Official UK procurement notice
2025 Standard Crime Contract tender outcome
Authority: The Legal Aid Agency·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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. This notice publishes the details of contracts awarded under Stages 1 2 and 3 of the procurement process.
CPV: Legal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Contract Requirements: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
- Contract Requirements: 100
- Price: 0
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 19 Dec 2025, 17:21 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Oct 2026, 14:26 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 30 Sept 2034 – …
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-099059- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05faf3Find a Tender
- Review procedure
Any ‘appeals’ will be subject to review by the LAA in the first instance and where necessary referral will be made to CEDR
Publisher note: Additional information on the contracts awarded under the 2025 Crime Contract can be found at : Crime Contract 2025 Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Sept 2034, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- cy, en
- Bids opened
- 30 Sept 2034, 00:00 BST
Timeline
20 Oct 2026 → 30 Sept 2034 · 4 dates- Notice published3 days ago20 Oct 2026, 14:26 BST
- Today23 Oct 2026
- Bids opened30 Sept 2034, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline30 Sept 2034, 23:59 BST
- Bids must remain valid until30 Sept 2034, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Dec 2025- Status changed to complete19 Dec 2025, 17:25 GMT
- Buyer details updated19 Dec 2025, 17:25 GMT
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-12: 2 releases · 19 Dec 2025, 19 Dec 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multiple ProvidersSME2025 Standard Crime Contract | £180,000,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Multiple ProvidersSME2025 Standard Crime Contract | £180,000,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Multiple ProvidersSME2025 Standard Crime Contract | £180,000,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Multiple ProvidersSME2025 Standard Crime Contract | £180,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
2025 Standard Crime Contract · Multiple ProvidersSME
- Signed
- 19 Dec 2025
- Value
- £180,000,000
- Status
- active
2025 Standard Crime Contract · Multiple ProvidersSME
- Signed
- 19 Dec 2025
- Value
- £180,000,000
- Status
- active
2025 Standard Crime Contract · Multiple ProvidersSME
- Signed
- 19 Dec 2025
- Value
- £180,000,000
- Status
- active
2025 Standard Crime Contract · Multiple ProvidersSME
- Signed
- 19 Dec 2025
- Value
- £180,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Legal Aid AgencyMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Multiple ProvidersAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.