Contract award · 19 Dec 2025

2025 Standard Crime Contract tender outcome

The Legal Aid Agency awarded “Standard Crime Contract tender outcome” to Multiple Providers for £180m on 19 Dec 2025.

Business servicesLondon

Value £180m

Open competition

Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.

Key facts

Buyer
The Legal Aid Agency · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Value
£180,000,000
Procedure
Open procedure
Sector
Business services · Legal services (CPV 79100000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date19 Dec 2025
  2. Published29 Jul 2026Published 222 days after the contract date

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 pric…

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