LEGAL AID AGENCY · Awarded contract
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Award of Housing and Debt Contract Work in Cheshire and HPCDS Services in Multiple Areas to Citizens Advice Gateshead, WTB Solicitors LLP, and Sternberg Reed Solicitors

Awarded 30 Sep 2021

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Awarded30 Sep 2021
Value£38,637.00
SupplierCITIZENS ADVICE GATESHEAD,WTB Solicitors LLP,Sternberg Reed Solicitors
AgencyLEGAL AID AGENCY
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryConsultancy & Legal
Ended 4y 2mo ago11mo term
Awarded 30 Sept 2021Expired 29 Aug 2022

About

The Legal Aid Agency awarded a contract to Citizens Advice Gateshead, WTB Solicitors LLP, and Sternberg Reed Solicitors for the delivery of Housing and Debt Contract Work in Cheshire and HPCDS services in Cambridge, Chester and Crewe, Sunderland, Stockport, and Hull.

The contract, valued at £38,637, followed an expression of interest process initiated after providers withdrew.

Successful organisations were awarded 100 matter starts for Housing and Debt services in Cheshire, and exclusive schedules for each HPCDS were awarded to a single provider, with shared rota arrangements possible where multiple organisations met the preference criteria.

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