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Civil news: tenders open for housing and debt and HPCDS

Tenders open 17 December 2018 for housing and debt services and Housing Possession Court Duty Schemes and close at 9am 21 January 2019.

From:
Legal Aid Agency
Published
17 December 2018

We are inviting organisations to submit tenders through the e-Tendering system to deliver services from 1 March 2019 for:

  • housing and debt services in small number of geographic areas

  • HPCDS services in specific courts

Providers are free to tender for either one category of work or both.

Where is this work available?

Housing and debt service contracts are being offered in:

  1. Doncaster

  2. Dorset

  3. Portsmouth and Isle of Wight

  4. Calderdale

  5. North Yorkshire

  6. East Riding of Yorkshire

  7. City of Kingston upon Hull

  8. Sandwell

Up to 4 HPCDS contracts are being offered in each of the following scheme areas:

  1. Bradford, Skipton

  2. Scarborough, York

  3. Wakefield

  4. Walsall

These schemes will be scheduled through rotas.

Housing and debt tender

This tender is non-competitive and is being run under the 2018 Standard Civil Contract.

It is open to both current legal aid contract holders and new entrants. All organisations assessed as being suitable and as meeting the minimum service requirements will be awarded a contract.

Contracts will be offered for an initial period up to 30 August 2021. This is subject to the LAA’s rights of early termination and the right to extend.

Housing and Possession Court Duty Scheme tender

This tender is for an exclusive schedule under the 2013 Standard Civil Contract (as amended) for a contingency period in specific courts. It is only open to:

  • current civil legal aid providers contracted to deliver housing and debt

  • organisations applying through the concurrent housing and debt tender which subsequently go on to hold a 2018 Standard Civil Contract in housing and debt

Contracts will be offered for an initial period up to 30 September 2019. This is subject to the LAA’s rights of early termination and the right to extend the contract up to a further 1 year.

Tender deadline

The tender process to procure these contracts will close at 9am on 21 January 2019.

Further information

Civil 2018 contracts tender – to find out more and download the Information For Applicants document

e-Tendering system – to submit your tender

Updates to this page

Published 17 December 2018

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