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Provision of Contact Centre Services to the Legal Aid Agency

The Legal Aid Agency (“LAA”) is inviting Tenders from Lot 1 (Citizen Experience) of Outsourced Services Framework (RM6295) for contracts to deliver the LAA Contact Centre Services which comprise the Defence Solicitor Call Centre (DSCC) and the Civil Legal Advice Operator Service (CLAOS). The DSCC service manages the logging, identification and deployment of defence solicitors to provide free legal advice to clients detained in police custody in England and Wales. The CLAOS is a call centre service that assesses whether a client's legal issue is in scope of legal aid and whether they are financially eligible. If they are eligible, it refers the client to specialist advice provided through legal aid or, if not, directs clients to alternative sources of help and assistance.

  • Other sectors
  • Public sector
  • United Kingdom
Buyer / issuer
Legal Aid Agency
Sector
Other sectors
Country / region
United Kingdom
Public or private
Public sector
Closing date
Not stated
Closing date not stated
Estimated value
£24m
GBP
Submission method
Via the buyer's portal, linked from Find a Tender
Tender number
LAA - DSCC/CLAOS 2027
Status
Active

Scope summary

The Legal Aid Agency (“LAA”) is inviting Tenders from Lot 1 (Citizen Experience) of Outsourced Services Framework (RM6295) for contracts to deliver the LAA Contact Centre Services which comprise the Defence Solicitor Call Centre (DSCC) and the Civil Legal Advice Operator Service (CLAOS). The DSCC service manages the logging, identification and deployment of defence solicitors to provide free legal advice to clients detained in police custody in England and Wales. The CLAOS is a call centre service that assesses whether a client's legal issue is in scope of legal aid and whether they are financially eligible. If they are eligible, it refers the client to specialist advice provided through legal aid or, if not, directs clients to alternative sources of help and assistance.

Category: services

Key requirements

  • Procurement method: See the tender documents
  • Briefing session: Not captured. Check the original notice before relying on this.
  • Eligibility and evaluation: set out in the tender documents. Check mandatory returnables, registrations and scoring before you commit.

Required documents

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Important dates

Published
29 Sept 2026
First seen by Atlas
29 Sept 2026
Briefing session
Not captured. Check the original notice before relying on this.
Submission deadline
Not stated

Commercial snapshot

Estimated value
£24m
Contract type
See the tender documents
Category
services
Source
UK Find a Tender

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