Official UK procurement notice
2025 Standard Crime Contract Stage 2
Authority: The Legal Aid Agency
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is inviting 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 2 and the 2025 Standard Crime Contract ITT - Stage 2.
This application period opens on 23 October 2024. 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 second stage of the process will open on 23 October 2024 and close on 30 April 2025 and is for those who wish there contract to commence on 1 October 2025 and to be able to join duty rotas that commence in January 2026. The third stage will open on 1 May 2025 and will close on, or around, 30 September 2034.
The deadline for submitting a Tender in the first stage is 23:59 on 30 April 2025.
You must read the Application Guide (AG) document for this procurement process before submitting your Tender.
The AG and supporting documents can be downloaded from GOV.UK: Crime Contract 2025 Tender - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk ↗)
CPV: Legal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 23 Oct 2024, 10:59 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Oct 2024, 10:59 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 30 Apr 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-034276- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b06eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- cy, en
- Bids opened
- 30 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
Timeline
23 Oct 2024 → 30 Apr 2025 · 4 dates- Notice published23 Oct 2024, 10:59 BST
- Bids opened30 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline30 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
- Bids must remain valid until30 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Legal Aid AgencyMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.