--- title: "2025 Standard Crime Contract Outcome" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-175cd64e-a512-4e44-a00e-9f9ea0109d72" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-175cd64e-a512-4e44-a00e-9f9ea0109d72" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-175cd64e-a512-4e44-a00e-9f9ea0109d72.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-175cd64e-a512-4e44-a00e-9f9ea0109d72.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "The Legal Aid Agency" published: "2026-10-20" --- # 2025 Standard Crime Contract Outcome Buyer: The Legal Aid Agency Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-175cd64e-a512-4e44-a00e-9f9ea0109d72 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-175cd64e-a512-4e44-a00e-9f9ea0109d72) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-175cd64e-a512-4e44-a00e-9f9ea0109d72.json) ## Summary The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) procured publicly funded criminal legal aid services under its 2025 Standard Crime Contract. The work is the delivery of criminal legal assistance to people eligible for public funding, rather than general legal services. Services are to be delivered across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The LAA is the buyer and manages the contracting arrangement. This is a nationwide service requirement covering multiple suppliers, with applicants entering the LAA’s standard crime contract arrangements to provide publicly funded criminal defence services. The procurement is categorised as legal services (CPV 79100000). The procurement has been awarded: multiple suppliers were selected for the 2025 Standard Crime Contract, with the award recorded as active. The award date was 1 October 2025. The reported awarded value is £180 million; the tender’s stated estimated value is £1.8 billion. The contract period runs from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2034. The LAA used an open procedure below threshold. Applicants were required to submit responses to the Stage 3 selection questionnaire and invitation to tender; the stated tender deadline was 30 September 2025. The procurement is recorded as complete, and the award covers services across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The published award identifies the suppliers collectively as multiple suppliers rather than naming individual providers. For providers of publicly funded criminal defence work, this award demonstrates substantial, nationwide demand managed through the Legal Aid Agency’s Standard Crime Contract. Credible competitors for a future requirement of this kind would need the capacity to deliver criminal legal aid services across the relevant locations and to meet the Agency’s application and contract requirements. The process used an open route and required both a selection questionnaire and a detailed tender response, so firms should be prepared to evidence their suitability and explain how they will deliver the required services. The award records multiple suppliers, indicating that delivery is undertaken by a provider group rather than one single contractor. The Agency marked the opportunity as suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises, which may be relevant to smaller legal practices and mission-led providers. ## Notice 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 opened 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. It is the Applicant's sole responsibility to ensure that it submits a Complete Tender before the Tender Deadline. The procurement processes for the 2025 Standard Crime Contract Stages 1 and 2 have closed. Stage 3 remains open. This notice publishes the contracts awarded under Stage 3 from July to September 2026. Additional information: Please find details of the contracts awarded under the 2025 Standard Crime Contract here: ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b9c6e89e-5d12-4ff4-8c19-15795df8f235 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | SME | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 20 Oct 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 1 Oct 2025 | | Contract period | 1 Oct 2025 - 30 Sep 2034 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,800,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £180,000,000 | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | The Legal Aid Agency | | Locality | LONDON | | Postcode area | South West London | | Postcode | SW1H 9AJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England), TLL Wales, TLN Northern Ireland | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | Supplier N/A | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79100000 - Legal services ## Release History - 20 Oct 2026 at 14:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b9c6e89e-5d12-4ff4-8c19-15795df8f235 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b9c6e89e-5d12-4ff4-8c19-15795df8f235 20th October 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/crime-contract-2025-tender Crime Contract 2025 Tender ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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