Published date: 19 December 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 30 September 2025, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Legal services - 79100000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Wales, Northern Ireland

Value of contract

£1,800,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_490745/1541114

Published date

19 December 2025

Closing date

30 September 2025

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

1 October 2025

Contract end date

30 September 2034

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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. 1044 providers have been issued contracts across three categories of law to date. The directory of providers has been updated accordingly.

This notice publishes the contracts awarded under Stages 1 and 2.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

2025 Standard Crime Contract Stage 3

  • Opportunity
  • Published 2 May 2025

Links

Additional text

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

Award information

Awarded date

1 October 2025

Contract start date

1 October 2025

Contract end date

30 September 2034

Total value of contract

£180,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Multiple Suppliers

Address

multiple addresses

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

Yes

Additional details

See website for full details

About the buyer

Address

102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
England

Email

crime.contracts@justice.gov.uk