Collection

Tenders for legal aid contracts

Current and closed procurement activity for organisations interested in delivering legal aid.

• From: Legal Aid Agency
• Published: 22 September 2023
• Last updated: 16 July 2025 — See all updates

Current tenders

• 2026 Criminal Defence Direct (CDD)
  • 16 July 2025
  • Guidance
• Housing Loss Prevention Advice Services 2025
  • 27 May 2025
  • Guidance
• Specialist Telephone Advice from September 2025
  • 6 December 2024
  • Guidance
• Re-opening: 2024 Standard Civil Contract Procurement Process
  • 9 June 2025
  • Guidance
• Crime Contract 2025 Tender
  • 1 May 2025
  • Guidance
• Additional Procurement: Civil 2024 Contract Procurement Process
  • 2 October 2024
  • Guidance
• Civil 2024 Contract Procurement Process
  • 2 October 2024
  • Guidance
• Civil tender activity 2023
  • 19 December 2023
  • Guidance
• Housing Loss Prevention Advice Services (HLPAS) and Housing and Debt services from August 2023
  • 11 April 2023
  • Guidance

Closed tenders

• Civil tender activity 2022
  • 14 December 2022
  • Guidance
• Specialist Quality Mark Services from October 2022
  • 1 July 2022
  • Guidance
• Crime Contract 2022 tender
  • 12 January 2023
  • Guidance
• Civil tender activity 2021
  • 2 December 2021
  • Guidance
• Immigration Telephone Advice Services from June 2021
  • 30 April 2021
  • Guidance
• Criminal Defence Direct Services from June 2021
  • 30 November 2020
  • Guidance
• Specialist Telephone Advice in Education and Discrimination from April 2021
  • 16 February 2021
  • Guidance
• Civil tender activity 2020
  • 9 March 2021
  • Guidance
• Criminal Defence Direct Services from June 2020
  • 7 May 2020
  • Guidance
• Specialist Telephone Advice in Housing & Debt from May 2020
  • 28 February 2020
  • Guidance
• Civil Legal Aid Services from September 2019
  • 14 November 2019
  • Guidance
• Immigration Telephone Advice tender 2019
  • 15 March 2019
  • Guidance
• Civil 2018 contracts tender
  • 8 January 2020
  • Guidance
• Civil tenders
  • 16 November 2017
  • Guidance
• Legal aid crime tender 2017
  • 14 January 2020
  • Guidance
• Specialist quality mark tender 2016
  • 15 February 2017
  • Guidance
• Welfare benefits tender 2016
  • 18 November 2016
  • Guidance

General information

• Legal aid: tender for contracts
  • 13 September 2023
  • Guidance

Published 22 September 2023

Last updated 16 July 2025 + show all updates

1. 16 July 2025

   New CDD Tender added

2. 21 February 2025

   new tender added to collections

3. 25 November 2024

   Headline intentions for re-opening the 2024 Standard Civil Contract procurement process published

4. 7 May 2024

   The new 2025 Crime Contract Tender Page has been added

5. 18 March 2024

   The new additional civil 2024 contract procurement process has opened and this is providing the URL for the page so Applicants can click straight through

6. 28 September 2023

   'Civil 2024 contract procurement process' added to document collection

7. 22 September 2023

   First published.