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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)
Working together on the new live at home contract
Over the past few months, the Essex Care Association (ECA) has been working with ECC to consider what the Future of Domiciliary Care in Essex could look like. The current Live at H
Toxicology services
Where a death occurs within the Essex Jurisdiction and: a) that death is unexpected or violent; or b) the cause of death is not known; or c) the death has occurred in custody, HM S
Gb-chelmsford: 0607 temporary worker supply services
Provision of a neutral vend service for Temporary Worker supply via ESPO Framework 653F_19 MSTAR3
Award notice of CLA tracker
Award notice of Supply of Epep
Award notice
The Award notice of contract
Children's residential placements
Further to the previous PIN (2019/S 139-342392), Essex County Council would like to invite prospective candidates for this procurement opportunity to attend a further market engage
Pre employment checks
The Essex County Council (ECC) eDBS Service currently processes Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for internal staff, and also provides the service to External Customer Org
Gb-chelmsford: 0779A ELPF 2019/20
Education and training services. ECC has allocated funding to the Essex Learning Partnership Fund (ELPF) to deliver training which support its strategic aims. This funding draws on
Social worker apprenticeship degree programme
Social Worker Apprenticeship Degree Programme
Mental health housing and retention pilot
This service specification sets out an opportunity for a Pilot, working alongside ECC and other partners to support individuals who are on open caseload and who may or may not have
Mental health in the workplace
This service specification sets out an opportunity to undertake a Pilot that focuses on Mental health in the work place. ECC, in partnership with the CCGs, has a good track record
Contract for the control of landfill gas at bellhouse closed landfill site
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
Gb-chelmsford: 0785 recruitment advertising
Provision of Recruitment Advertising services under Lot 1 Recruitment Advertising & Related Services of ESPO's Advertising Solutions Framework (reference 3A_16). Additional informa
Gb-chelmsford: essex social care academy PEPS post graduate module in social work
The aim of this provision is to provide experienced Social Work Practitioners with the skills required to coach, mentor, supervise and assess social work students, Newly Qualified
Specialist healthcare tasks
Essex County Council, in partnership with the named Essex Clinical Commissioning Groups within this contract award notice, engaged the market in a procurement exercise to commissio
Housing related support: adults with disabilities
Essex County Council is seeking to re-commission housing related support services for the following cohorts: 1)Housing Related Support - Adults with an Acquired Brain Injury 2)Hous
Children's residential placements
In preparation for a forthcoming procurement opportunity, Essex County Council would like to invite organisations who would be interested in delivering children's residential place
Driver training (ndors and non-ndors)
ECC is seeking to appoint Driver Trainers onto a Framework Agreement, using the Light Touch Regime, to deliver both Theory & Practical Training Courses, covering National Driver Of
Gb-chelmsford: 0758 cycle to work scheme
Managed service provider for Cycle to Work staff benefit scheme. Additional information: Contract awarded following further competition under ESPO framework agreement ref 319 Staff
Provision of a HR information system
Contract awarded for the provision of a HR Information System awarded under Crown Commercial Services RM1557.10 gCloud 10 Framework Agreement following completion of the specified