Awarded contract

2025 Standard Crime Contract Outcome

Details

Value
£180,000,000
Duration
9 years
Topic
Legal services
Published
20 October 2026

Tender 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 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:

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date1 October 2025
  2. Completed: Award published20 October 2026
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date30 September 2034in 8 years

About the buyer

Legal Aid Agency is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice that administers the legal aid scheme in England and Wales. Legal Aid Agency runs procurement for publicly funded specialist legal advice in crime and certain civil categories. The fortnightly Legal Aid Bulletin covers tender invitations and contract notices.

A procurement pipeline lists planned activity over the next 3 years.

Over the past 5 years, most of Legal Aid Agency's contract awards have been in business services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 79100000 · Legal services

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