The Legal Aid Agency

Contract awards

• 7781577

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractPublished 20 Oct, 2026Value £7.78mSource Find a Tender

  This notice indicates that the directory of providers has been updated accordingly to include contracts awarded between July 2026 and September 2026. The updated list can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-2024-contract-procurement-process

  Awarded to Multiple Providers

• 2024 Civil Re-Opening

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractContract ends 30 Jun, 202820 monthsValue £7.78mSource Contracts Finder

  In addition to the volume already identified through earlier procurement processes, the directory of providers has been updated accordingly for contracts awarded from July 2026 to September 2026 which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/re-opening-2024-standard-civil-contract-procurement-proce

  Awarded to Multiple suppliers

• 2025 Standard Crime Contract Outcome

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractContract ends 30 Sept, 203495 monthsValue £180.00mSource Contracts Finder

  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 S

  Awarded to Multiple Suppliers

• 2025 Standard Crime Contract tender outcome

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractPublished 20 Oct, 2026Value £180.00mSource Find a Tender

  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 St

  Awarded to Multiple Providers

• 2025 Standard Crime Contract Outcome

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractContract ends 30 Sept, 203495 monthsValue £180.00mSource Contracts Finder

  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 S

  Awarded to Multiple Suppliers

• 2024 Civil Re-Opening

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractPublished 28 Apr, 2026Value £7.78mSource Contracts Finder

  In addition to the volume already identified through earlier procurement processes, the directory of providers has been updated accordingly for contracts awarded from December 2025 to March 2026 which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/re-opening-2024-standard-civil-contract-procurement-proce

  Awarded to Multiple suppliers

• 2025 Standard Crime Contract Outcome

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractContract ends 30 Sept, 203495 monthsValue £180.00mSource Contracts Finder

  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 S

  Awarded to Multiple Suppliers

• 2026 Criminal Defence Direct (CDD) Contract Award Notice

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractPublished 6 Jan, 2026Value £2.95mSource Contracts Finder

  CDD Contract 2026

  Awarded to The Johnson Partnership, Watson Woodhouse Solicitors

• Procurement of Criminal Defence Direct Services from 4 May 2026

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractContract ends 31 May, 203155 monthsValue £2.36mSource Find a Tender

  The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has launched the procurement process for the 2026 Criminal Defence Direct (CDD) Contracts. These contracts will provide 24/7 telephone-based legal advice to individuals detained at police stations across England and Wales for non-indictable offences. Two contracts will be awarded, with servic

  Awarded to The Johnson Partnership, Watson Woodhouse Ltd

• Procurement of Civil Legal Advice services from September 2025

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractPublished 3 Jul, 2025Value £8.48mSource Find a Tender

  The Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") invited Applicants to submit a Tender to deliver specialist telephone advice services under the 2025 Civil Legal Advice Contract. We were seeking to award: • Up to 4 Discrimination contracts; and • Up to 5 Education contracts; and • Up to 3 Housing and Debt contracts. The Deadline for submi

  Awarded to Citizens Advice Gateshead, Stephensons Solicitors LLP, Access to Public Law Ltd, Citizens Advice Mid Mercia, Direct Help and Advice, Watson Woodhouse, Loss Legal Services t/a SEN Support Solicitors

• Procurement of Civil Legal Advice services from September 2025

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractContract ends 31 Aug, 202822 monthsSource Contracts Finder

  The Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") invited Applicants to submit a Tender to deliver specialist telephone advice services under the 2025 Civil Legal Advice Contract. We were looking to award: - Up to 4 Discrimination contracts; and - Up to 5 Education contracts; and - Up to 3 Housing and Debt contracts. The Deadline for subm

  Awarded to Citizens Advice Gateshead, Stephensons Solicitors LLP, Access to Public Law Ltd, Citizens Advice Mid Mercia, Direct Help and Advice, Watson Woodhouse, Loss Legal Services (t/a SEN Support Solicitors)

• 2025 Standard Crime Contract Outcome

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractContract ends 30 Sept, 203495 monthsValue £180.00mSource Contracts Finder

  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 S

  Awarded to Multiple Suppliers

• 2024 Civil Re-Opening

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractPublished 4 Dec, 2024Value £7.78mSource Contracts Finder

  36 providers have been issued contracts through this procurement process, in addition to the volume already identified through earlier procurement processes. The directory of providers has been updated accordingly. A list of providers successful in this procurement process can be found in the 'documents' section abov

  Awarded to Multiple suppliers

• 7781577

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractPublished 3 Oct, 2024Value £7.78mSource Find a Tender

  The Legal Aid Agency (“LAA”) invited Tenders to deliver the publicly funded civil legal aid services, to commence on 1 September 2024 under the 2024 Standard Civil Contract (“2024 Contract”) in the following Categories of Law: · Family; · Housing and Debt and Welfare Benefits; · Immigration and Asylum (including work a

  Awarded to Multiple Providers

• Provision of Legal Aid Agency Civil Debt Recovery Enforcement Solicitor Services

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractPublished 27 Jun, 2024Value £389.65kSource Find a Tender

  This procurement is for the provision of Enforcement Solicitor Services to be used by the Legal Aid Agency. The Supplier will be responsible for the collection of Legal Aid Civil high value debt. The Supplier will be expected to recover debt owing from Solicitors, Barristers and Civil clients. The original contract dur

  Awarded to Shakespeare Martineau LLP

• Civil Legal Aid Services in England and Wales from 1 September 2023

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractPublished 19 Dec, 2023Value £7.78mSource Contracts Finder archive

  The Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") invited Tenders to deliver the publicly funded face to face civil legal aid services from 1 September 2023 under the 2018 Standard Civil Contract ("2018 Contract") in the following Categories of Law: - Family - Housing, Debt and Welfare Benefits - Immigration and Asylum (including work at I

  Awarded to Multiple suppliers

• Civil Legal Aid Services in England and Wales from 1 September 2024

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractPublished 13 Sept, 2023Value £7.78mSource Contracts Finder

  The Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") invited Tenders to deliver the publicly funded civil legal aid services, to commence on 1 September 2024 under the 2024 Standard Civil Contract ("2024 Contract") in the following Categories of Law: · Family; · Housing and Debt and Welfare Benefits; · Immigration and Asylum (including work

  Awarded to Multiple suppliers

• Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service Contract Award from 1 August 2023

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractPublished 4 Aug, 2023Source Contracts Finder archive

  The Legal Aid Agency ("LAA") invited tenders for Schedules to deliver publicly funded Housing Loss Prevention Advice Services ("HLPAS") in 105 HLPAS areas comprising of one or multiple courts across England and Wales. Successful Applicants have now been award a HLPAS Schedule to provide HLPAS Contract Work from 1 Augu

  Awarded to Multiple Providers

• Procurement of Criminal Legal Aid Services from 1 October 2022

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractPublished 16 Jan, 2023Value £1.80bnSource Contracts Finder archive

  The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) invited Tenders for the delivery of publicly funded criminal legal aid services from 1 October 2022 under a 2022 Standard Crime Contract ("Crime Contract"). Applicants tendered to carry out Contract Work in the following Classes of Work at each Office from which they wish to deliver Contract

  Awarded to Multiple

• Detained Duty Advice Scheme Services at Derwentside from 1 July 2022

  Location: United Kingdom

  Awarded contractPublished 8 Aug, 2022Source Contracts Finder archive

  The LAA invited Applicants to submit a Tender for an IRC Exclusive Schedule under a 2018 Standard Civil Contract to deliver work conducted in an Immigration Removal Centre ("IRC") setting through the Detained Duty Advice Scheme ("DDAS") at the following new IRC; - Derwentside, County Durham. The LAA intended to award

  Awarded to Clifton Law (Solicitors) Ltd, Proctor & Hobbs Limited, Shawstone Associates Ltd