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2025 Standard Crime Contract Outcome

The Legal Aid Agency

Awarded
services
SME-friendly
VCSE-friendly

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
London
Delivery: North East, United Kingdom
Contract value
£1,800,000,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
30 September 2025
Published
19 December 2025

Procurement

Contract period
1 October 2025 - 30 September 2034
9 years
Procedure type
Open procedure (below threshold)
CPV classifications
  • 79100000 Legal services

What happened

The Legal Aid Agency awarded this contract to Multiple Suppliers worth £180,000,000 on 1 Oct 2025. The contract runs until 30 Sept 2034.

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 December 2025 to March 2026.

Additional information: Please find details of the contracts awarded under the 2025 Standard Crime Contract here:

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Multiple Suppliers
Award value
£180,000,000
Award date
1 October 2025

Contact

Address
102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ
Contact name
Gemma Jordan

Identifiers

Buyer reference
tender_490745/1572402
Notice ID
e61f3dd8-d220-4b25-b663-4820ade72df1-895268
OCID
ocds-b5fd17-065f9c70-cad3-482a-bb39-a160f8f018c9

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