AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
The Legal Aid Agency published an award notice for its 2024 Civil Re-Opening, covering legal services across England and Wales. The notice records one active aggregate award worth £7,781,577 to “Multiple suppliers”; it does not name the individual providers or allocate value between them.
Published outcomeAn award outcome is published, but the supplied record does not identify the underlying successful suppliers, lots, or individual award allocations. The record does not explicitly confirm contract signature.
Market significanceThis is a multi-provider legal-services procurement with delivery coverage across ten English regions and Wales. The published aggregate value and broad geography indicate material market relevance, while provider-level analysis is not possible from this notice alone.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Multiple suppliers
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-ff2ff620-9180-4c08-9d96-bf26ec975da9-1 · £7,781,577 aggregate award value; not allocated to individual suppliers GBP · Active aggregate award
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The award lists supplier “Multiple suppliers” and value GBP 7,781,577. No individual providers or allocations are supplied.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice stage
99% confidenceAward
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Process stage is “award”; notice type is “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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The sole award has status “active”.
Tender status
98% confidenceComplete
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The tender status is recorded as “complete”.
Contract execution
98% confidenceNot explicitly confirmed
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The supplied record contains award and contract-period fields but no explicit signed-contract confirmation.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published aggregate award value
99% confidence£7,781,577
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The tender and sole award each state a value of 7,781,577 GBP.
Individual supplier or lot values
99% confidenceUnknown
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No individual supplier list, lot list, or value allocation is supplied.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award decision date
96% confidence2 October 2024
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The sole award date is 2024-10-02.
Tender submission deadline
99% confidence31 December 2024, 23:59 UTC
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Tender period end date is 2024-12-31T23:59:00Z.
Published contract-period start
98% confidence1 January 2025
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Tender and award contract period start is 2025-01-01.
Published contract-period end
98% confidence30 June 2028
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Tender and award contract period end is 2028-06-30T23:59:59+01:00.
Award notice publication
99% confidence20 October 2026
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The process and award notice publication timestamp is 2026-10-20T14:54:22+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service category
99% confidenceLegal services
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Primary CPV is 79100000, described as “Legal services”.
Procurement title
99% confidence2024 Civil Re-Opening
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Recorded process and tender title.
Delivery coverage
99% confidenceNorth East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West and Wales
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These delivery regions are listed in the tender item.
Lot structure
99% confidenceNot published in supplied data
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No lots are supplied and the award has no lot IDs.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen procedure (below threshold)
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The process records procurement method details as “Open procedure (below threshold)”.
SME and VCSE suitability
97% confidenceMarked suitable for SMEs and VCSEs
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Tender suitability flags SME and VCSE as true.
Bidder count and evaluation outcome
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Published contract period
98% confidence1 January 2025 to 30 June 2028
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Tender and award contract-period fields specify these dates.
Extensions or renewal options
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
Pricing and payment terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award model
99% confidenceMulti-provider award indicated, with no provider-level allocation disclosed
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The award names “Multiple suppliers” and no individual suppliers, lot assignments, or allocations are supplied.
Market access
98% confidenceBroad regional legal-services coverage
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The tender lists delivery locations across ten English regions and Wales.
Value interpretation
99% confidence£7.78m should be treated as a shared aggregate, not revenue attributable to any one provider
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One award value is published against the placeholder “Multiple suppliers”.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier disclosure limitation
99% confidenceIndividual winning providers are not identified
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The source lists “Multiple suppliers” rather than named providers; no individual supplier records are supplied.
Value allocation limitation
99% confidenceThe £7,781,577 value is not allocated by supplier or lot
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No lots or supplier-level value breakdown is supplied.
Date inconsistency
99% confidenceThe award date and published contract start precede the stated submission deadline
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Award date is 2 October 2024 and contract start is 1 January 2025, while the tender deadline is 31 December 2024.
Publication timing inconsistency
99% confidenceThe award notice was published after the stated contract start and the description refers to awards from July to September 2026
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Notice publication is 20 October 2026; stated start is 1 January 2025; description refers to contracts awarded from July 2026 to September 2026.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The individual successful suppliers, their legal identities, and their company identifiers are not supplied; “Multiple suppliers” is an aggregate placeholder, not an identifiable provider.
- No lots, lot titles, supplier-to-lot assignments, or individual award values are supplied.
- The source dates are internally inconsistent: the 2 October 2024 award date and 1 January 2025 contract start are earlier than the 31 December 2024 submission deadline.
- The notice was published on 20 October 2026, while its description references contracts awarded from July to September 2026 and the published contract period begins on 1 January 2025.
- No explicit contract-signature evidence, bid count, evaluation results, pricing detail, or extension terms are supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Legal Aid Agency2024 Civil Re-Openinglegal servicesContracts Findermultiple suppliers£7.78m awardEngland and Wales
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Legal Aid Agency 2024 Civil Re-Opening?
The supplied award notice names only “Multiple suppliers”; it does not identify the individual successful providers.
What is the published value of the award?
The notice records an aggregate award value of £7,781,577. It does not allocate this amount among suppliers or lots.
When does the published contract period end?
The published contract-period end date is 30 June 2028. This does not confirm a future renewal or re-procurement.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.