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2025 Standard Crime Contract tender outcome

The Legal Aid Agency

This public procurement record has 5 releases in its history.

Award

20 Oct 2026 at 14:26

Award Notice
Award

29 Jul 2026 at 11:32

Award Notice
Award

28 Apr 2026 at 16:51

Award Notice
Award

19 Dec 2025 at 17:25

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Tender

19 Dec 2025 at 17:21

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) buys publicly funded criminal legal aid services through its 2025 Standard Crime Contract. The work is criminal legal representation and related legal aid services delivered to people eligible for public funding. The contract covers England and Wales. This is a national service requirement rather than a single-site project, with providers operating from multiple locations. The LAA is the buyer and manages the procurement. The contract is intended for organisations able to deliver criminal legal aid under the LAA’s standard contract arrangements. Its purpose is to secure provision of publicly funded criminal legal services across the covered jurisdictions.

The procurement has reached award stage: four active awards are recorded to “Multiple Providers”, with four corresponding active contracts. Each contract is valued at £180 million; these are separate awards and are not combined here. The overall estimated procurement value is £1.8 billion. The contracts were signed on 19 December 2025. The contract period is stated as 3,600 days, with services described as starting on 1 October 2025. The LAA used an open procedure. Evaluation was based entirely on contract requirements, with no price or cost weighting. One lot is recorded, but its status is cancelled; the awards and contracts are separately shown as active. The source describes awards made under procurement stages 1, 2 and 3, including stage 3 awards from July to September 2026.

This award demonstrates substantial, continuing demand from the LAA for criminal legal aid providers across England and Wales. Credible competitors will need the capability to deliver publicly funded criminal legal representation under the LAA’s Standard Crime Contract and meet its contract requirements. As price carried no evaluation weight, suppliers competing when this requirement returns will need to show strong compliance with the service specification and the operational capacity to provide coverage across relevant communities. The awards went to multiple providers, indicating that delivery is distributed across a supplier base rather than concentrated in a single organisation. Firms already experienced in criminal legal aid and equipped to manage publicly funded casework are best placed to meet a requirement of this national scale.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

2025 Standard Crime Contract tender outcome

Notice Description

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) invited Applicants to submit a Tender for a 2025 Standard Crime Contract ("Crime Contract") to deliver publicly funded criminal legal aid services from 1 October 2025. Applicants wishing to deliver criminal legal aid services under a Crime Contract must submit a response to the SQ for 2025 Standard Crime Contracts - Stage 3 and the 2025 Standard Crime Contract ITT - Stage 3. This application period opens on 01May 2025. The LAA intends that the application period will remain open until on, or around, 30 September 2034, subject to the right of early termination. The procurement processes for the 2025 Standard Crime Contract Stages 1 and 2 have closed. Stage 3 remains open. This notice publishes the details of contracts awarded under Stages 1 2 and 3 of the procurement process.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) invited Applicants to submit a Tender for a 2025 Standard Crime Contract ("Crime Contract") to deliver publicly funded criminal legal aid services from 1 October 2025. Applicants wishing to deliver criminal legal aid services under a Crime Contract must submit a response to the SQ for 2025 Standard Crime Contracts - Stage 3 and the 2025 Standard Crime Contract ITT - Stage 3. This application period opens on 01May 2025. The LAA intends that the application period will remain open until on, or around, 30 September 2034, subject to the right of early termination. The procurement processes for the 2025 Standard Crime Contract Stages 1 and 2 have closed. Stage 3 remains open. Stage three is open to any organisation that has not yet tendered in either Stage 1 or Stage 2 of the procurement process. This notice publishes the details of contracts awarded under Stage 3 of the procurement process from July 2026 until September 2026 Additional information: There was no price / cost criterion for this procurement

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05faf3
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099059-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79100000 - Legal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,800,000,000 £1B-£10B
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£180,000,000 £100M-£1B

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
30 Sep 20348 years to go
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
The Legal Aid Agency
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1H 9AJ
Postcode Area
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Supplier N/A

Further Information

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