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Legal Aid Agency tenders and contracts

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Official name on notices: The Legal Aid Agency

Tenders published
2
In the last 12 months
Contracts awarded
2
To 3 different suppliers
Value awarded
£720m
4 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£180m
Median value awarded
Open now
0
2 coming up

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

Legal Aid Agency has no tenders open right now.

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. Peer Reviewer

    UK-wideAccountancy and audit, Legal services

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £5mestimated
  2. Provision of Contact Centre Services to the Legal Aid Agency

    North East, North West, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, South East, South West, WalesLegal services, Marketing and communications

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £24.4mestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 2 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months.

  1. Multiple ProvidersSME1 contract
    £720m awarded
  2. The Johnson PartnershipSME1 contract
  3. Watson Woodhouse LtdSME1 contract

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)100%
Based on 6 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Legal Aid Agency has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Advertised openly
100%
Higher than 91% of central government buyers
Based on 6 procurements
Direct awards
0%
Lower than 85% of central government buyers
Based on 6 procurements

Compared with other central government buyers

Advertised openly, 151 central government buyers
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%33
10–20%24
20–30%21
30–40%9
40–50%8
50–60%11
60–70%7
70–80%9
80–90%10
90–100%19

Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Legal Aid Agency.See the full scoreboard

Contracts ending in the next 90 days

Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.

No contracts we hold from Legal Aid Agency end in the next 90 days.

Recent contract awards

ContractWon byValueAwarded
Procurement of Criminal Defence Direct Services from 4 May 2026The Johnson Partnership, Watson Woodhouse Ltd£2.36m6 Jan 2026
2025 Standard Crime Contract tender outcomeMultiple Providers—19 Dec 2025
2025 Standard Crime Contract OutcomeMultiple suppliers.£180m1 Oct 2025
7781577Multiple Providers—31 Dec 2024
2024 Civil Re-OpeningMultiple suppliers.£7.78m2 Oct 2024