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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)
0288 TCA new generations
The aim of the New Generations Project is to “Provide an IT platform to standardise information collection, strengthen information sharing and data analytics to predict risk and pr
Children looked after attendance monitoring checks
Essex County Council are retendering the Children Looked After Attendance and Monitoring Checks contract. The current contract expires on the 31st August 2016. Essex County Council
0316 ESCB safeguarding training
Essex Safeguarding Children Board (ESCB) and Essex County Council Early Years and Childcare Service (EYCC) and Essex Social Care Academy (ESCA) are seeking to commission a training
Resident tracker survey 2016
This procurement was a framework call off. Procured off the Provision of Insight and Innovation Market Research framework. OJEU Contract Notice Reference Number: 325384-2015. LOT 1
Architectural services - moulsham lodge, chelmsford, essex.
Site: Former Moulsham Lodge Community Centre, Waltham Glen, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 9EL Essex Housing of Essex County Council (ECC) are supporting the delivery of housing to meet de
Supply and maintenance of electricity producing generators on close landfill sites
Essex County Council (ECC) is responsible for the aftercare and management of 12 closed landfill sites. 3 of these sites require landfill gas control which is currently undertaken
Live at home
The Live at Home Framework will be procured on a lot basis per district. However, each district is then broken down further into: 1) Client Group, 2) Service Type, and 3) Service T
Independent mobility assessments
(0259) Independent Mobility Assessments, Blue Badges This is a notice for social and specific services in accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU Article 74, Adult Social Care Service
0358 Selep independent technical advisor
SELEP, the biggest of 39 LEPs nationally in terms of geography and numbers of businesses, is a public/private sector partnership tasked with supporting economic growth – in the sha
SEND therapies service 0-25 years
SEND Therapies service 0-25 years Speech and Language Therapy Services for children and young people (0-25) with a range of complex communication needs, including but not limited t
Design, supply and installation of play areas at belhus woods and cudmore grove country parks
Essex County Council has two play area requirements in their Country Parks. These are split into two lots and bidders may bid for either one or both lots. Lot 1: Music / Rhythm / P
0454 Superfast essex broadband phase 3
ECC seeks to appoint one or several partners to deliver Phase 3 of its Superfast Essex Broadband programme. The contract(s) will require the installation of Next-Generation-Access
Direct payment support services
Essex County Council (ECC) is inviting appropriately qualified and experienced suppliers to tender for the County wide ‘Direct Payment Support Service’. Through this service, ECC a
Managing school expansion project RIBA stage 4-7
RVHS are initiating a project to expand the availability of accommodation at the school, the primary aim being to increase classroom accommodation and learning spaces. RVHS is seek
0460 Information services software, hosting and associated services
The Authority is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement to provide it, and other Contracting Bodies access to a sole supplier who will work in partnership to meet the Parties r
0460 Information services software, hosting and associated services
The Authority is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement to provide it, and other Contracting Bodies access to a sole supplier who will work in partnership to meet the Parties r
Appropriate adult service
Essex County Council are retendering the Appropriate Adult contract. The current contract expires on the 31st March 2017. Essex County Council has a statutory duty to provide an Ap
Goldlay gardens construction contractor
Site – Former ECC Library Headquarters, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0EN Essex Housing of Essex County Council (ECC) are supporting the delivery of housing to meet demand in the County a
Essex independent living developer provider framework
**PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CLOSING DATE FOR THIS PROJECT IS 1st SEPTEMBER 2016 AT 12 NOON** Essex County Council is seeking to establish a framework of suitably qualified and experienc
Dynamic purchasing system for the provision of passenger transport services
This contract notice is for a Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Passenger Transport services. Essex County Council is required to provide transportation services and a