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2025 Standard Crime Contract tender outcome

The Legal Aid Agency

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

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29 Jul 2026 at 11:32

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Award

28 Apr 2026 at 16:51

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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 procured publicly funded criminal legal aid services through its 2025 Standard Crime Contract. The requirement covers criminal legal work delivered in England and Wales for people eligible for public funding. It is a legal services procurement, with the Legal Aid Agency acting as the buyer. The contract is intended for organisations providing criminal defence and related legal aid services under the Agency’s standard contractual arrangements. Applicants could submit responses in English or Welsh. The requirement was structured as one lot and was intended to support delivery across England and Wales rather than at a single named site. Multiple providers were selected for the service, indicating a broad provider model rather than a single-supplier arrangement.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded. It used an open procedure, with electronic or written submissions. Three active awards were made to Multiple Providers, each linked to the 2025 Standard Crime Contract; each corresponding active contract has a value of £180,000,000. The contracts were signed on 19 December 2025. The requirement was intended to begin on 1 October 2025 and has a stated duration of 3,600 days. The procurement recorded 99 bids for the lot in each of three award records. Evaluation was based entirely on quality: Contract Requirements carried 100%, while Price carried 0%; the tender description also states that there was no price or cost criterion. The single lot is marked cancelled, although the three awards and contracts are active.

This award demonstrates substantial, recurring public demand from the Legal Aid Agency for organisations able to deliver publicly funded criminal legal aid across England and Wales. A credible future competitor would need an established criminal legal practice, the operational capacity to serve legally aided clients across the required geography, and the systems and personnel needed to meet the Agency’s standard Crime Contract requirements. Quality is decisive in this procurement: the published evaluation gives full weight to compliance with contract requirements and no weight to price. Suppliers should therefore be able to evidence reliable service delivery, robust case-management and governance arrangements, and the ability to submit a complete, compliant response in English or Welsh through the required tendering route. The multi-provider outcome indicates that capability to operate within a wider contracted provider network is relevant.

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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 April 2026 until June 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/071613-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender 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
29 Jul 20264 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
30 Sep 20349 years to go
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
19 Dec 20258 months ago
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

Multiple Providers

Further Information

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