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ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
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Total contracts
703
Known spend
£13bn
446 disclosed
Average value
£30m
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
Potter Raper Ltd
4 winslatest 08 Jun 2026£213,512
- 2
ACE MUSIC THERAPY CIC
3 winslatest 24 Jul 2026£23m
- 3
PEABODY TRUST
£18m
- 4
Acer Healthcare Operations Limited
2 winslatest 01 May 2025£2bn
- 5
Archers Healthcare Limited
2 winslatest 01 May 2025£2bn
- 6
Aurem Care (The Oaks) Limited
2 winslatest 01 May 2025£2bn
- 7
Abbot Care Centre Ltd
2 winslatest 01 May 2025£2bn
- 8
CREATIVE SUPPORT LIMITED
£25m
- 9
3food4U
2 winslatest 23 Jan 2026£19m
- 10
ACTIVE ESSEX Foundation
2 winslatest 23 Jan 2026£19m
What they buy
By CPV categoryHealth & social workCPV 85
169 contracts · £7bn
Transport servicesCPV 60
90 contracts · £10m
Education & trainingCPV 80
48 contracts · £44m
SoftwareCPV 48
37 contracts · £112m
Construction worksCPV 45
30 contracts · £474m
Business servicesCPV 79
25 contracts · £140m
IT servicesCPV 72
22 contracts · £14m
Architectural & engineeringCPV 71
15 contracts · £17m
Renewal radar
Awarded contracts predicted to come up for re-tender in the next 18 months
- Essex Flood Studies 2026
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (6 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Dec 2026).
Dec 2026
40% confident
- Project Manager, Principal Engineer, Quantity Surveyor Roles at Lexden Gardens
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by May 2027).
May 2027
40% confident
- Project Management and Grant Delivery Platform
Predicted using explicit duration found in the tender description (12 months from contract start date → renewal expected by May 2027).
May 2027
80% confident
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (703)
Essex county council (ECC) seeks input from the market to inform the scoping of a potential procurement opportunity concerning networking and communications. our aim is to provide ECC with modern, flexible, cost-effective technology solutions for ...
Early market engagement for ECC's networking and communication requirements.
PL0001 poles, flags and timetable cases- bus infrastructure
Essex County Council (ECC) is responsible for the installation, repair and maintenance of all the bus stop poles, flags and timetable frames in the county of Essex (excluding Thurr
Gb-chelmsford: PL0003 st peters demolition
St. Peters demolition and removal from site of School Buildings, Fox Crescent, Chelmsford. The works comprise the demolition down to, and including, ground slab, foundations, drain
Waste services contract
This Prior Information Notice (PIN) has been issued to the open market to seek expressions of interest from suppliers who wish to participate in a market engagement exercise that w
Corporate purchasing cards
Notification of award of contract under Lot 1 RM3828 Payment Solutions for the provision and maintenance of Corporate purchasing cards (PCards)
Schools occupational health services
Early market engagement for the provision of Schools Occupational Health Services.
Essex outdoors harlow: replacement of high ropes and installation of vertical clip and climb challenge activities
Essex Outdoors Harlow is an outdoor education service owned by Essex County Council. Essex are seeking up to two Contractors with relevant industry experience to: a) replace the ex
Pre tender market engagement
As a learning organisation ECC is transitioning from delivering formal programs to enabling informal learning, fostering collaboration, developing communities, leveraging subject-m
Performance management solution
Contract awarded for the provision of a HR Performance Management Solution awarded under Crown Commercial Services RM1557.11 gCloud 11 Framework Agreement following completion of t
Adobe ETLA
Following an aggregated procurement conducted by Crown Commercial Services (Reference NFC125) for the Adobe ETLA under their Framework RM6068, a contract has been awarded to Bytes
0795 - Risk insurance
Essex County Council to undertake a tender exercise following the expiry of the Long Term Agreement on the 30 March, 2020 in respect of the following covers only: Material Damage
Gis services
This notice is a contract award notice for ECC GiS Services. The contract services were procured from the Crown Commercial Services Framework RM1557 - G-cloud 11. The services are:
Essex construction framework 2
Essex County Council (ECC) are looking to establish a 4 year Framework Agreement for principal contractors to carry out both design and construction and construction only works pri
Fostering and adoption medical advisory service
Essex(ECC), Thurrock Council (TC) and Southend Borough Council (SBC) are seeking to commission the Fostering & Adoption Medical Advisory Service as the Parties require this service
Essex community wellbeing service
Text to be corrected in the original notice: Place of text to be modified: Section II.1.4 Instead of: ECC invites prospective providers to attend a market engagement event on Monda
Vulnerable persons resettlement - accommodation and caseworker support
ECC are looking to procure a 4 year single supplier framework with primary and secondary services to be able to respond to any Government Resettlement policies by making accommodat
Housing related support: accommodation based support
Essex County Council conducted a single stage, open procurement to secure the provision of accommodation based services for single homeless adults and families to work collaborativ
In lieu of short-term enablement
The In Lieu of Short-Term Enablement Service is for adults who have been assessed as requiring a period of intermediate care whilst determining their longer term support needs. The
Children's residential placements
Essex County Council ('the Council') undertook a procurement to secure a range of effective, reliable and efficient providers to deliver children's residential placements to enable
CO0006 hard working families ECC is seeking a provider to lead on work with communities and local partners to develop and rapidly prototype a number of locality-based interventions to systemic problems being experienced by 'working families that a...
ECC is seeking a provider to lead on work with communities and local partners to develop and rapidly prototype a number of locality-based interventions to systemic problems being e