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2025 Standard Crime Contract tender outcome

The Legal Aid Agency · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 13:56.

Opportunity overview

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.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Multiple Providers

Match pending…
Contract value
£180m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
19 Dec 2025
Award ID
071613-2026-1-1
Status
active
Location
Multiple Locations, UK, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV79100000 — Legal services

Lots

  • 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 procurementValue not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-05faf3
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Review Details
Any ‘appeals’ will be subject to review by the LAA in the first instance and where necessary referral will be made to CEDR

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
79100000
Description
Legal services

Covered By

GPA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
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. 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
Has Options
No
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Contract Requirements
Type
quality
Description
100
Criterion 2
Name
Price
Type
cost
Description
0

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK

Delivery Location

Description
England and Wales only

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
The Legal Aid Agency
Id
GB-FTS-7990

Identifier

Legal Name
The Legal Aid Agency

Address

Street Address
102 Petty France
Locality
London
Region
UKI32
Postal Code
SW1H 9AJ
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Name
Gemma Jordan
Telephone
+44 7469579108

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
MINISTRY
Description
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Other publicly funded services
Organisation 2
Name
Multiple Providers
Id
GB-FTS-169827

Identifier

Legal Name
Multiple Providers

Address

Locality
Multiple Locations
Region
UK
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Organisation 3
Name
Legal Aid Agency
Id
GB-FTS-3160

Identifier

Legal Name
Legal Aid Agency

Address

Street Address
102 Petty France
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1H 9AJ
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Roles

reviewBody
mediationBody
reviewContactPoint

Award information

Award 1
Id
071613-2026-1-1
Title
2025 Standard Crime Contract
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-169827
Name
Multiple Providers

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
071613-2026-1-1
Award ID
071613-2026-1-1
Title
2025 Standard Crime Contract
Status
active
Date Signed
19 Dec 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
180,000,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1H 9AJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 038822-2026award, contract ·
  2. 071613-2026award, contract ·