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Current civil legal aid contracts come to an end on 13 October 2010.

Any organisation who wishes to deliver legal aid work in Family (including Family Mediation) or Social Welfare Law from 14 October 2010 will need to apply for and be awarded a new contract.

The tender process for this opened on 26 February 2010. The deadline for submitting tenders is 12 noon on 21 April 2010.

Further details can be found in the Information for Applicants (IFA) which is available on the Social Welfare Law and Family tendering pages of our website. 

How to submit your tender

All tenders for new contracts must be submitted through the LSC's secure eTendering system, which can be accessed through the eTendering portal.

When you first visit to the eTendering site, you will need to register your organisation's details to be able to use the system - you will then be provided with a username and password.

Questions

We have already published FAQ documents on the Civil 2010 Contracts tendering pages of our website.

If you have any questions about the content of the IFA, the PQQ or the ITTs, they may be submitted up until 2pm on 31 March 2010.

All questions must be submitted using the online secure messaging tool within the eTendering System.

A final SWL and Family FAQ document will be published on 7 April 2010.