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15 February 2023 - Housing and Debt Services from April 2023 procurement process opens
We are inviting tenders to deliver housing and debt contract work from 1 April 2023 until 31 August 2024 in the following procurement areas:-
- Oldham
- Rochdale
- Warrington & Halton
The opportunity to deliver housing and debt services is open to any organisation that can meet the minimum tender requirements. An organisation does not need to be a current legal aid provider to tender for this opportunity.
We would like organisations to deliver work from 1 April 2023 where possible. But organisations unable to start on 1 April 2023 will be able to tender to start delivering work from a later date.
There is no limit to the number of contracts that can be awarded to deliver housing and debt services in a procurement area.
Applicants can bid to deliver housing and debt services in a procurement area through an office that is either a:
- permanent presence in the procurement area, or
- part-time presence in the procurement area
How to apply
Tenders must be submitted using the LAAs eTendering system
Tender deadline
The tender opens on 15 February 2023 and closes at 5pm on 13 March 2023.
Previous Updates
2 February 2023 - Publication of a notice to amend the Housing and Debt and HPCDS Information for Applicants (IFA) for services in England and Wales from Spring 2023.
We have today issued an amendment notice to the Housing and Debt and HPCDS IFA for services in England and Wales from Spring 2023.
This notice and amended version of the IFA can be found in the documents section at the top of this page.
Applicants are required to refer to IFA Version 2 when preparing their Tender.
1 February 2023 - Housing and Debt Services and HPCDS Services from Spring 2023 procurement processes open
We are inviting tenders to deliver housing and debt contract work from 4 April 2023 until 31 August 2024 in the following procurement areas:-
- Kingston upon Thames & Richmond upon Thames
- Knowsley
The opportunity to deliver housing and debt services is open to any organisation that can meet the minimum tender requirements. An organisation does not need to be a current legal aid provider to tender for this opportunity.
We would like organisations to deliver work from 4 April 2023 where possible. But organisations unable to start on 4 April 2023 will be able to tender to start delivering work from a later date.
There is no limit to the number of contracts that can be awarded to deliver housing and debt services in a procurement area.
Applicants can bid to deliver housing and debt services in a procurement area through an office that is either a:
- permanent presence in the procurement area, or
- part-time presence in the procurement area
We are also inviting tenders to deliver services in the following Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme (HPCDS) areas from 30 April 2023 until 31 October 2023:
- Southampton
- Telford
Services will start on 30 April 2023. However, organisations unable to deliver work from on 30 April can tender to start delivering work from a later date.
Organisations may bid for housing and debt contract work and/or HPCDS contract work through this procurement process. They are not required to bid for both housing and debt and HPCDS.
However, organisations bidding for an HPCDS contract must hold, or successfully bid for as part of this procurement process, a 2018 St