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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)
Workforce management system
Essex County Council is looking to implement a Workforce Management system across its Customer Services function, notably its Contact Centre, Libraries and Registration services. F
Essex construction framework 2
Text to be corrected in the original notice: Instead of: 15 May 2019 Time: 12:00 Read New: 22 May 2019 Time: 12:00 Essex County Council (ECC) are looking to establish a 4 year Fram
Schools occupational health service
Essex County Council (ECC) currently supports 374 schools to provide a full end to end occupational health service and we are taking this opportunity to engage with the market to i
School payroll services
Early market engagement for the provision of a Schools Payroll Service
Gb-chelmsford: 0676 fuel cards and associated services
Provision of Fuel Cards and Associated Services
Gb-chelmsford: 0596 interactive whiteboards for child protection service
Supply, implementation and maintenance of Interactive Whiteboards for Child Protection Service.
Psychosocial alcohol interventions and recoevery service
Text to be corrected in the original notice: Place of text to be modified: Contractor 1 Name Instead of: Phoenix Homes (T/A Phoenix Futures) Read: Phoenix House (T/A Phoenix Future
Housing related support: floating support
Essex County Council ("the Council") conducted a procurement exercise under the light touch regime to secure efficient, effective and reliable provision of housing related support
Specialist healthcare tasks
Essex County Council, in partnership with the named Essex Clinical Commissioning Groups within this contract notice, is seeking to commission a Specialist Healthcare Tasks service
Major capital construction framework 2
Essex County Council (ECC) intends to establish a 4 year Framework Agreement for principal contractors to carry out both design and construction and construction only works primari
Fostering and adoption medical advisory service
Essex County Council are currently considering options for the delivery of the Fostering & Adoption Medical Advisory Service from April 2020. This is a statutory service which ensu
0665 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
0665 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
0693 Rocheway construction works
The Authority is seeking expressions of interest to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced main contractor for the purpose of residential conversion and construction of new b
Provision of training venues for driving courses
Essex County Council (ECC) is putting in place a Framework for the provision of training venues to host Driver Training Courses which are delivered on behalf of SERP (Safer Essex R
0757 Bus shelters and advertising
Bus Shelter, Highways and other Assets Advertising - Market Engagement This Prior Information Notice (PIN) has been issued to the open market to seek expressions of interest from s
Bedfinder system
An online solution to enable commissioning teams, social workers, partner agency staff, care homes and carers to find, view and book placements. Awarded under Crown Commercial Serv
0530 Essex online partnership IT hardware
3.1The purpose of this procurement is for the supply of IT Hardware provisions through the provision of a multi-supplier Framework based on the following Lots: Lot 1 - Laptops and
Web filtering solution
Contract awarded for the provision of Web Filtering Software and Support awarded under Crown Commercial Services RM1557.10 gCloud 10 Framework Agreement following completion of the
Gb-chelmsford: 0694 supply of dell laptops and adaptors
Supply of Dell Laptops and Adaptors