Awarded

Commercial Legal Support to the LAA

Descriptions

The Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") is seeking to appoint a legal services provider to provide on-going legal assistance to the LAA in relation to commercial legal matters. The LAA is responsible for the provision of all publicly funded civil and criminal legal aid advice in England and Wales. The LAA is therefore required to procure the services of external legal aid providers and develop the service of legal advice that the providers undertake for clients as well as, arrange and operate a variety of commercial contracts to discharge the Lord Chancellor's duty to ensure access to justice. Given the breadth of LAA contracts and the complex procurement processes used to award such contracts, a wide range of complex legal issues arise. The legal aid market is inherently litigious due to long-standing and well publicised funding challenges associated with the provision of legal aid and there are widespread sustainability issues. The LAA is also subject to increasing scrutiny from pressure groups and charities representing the rights of those reliant on legal aid services. In addition, the LAA is subject to political pressures as a result of government policy and Ministerial objectives that significantly impact the LAA's procurement strategies. The LAA's service deliverables also link with various MoJ and wider government areas such as; immigration, prisons and courts. The LAA therefore requires expert external legal support to assist the limited GLD commercial legal resource working with the LAA to advise on commercial law issues including procurement strategy and contracts in order to mitigate risk to the LAA and the risks of successful legal challenges. Notably, the Lord Chancellor has a legal duty to ensure access to justice. Provision of sustainable, quality legal advice is therefore the LAA's utmost business priority and ensuring legally compliant processes and robust contracts by which to provide legal aid services is key to the LAA's objectives.

Timeline

Published Date :

21st Nov 2022 2 years ago

Deadline :

22nd Jun 2022 2 years ago

Tender Awarded :

1 Supplier

Awarded date :

18th Nov 2022

Contract Start :

12th Oct 2022

Contract End :

11th Oct 2024

Tender Regions

CPV Codes

79100000 - Legal services

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Awarded

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Tender Progress :

0%

Details

Notice Type :

Open opportunity

Tender Identifier :

IT-378-246-T: 2024 - 001

TenderBase ID :

310724019

Low Value :

£100K

High Value :

£1000K

Region :

North Region

Attachments :

Buyer Information

Address :

Liverpool Merseyside , Merseyside , L13 0BQ

Website :

N/A

Procurement Contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Designation :

Chief Executive Officer

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk

Possible Competitors

1 Possible Competitors