{"id":72613,"date":"2016-07-21T15:30:37","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T15:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=7af76bcf6fa0b29660dc16357e48e6b1"},"modified":"2016-07-21T15:30:37","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T15:30:37","slug":"news-story-crime-news-tender-process-for-2017-crime-contract-opens-21-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=72613","title":{"rendered":"News story: Crime news: tender process for 2017 crime contract opens 21 July"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Organisations are invited to tender for a new crime contract starting on 1 April 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The procurement process started on 21 July and is open to both existing crime contract holders and new entrants.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for submitting responses is 12 noon on 15 September 2016.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"information-for-applicants\">Information for applicants<\/h3>\n<p>Details of how the procurement process will work are available on our website in the \u2018Information for Applicants\u2019 (IFA) \u2013 see link below.<\/p>\n<p>The IFA provides full details about the procurement process, including the criteria that applicants must meet.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"contract-documents\">Contract documents<\/h3>\n<p>You can find contract documentation on the 2017 Crime Contract page.<\/p>\n<p>Tender responses must be made online through the eTendering Portal. A helpline has been set up to provide support with technical problems \u2013 see below.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"submitting-questions\">Submitting questions<\/h3>\n<p>If you have any questions about the content of the IFA, these must be raised through the eTendering system by 8 August 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Questions of wider interest will be collated and answered through a frequently asked questions document which will be published on 22 August 2016.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:help@bravosolutions\">help@bravosolutions<\/a> or 0800 3684850 \u2013 for technical problems with eTendering system<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/legal-aid-crime-tender-2017\">Legal aid crime tender 2017<\/a> \u2013 to download \u2018Information for Applicants\u2019 document and Duty Solicitor Postcode tool<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/standard-crime-contract-2017\">2017 Crime Contract page<\/a> \u2013 to download contract documents<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/legalaid.bravosolution.co.uk\/web\/login.shtml\">LAA eTendering portal<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Procurement process opens for delivery of criminal legal aid services from 1 April 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72613"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72615,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72613\/revisions\/72615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}