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title: "Legal Support Grant Funding"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0529db"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "MINISTRY OF JUSTICE"
published: "2025-05-30"
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# Legal Support Grant Funding

Buyer: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0529db

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## Summary

The Ministry of Justice is initiating the planning stage for a "Legal Support Grant Funding" programme, categorised under legal services, with a procurement value of £18 million. The primary objective is to appoint a grant intermediary to manage the administration and delivery of grants designed to ensure free legal support access. This procurement is set within the United Kingdom, with the main activities expected to begin from April 2026. A virtual market engagement session is scheduled for 25th June 2025, offering potential intermediaries insights into the programme's requirements and drafting feedback. Interested parties should note the deadline for joining this engagement by 18th June 2025. The selection process is expected to progress with grants being managed from November 2025 through to March 2029.

This tender presents a significant business growth opportunity for charities or institutions with a charitable, benevolent, or philanthropic focus, particularly those with expertise in grant administration within the legal support sector. Eligible organisations will have the opportunity to oversee roughly 50 frontline organisations and potentially manage up to 200 applications across England and Wales, fostering collaboration, data collection, and reporting. Specialist grant administrators with the capacity to manage a secondary competition and collaborate effectively with data analysts and evaluators will find themselves well-suited for this role. SMEs and VCSEs are particularly encouraged, adding to the inclusivity and broad competition base for potential applicants.

## Notice

Please Note - This notice is to alert suppliers of a market engagement for the award of a grant agreement and not a contract therefore the Procurement Act 2023 does not apply. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is committed to ensuring early access to free legal support through its Legal Support Grants. Since 2015, over PS30 million has been invested to help individuals facing legal or rights-based issues. A new grant programme is expected to launch from April 2026, with funding of around PS6 million annually through to March 2029, subject to the Spending Review. As part of this programme, the MoJ is seeking to appoint a grant intermediary to manage the administration and delivery of the grant. The intermediary will be responsible for: * Running a competitive grant process (anticipated to be Nov 2025 - Feb 2026) * Overseeing approximately 50 frontline organisations * Managing grant performance and day-to-day delivery * Collecting and reporting data * Coordinating with the MoJ and an external evaluator * Facilitating collaboration and data-sharing across funded organisations The successful intermediary will enter into a Primary Grant Agreement with MoJ by early November 2025. The MoJ may direct funding into specific categories aligned with user needs and delivery models. Eligibility for grant intermediary/administrator role: Applicants must be: * A charity or institution (other than a charity) which is established for charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes. It is strongly desirable that prospective intermediaries also: * Are a specialist grant administrator. * Have experience of administering grants in the legal support sector. * Have sufficient resource to run a secondary competition across England and Wales with up to 200 applications within 3-4 months. * Have experience of working closely with data analysts and an independent evaluator, or the capability to do so, to provide data and reports as required

### Planning Information

For more information and to feedback at this stage please join our early virtual market engagement session at 3-4PM on Wednesday 25 June. During the session the likely requirements for the grant intermediary will be outlined, and potential intermediaries will have an opportunity to share feedback to help shape this offer, followed by a designated period to raise further questions, and which will help determine how we take this forward. For further details and to be added to a mailing list, please contact MoJProcurementProfessionalServices@Justice.gov.uk with subject prj_14648 - Legal Support Grant Funding by Wednesday 18 June.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028833-2025 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 30 May 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 18 Jun 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Nov 2025 - 31 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £18,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MINISTRY OF JUSTICE |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | 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 | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79100000 - Legal services

## Release History

- 30 May 2025 at 13:29 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028833-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028833-2025
  30th May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/procurement
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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