STOP PRESS:

The 2023 LAA Tender for face to face Civil Contracts is now closed.
​www.gov.uk/government/news/civil-news-tender-for-additional-2018-standard-civil-contracts 
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This permits new applicants to join and current providers to expand categories and geographical coverage.

​Tender FAQs Published
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1145079/Procurement_process_for_Civil_Legal_Aid_Services_from_September_2023_Frequently_Asked_Questions.pdf

Please contact us to discuss  info@tlclegals.com or call 07827 763052.

​The Latest Legal Aid Tender information can be found here: www.gov.uk/topic/legal-aid-for-providers/tenders
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• Family
• Housing, Debt and Welfare Benefits
• Immigration and Asylum (including work at Immigration Removal Centres)
• Mental Health
• Community Care
• Claims Against Public Authorities (formerly known as ‘Actions Against the Police etc’)
• Clinical Negligence
• Public Law
• Family Mediation
• Education
• Discrimination

​ACTION NOW: For Civil Legal Aid Tenders 2023

If you wish to bid for a civil contract early in the New Year your considerations and steps should be as follows:

1)
Do you have a legal entity set up from which a tender bid can be submitted? Ltd Company, Sole Trader LLP etc.
Have you considered staffing or an office location?

2)
Is your legal entity authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, with COLP/COFA and MLRO roles approved?
We offer an SRA Application service, please contact us for details.
This is a priority as the SRA can take up to 3-months to approve, and you must have this for the LAA’s verification deadline, yet to be published.

3)
Do you hold either of the two quality standards, Specialist Quality Mark (SQM) or Lexcel?
We offer a full SQM and Lexcel services, please contact us for details. Lexcel is considered the better standard and more widely used by private practice, but it is about to be updated to version 7. SQM is faster to obtain, and this option is preferred for new firms prior to tenders. Lexcel can always be achieved at any time in the future if preferred. Our services are detailed here https://lnkd.in/e3ZhrfG7 and we have numerous happy clients that have passed their first audit/assessment issue free. We advise you start the quality standard application process now to be ready for the LAA’s verification deadline, yet to be published.

4)
The tender itself. Please contact us once the tender is open and we can provide our fee. We will not know the levels of work involved until the LAA publish the Information for Applicants (IFA). We can advise you of our civil tender fees in 2017 for the current 2018 Contract.

At this early stage, the ball should be moving for steps 1-3. If nothing has yet been actioned, please contact us.

If you have any questions, please contact TLC Legals any time info@tlclegals.com or call 07827 763052.
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Benefit from our 100% tender success rate.

Our team of staff fresh from the LAA are extremely knowledgeable having worked numerous years with Contracting and Central Commissioning since the start of franchising. We have completed numerous crime tenders so far and are waiting to help:

• answer your queries & strategic support
• prepare contract applications
• quadruple check documentation
• submit your tender
• record evidential proof of your bid submission
• Make updates if required by LAA changes
• Notification of outcome
• Further support for LAA verification
• Available evenings and weekends for tender advice

Work is currently commencing on the same day payment is received.

We can assist firms with new business SRA applications, SQM/Lexcel preparation, firms find supervisors and supervisors find firms.

We offer full cradle to grave services and will assist you with verification before the deadline of 27th March 2022.

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Recent Tenders now Closed:
The deadline for submitting a tender for Housing HLPAS competitive tenders was 12pm on 19/12/2022.
The deadline for submitting a tender for Crime Contracts was 5pm on 30/11/2021.
17/11/2021 Cancellation of Detained Duty Advice Scheme (DDAS) at Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre (IRC).
Why? As a result of receiving insufficient compliant tenders that met the minimum requirements detailed in the IFA.
The deadline for submitting a tender for HPCDS in Cambridge, Crewe and Chester, Sunderland, Stockport & Hull was 5pm 09/09/2021
The deadline for submitting a tender for delivery of the HPCDS in Slough was 5pm on 7 June 2021.
The deadline for submitting a tender for delivery of face to face Education legal advice services was 5pm on 20 May 2021.
The deadline for submitting a tender for delivery of Education Telephone advice services was 5pm on 25th February 2021.
The deadline for submitting a tender for delivery of Housing & Debt services in 14 areas was 5pm on 18th February 2021.
The deadline for submitting a tender for HPCDS services in Leeds was 5pm on 19th January 2021.
The deadline for submitting a tender for delivery of Immigration Telephone Advice Services  was 9am on 18th January 2021.

MAIN CIVIL 2023
The current 2018 civil contract started on 1st September 2018 and was due to run for three years. It was extended by one, two, then three years, which takes the end of the current civil contract to August 2024. Late in 2022, the LAA announced it will run a mini civil tender "early in the New Year" for new applicants and current providers who wish to expand categories of law and/or into other geographical areas.

We can help with all your tender requirements for legal aid and other contracts - info@tlclegals.com​ or 07827 763052.