Barking CLAC Tender is out today!

Community Legal Advice Centre

Barking and Dagenham Community Legal Advice Centre
As part of their strategy for the Community Legal Service, the Legal Services Commission is setting up Community Legal Advice Services in partnership with local authorities. The chief aim is that the Community Legal Advice Centre will deliver an integrated legal advice service.

The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham believes that the need for integrated advice services on Social Welfare Law has never been greater than now, with many people locally needing help with multiple problems.

The Community Legal Advice Centre will provide integrated, accessible, end-to-end legal advice services including a generalist and specialist legal advice and representation service for clients across Barking and Dagenham.

The Community Legal Advice Centre will improve access to legal advice services for local residents by offering clients a range of advice services in the social welfare categories and family at all levels; from basic information and advice through to representation at court.

Tendering for a new Community Legal Advice Centre in Barking and Dagenham
The Council and the Legal Service Commission invite tenders for the provision of a Community Legal Advice Centre (or CLA Centre) in the Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

The tender process opens on 27 October 2009 and closes at 12 Noon on Friday 8 January 2010. Potential bidders will have the opportunity to submit questions relating to the tender process until 12 Noon on 20 November 2009.

All questions should be emailed to clspolicy@legalservices.gov.uk. All questions received, along with our subsequent answers, will be published on this page on the 27 November 2009.

Further to this, a public meeting will be held on Tuesday 17 November 2009 from 14.00 to 15.30 at Barking Learning Centre, 2 Town Square, Barking, Essex, IG11 7NB to provide potential bidders or interested parties with an additional opportunity to raise questions on the tender and evaluation process.

The following documents constitute the Tender Pack that an organisation who wishes to tender for the contract would need in order to put together a bid.

Invitation to Tender (ITT)
This document contains all the relevant information necessary to put together a bid, including, the specification of services, background information, detailed performance standards and instructions on how to complete the Tender Form and how that would be scored.

Tender Form
This form contains all of the criteria that a potential bidder would need to meet in order to submit a tender for evaluation.

Barking and Dagenham CLA Centre Needs Analysis
This needs analysis was completed in 2008 and was used to inform the development of the specification of services for the Barking and Dagenham CLA Centre.

We intend to make a copy of the draft CLA Centre Contract available to potential bidders week beginning the 16 November 2009.

Invitation to Tender (ITT) PDF 366K
Barking and Dagenham CLA Centre Tender Form PDF 185K
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