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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)
Gb-chelmsford: 0599 - energy switching partner for the 'essex energy switch'
The Authority are seeking a successful Contractor who will deliver our Energy Switch strategy by developing, promoting and operating a high-quality service on behalf of Essex Count
Supported living with a transitional element of educational support within goldlay square, chelmsford
Essex County Council conducted a procurement exercise to secure a provider to deliver a supported living scheme with an element of transitional educational support within a suite o
Gb-essex: HIV and AIDS early intervention support service
HIV and AIDS Early Intervention Support Service - To provide assessment and ongoing management of HIV and associated conditions in order to support patients to stay well (reduced m
Psychosocial alcohol interventions and recovery service (pairs)
Text to be corrected in the original notice: Place of text to be modified: Conditions of opening of tenders Instead of: 30/11/2018 Read: 03/12/2018 Place of text to be modified: Co
0378 Day opportunities services framework
Essex County Council (the Council) is seeking to procure a framework of providers to deliver Day Opportunities services for adults with disabilities/physical or sensory impairments
Housing related support: floating support
Essex County Council ("the Council") is seeking to secure efficient, effective and reliable provision of housing related support services for vulnerable adults via the provision of
Mitie supply of electricity and gas tender on behalf of essex county council
Mitie Energy on behalf of Essex County Council are seeking to appoint provider(s) for the supply of flexible gas and electricity contracts from 1st October 2018 over the next 3 yea
Mental health services - intensive enablement
ECC spends approximately £12m annually on social care services for adults with mental health issues who have an accommodation need. ECC is seeking to procure a contract in each Loc
Superfast essex phase 4b (phase 4 tranche 2)
Text to be corrected in the original notice: Place of text to be modified: IV.2.7 Instead of: Date:07/12/2018 Time: 12:00 noon Place: Essex County Council, Chelmsford Read: Date:04
E-procurement tool - soft market test
Essex County Council is aiming to procure an E-Procurement tool which combines Sourcing, Contract Management and Supplier Relationship Management modules. ECC are seeking input fro
Supply of accommodation pods for essex outdoors (mersea and danbury)
Supply and delivery of prefabricated, portable accommodation pods at Essex Outdoors (Danbury and Mersea) to accommodate a minimum of 120 bed spaces (60 at each site) by end of Marc
Domestic abuse services in essex, southend and thurrock
Essex County Council (ECC) invites appropriately qualified and experienced suppliers to tender for Essex Integrated Domestic Abuse Services. Working in Partnership with Essex Polic
Mental health supported to independence services
Supported to Independence services provide support for adults who have a mental health issue and behaviour needs which is impacting on their ability to sustain their accommodation.
External fostering placements
Essex County Council ("the Council") is seeking to secure a range of effective, reliable and efficient independent fostering agencies to deliver external fostering placements to en
0426 Print services framework
Contract Award - Essex County Council and Partner organisations are looking for a single supplier to provide a range of expert and cost-effective Print, Reprographics and Scanning
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
Gb-chelmsford: systemic training programme for social workers
This requirement is for a modular systemic training programme that creates a systemic pathway for qualified social workers. The training programme is commissioned by The Essex Soci
0630 Management expectations framework
The purpose of this procurement is to ensure that there is a process to design, develop and deliver a range of interventions to develop and enhance the core skills of the managemen
0591 Provision of IT storage and secure disposal services
Essex is retendering its current contract for the secure storage and disposal of data bearing items owned by Essex County Council. In addition to this, services are required for PA
Gb-chelmsford: 0624 ACL essex learning partnership fund
ECC has allocated funding to the Essex Learning Partnership Fund (ELPF) to deliver training which support its strategic aims. This funding draws on ECC's Adult Education Budget fun