Supplemental Procurement of the Housing Loss Prevention Advice Services from August 2023

Tender description

The Legal Aid Agency (“LAA”) is inviting tenders for Schedules to deliver publicly funded Housing Loss Prevention Advice Services (“HLPAS”) in 12 HLPAS areas comprising of one or multiple courts across England and Wales. Successful Applicants will be awarded a HLPAS Schedule to provide HLPAS Contract Work from 1 August 2023 until 31 August 2024. This procurement process is separate to the one which opened on 17 November and closed at 12pm on 19 December 2022. This procurement process seeks to identify organisations wishing to deliver HLPAS in a small number of areas only, where the LAA did not receive compliant bids. Applicants who have already tendered to deliver HLPAS Contract Work do not need to tender through this procurement process unless they wish to bid to deliver HLPAS, and, where relevant, Housing and Debt Contract Work in the areas covered by this procurement process. Schedules will form part of the 2018 Standard Civil Contract (“2018 Contract”) which is the primary contractual arrangement between the LAA and contracted organisations delivering civil legal aid services. It will be a requirement that holders of a HLPAS Schedule hold a 2018 Contract which includes a specific authorisation to conduct Housing and Debt Contract Work (“2018 Housing and Debt Contract”) i.e. the face-to-face delivery of legal aid advice on Housing & Debt matters that are not covered by HLPAS. HLPAS Contract Work - The LAA is inviting Tenders for the delivery of HLPAS Contract Work which is set out in the HLPAS Information for Applicants (“HLPAS IFA”) 2018 Housing and Debt Contract - The LAA is inviting also Tenders for the delivery of Housing and Debt Contract Work which is set out in the Housing & Debt Information for Applicants (“Housing and Debt IFA”) Applicants should note that to be eligible to Tender for a 2018 Housing and Debt Contract as part of this process they must also submit compliant Tender to deliver HLPAS Contract Work (a“HLPAS ITT Response")