Estimated Value
Not specified
Deadline
Not specified
Published
29 July 2026
Type
services
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.
Additional details
This notice publishes the details of contracts awarded under Stages 1 2 and 3 of the procurement process. 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
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1 contract wonlatest 1 Oct 2025ends 30 Sept 2034£180m
total awarded
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The Legal Aid AgencyKey Dates
Published
29 July 2026
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