{"id":84551,"date":"2017-09-19T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=dbbd8099adae9bc157751314eed85afc"},"modified":"2017-09-19T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T11:00:00","slug":"news-story-civil-news-tender-process-for-2018-contracts-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=84551","title":{"rendered":"News story: Civil news: tender process for 2018 contracts opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>We are opening the tender process for 2018 civil contracts in 3 areas of work:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>face to face contracts \u2013 starts 19 September<\/li>\n<li>specialist CLA telephone advice \u2013 late September<\/li>\n<li>Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme (HPCDS) \u2013 starts October<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Further announcements will be made shortly with more information about the CLA and HPDCS processes.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"when-will-the-new-contracts-begin\">When will the new contracts begin?<\/h3>\n<p>Services under new face to face and CLA contracts will begin on 1 September 2018. HPCDS contracts will follow on 1 October 2018.<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to work in these areas from these dates then you will need to take part in the tender process.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"how-long-will-the-contracts-last\">How long will the contracts last?<\/h3>\n<p>Each 2018 Civil Contract will initially run until 31 August 2021, with an option for LAA to extend for up to a further 2 years.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"current-contract-extensions\">Current contract extensions<\/h3>\n<p>Existing contracts to deliver these services are being extended as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>relevant face to face and telephone advice contracts \u2013 extended to 31 August 2018<\/li>\n<li>HPCDS schedules \u2013 extended to 30 September 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Where can I find out more about the tender process?<\/p>\n<p>Our tender pages provide detailed information, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>categories of law covered by the tenders<\/li>\n<li>tender timetable<\/li>\n<li>entry requirements<\/li>\n<li>management of the tenders<\/li>\n<li>submitting your tender bid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Deadline for tender submissions<\/p>\n<p>All bids must be submitted through the LAA\u2019s eTendering system by 5pm on 10 November 2017.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/civil-2018-contracts-tender\">Legal aid civil tender 2018<\/a> \u2013 information for potential applicants<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/legalaid.bravosolution.co.uk\/web\/login.shtml\">e-Tendering system<\/a> \u2013 for submitting bids and using the message boards for questions about the process<\/p>\n<p>Email <a href=\"mailto:help@bravosolution.co.uk\">help@bravosolution.co.uk<\/a> or telephone 0800 0698630 for technical questions about using the eTendering system<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tenders for new 2018 civil contracts start 19 September 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\/84551"}],"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=84551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84561,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84551\/revisions\/84561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}