Caseworker ratio at each Office from which it is tendering to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work; and — Each Office in the Procurement Area from which the Applicant is tendering to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work must be a Permanent Presence — Employs at least one PTE Authorised Litigator with experience of delivering Housing and Debt work Where an organisation wishes to deliver Housing and Debt services but is not able to meet all the Housing and Debt minimum requirements set out above (and at paragraphs 2.36) it may submit a proposal for how they would deliver the services. Proposals should be emailed to civil.contracts@justice.gov.uk by 9am on 21 January 2019. In the event that a Procurement Area(s) does not attract successful bids from an Applicant that meets all the minimum requirements in full the LAA may consider any alternative proposals submitted to civil.contracts@justice.gov.uk by the deadline and award a contract to the organisation/organisations who most closely meet the minimum requirements. The LAA is also inviting responses to its Invitations to Tender (“ITTs”) for the delivery of publicly funded civil legal aid services from 1 March 2019 under a 2018 Standard Civil Contract (also referred to in this document as a “Face to Face Contract”) in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law in the following Procurement Areas: • City of Kingston upon Hull • Calderdale • Doncaster • Dorset • East Riding of Yorkshire • North Yorkshire • Portsmouth and Isle of Wight • Sandwell The LAA is seeking to award Housing and Debt Face to Face Contracts to Applicants who meet the generic minimum requirements (set out at paragraph 2.10) and who meet the following Housing and Debt minimum requirements: — Employs at least one FTE Supervisor who meets the Housing and Debt Supervisor Standard and meets the one Supervisor to four Caseworker ratio at each Office from which it is tendering to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work; and — Each Office in the Procurement Area from which the Applicant is tendering to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work must be a Permanent Presence — Employs at least one PTE Authorised Litigator with experience of delivering Housing and Debt work Where an organisation wishes to deliver Housing and Debt services but is not able to meet all the Housing and Debt minimum requirements set out above (and at paragraphs 2.36) it may submit a proposal for how they would deliver the services. Proposals should be emailed to civil.contracts@justice.gov.uk by 9am on 21 January 2019. In the event that a Procurement Area(s) does not attract successful bids from an Applicant that meets all the minimum requirements in full the LAA may consider any alternative proposals submitted to civil.contracts@justice.gov.uk by the deadline and award a contract to the organisation/organisations who most closely meet the minimum requirements. The LAA is also inviting responses to its Invitations to Tender (“ITTs”) for the delivery of publicly funded civil legal aid services from 1 March 2019 under a 2018 Standard Civil Contract (also referred to in this document as a “Face to Face Contract”) in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law in the following Procurement Areas: • City of Kingston upon Hull • Calderdale • Doncaster • Dorset • East Riding of Yorkshire • North Yorkshire • Portsmouth and Isle of Wight • Sandwell The LAA is seeking to award Housing and Debt Face to Face Contracts to Applicants who meet the generic minimum requirements (set out at paragraph 2.10) and who meet the following Housing and Debt minimum requirements: — Employs at least one FTE Supervisor who meets the Housing and Debt Supervisor Standard and meets the one Supervisor to four Caseworker ratio at each Office from which it is tendering to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work; and — Each Office in the Procurement Area from which the Applicant is tendering to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work must be a Permanent Presence — Employs at least one PTE Authorised Litigator with experience of delivering Housing and Debt work Where an organisation wishes to deliver Housing and Debt services but is not able to meet all the Housing and Debt minimum requirements set out above (and at paragraphs 2.36) it may submit a proposal for how they would deliver the services. Proposals should be emailed to civil.contracts@justice.gov.uk by 9am on 21 January 2019. In the event that a Procurement Area(s) does not attract successful bids from an Applicant that meets all the minimum requirements in full the LAA may consider any alternative proposals submitted to civil.contracts@justice.gov.uk by the deadline and award a contract to the organisation/organisations who most closely meet the minimum requirements. The LAA is also inviting responses to its Invitations to Tender (“ITTs”) for the delivery of publicly funded civil legal aid services from 1 March 2019 under a 2018 Standard Civil Contract (also referred to in this document as a “Face to Face Contract”) in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law in the following Procurement Areas: • City of Kingston upon Hull • Calderdale • Doncaster • Dorset • East Riding of Yorkshire • North Yorkshire • Portsmouth and Isle of Wight • Sandwell The LAA is seeking to award Housing and Debt Face to Face Contracts to Applicants who meet the generic minimum requirements (set out at paragraph 2.10) and who meet the following Housing and Debt minimum requirements: — Employs at least one FTE Supervisor who meets the Housing and Debt Supervisor Standard and meets the one Supervisor to four Caseworker ratio at each Office from which it is tendering to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work; and — Each Office in the Procurement Area from which the Applicant is tendering to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work must be a Permanent Presence — Employs at least one PTE Authorised Litigator with experience of delivering Housing and Debt work Where an organisation wishes to deliver Housing and Debt services but is not able to meet all the Housing and Debt minimum requirements set out above (and at paragraphs 2.36) it may submit a proposal for how they would deliver the services. Proposals should be emailed to civil.contracts@justice.gov.uk by 9am on 21 January 2019. In the event that a Procurement Area(s) does not attract successful bids from an Applicant that meets all the minimum requirements in full the LAA may consider any alternative proposals submitted to civil.contracts@justice.gov.uk by the deadline and award a contract to the organisation/organisations who most closely meet the minimum requirements. The LAA is also inviting responses to its Invitations to Tender (“ITTs”) for the delivery of publicly funded civil legal aid services from 1 March 2019 under a 2018 Standard Civil Contract (also referred to in this document as a “Face to Face Contract”) in the Housing and Debt Categories of Law in the following Procurement Areas: • City of Kingston upon Hull • Calderdale • Doncaster • Dorset • East Riding of Yorkshire • North Yorkshire • Portsmouth and Isle of Wight • Sandwell The LAA is seeking to award Housing and Debt Face to Face Contracts to Applicants who meet the generic minimum requirements (set out at paragraph 2.10) and who meet the following Housing and Debt minimum requirements: — Employs at least one FTE Supervisor who meets the Housing and Debt Supervisor Standard and meets the one Supervisor to four Caseworker ratio at each Office from which it is tendering to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work; and — Each Office in the Procurement Area from which the Applicant is tendering to deliver Housing and Debt Contract Work must be a Permanent Presence — Employs at least one PTE Authorised Litigator with experience of delivering Housing and Debt work Where an organisation wishes to deliver Housing and Debt services but is not able to meet all the Housing and Debt minimum requirements set out above (and at paragraphs 2.36) it may submit a proposal for how they would deliver the services. Proposals should be emailed to civil.contracts@justice.gov.uk by 9am on 21 January 2019. In the event that a Procurement Area(s) does not attract successful bids from an Applicant that meets all the minimum requirements in full the LAA may consider any alternative proposals submitted to civil.contracts@justice.gov.uk by the deadline and award a contract to the organisation/organisations who most closely meet the minimum requirements.