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
- Supplier
- Multiple Providers
- Value
- £180,000,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Business services · Legal services (CPV 79100000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 085156-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Dec 2025
- Published19 Dec 2025Published the same day
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. 1044 providers have been issued contracts across three categories of law to date. This notice publishes the details of contracts awarded under Stages 1 and 2 of the procurement process. Additional information: There was no price / cost criterion for this procurement
About the supplier
Multiple Providers: every public contract they have won.