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# Procurement of Criminal Legal Aid Services from 1 October 2022

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/procurement-of-criminal-legal-aid-services-from-1-october-2022-ocds-h6vhtk-02edca). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Legal Aid Agency: "Procurement of Criminal Legal Aid Services from 1 October 2022". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,800,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Nov 2021, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: legalaid.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Legal Aid Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-legal-aid-agency-gov-ea556)
- **Published Value:** £1,800,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 November 2021 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Legal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK, UKL
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02edca`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/procurement-of-criminal-legal-aid-services-from-1-october-2022-ocds-h6vhtk-02edca#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [legalaid.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegalaid.bravosolution.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/procurement-of-criminal-legal-aid-services-from-1-october-2022-ocds-h6vhtk-02edca#participate

## Description
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is inviting Tenders for the delivery of publicly funded criminal legal aid services
from 1 October 2022 under a 2022 Standard Crime Contract (“Crime Contract”).
Applicants may tender to carry out Contract Work in the following Classes of Work at each Office from which
they wish to deliver Contract Work:
• Criminal Investigations and Criminal Proceedings (this includes Appeals and Reviews); and/or
• Prison Law (this includes Appeals and Reviews); or
• Appeals and Reviews only
The Deadline for submitting Tenders is 5pm on 30 November 2021 (“Deadline”)
All Tenders must be completed and submitted using the eTendering system. This can be accessed either
through a link on the tender pages of the LAA website or directly at www.legalaid.bravosolution.co.uk.
Late submissions will not be considered under any circumstances. It is the Applicant’s sole responsibility to
ensure that the LAA receives its Tender before the Deadline.
Crime Contracts will run for a period of one year from the Contract Start Date (subject to rights of early
termination and the LAA’s right to extend for up to a further two years).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Crime Contract 2022
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79100000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK, UKL

- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2022 to 30/09/2023

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 001328-2023-Crime Contract 2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **all bidders can be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/crime-contract-2022-tender**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-72917`
  - Value: £1,800,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 001328-2023-Crime Contract 2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,800,000,000
  - Signed Date: 16/01/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001328-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-01-16T16:30:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T09:39:08.859Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02edca