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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)
Home to assess west essex (uttlesford)
Lots 4 and 5 were not awarded, therefore ECC are re-advertising these two lots with revised start date. Home to Assess Service is a contract is to provide additional domiciliary ca
Provision of insights and innovation market research
Insights and Innovation Market Research Framework that can be accessed by Essex County Council and a range of Public Sector organisations who work within the Essex boundaries. To b
Home to assess west essex
Home to Assess Service is a contract is to provide additional domiciliary care provision to reduce the impact of delayed hospital discharges and to support admission avoidance. Thi
Live at home - market engagement
Essex County Council would like to develop a commissioning framework for care and support to individuals in their own homes that is affordable, sustainable and offers choice and co
0257 Essex insight (local information system and consultation and survey tool)
The use of Local information system and, survey and consultation tool is a key factor in successful decision making within any Local Authority and Partner organisations. The Essex
0292 Family innovation fund evaluation consultancy
Essex County Council (ECC) are looking to evaluate the Family Innovation Fund Early Help programme in Essex. The Family Innovation Fund provides a suite of early help services with
0216A ndors training venues
Essex County Council (The Authority) is putting in place a Contract for the provision of training venues to host its National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme (NDORS) Courses whic
Reablement at home
Essex County Council (ECC) is working in partnership with Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) to procure a Reablement at Home Service in Essex. Reablement is defined by the Departm
Structured alcohol interventions (north east, south west & west essex)
Essex County Council is looking for suitably qualified and experienced organisations to deliver a non-medical structured alcohol interventions service: The aim of the service is to
Offenders with complex and additional needs (OCAN)
Essex County Council (ECC) will be tendering for a criminal justice intervention service, targetting offenders with complex and additional needs. This will be a unique and innovati
Essex construction framework
Essex County Council (ECC) intends to establish a 4 year Framework Agreement for principal contractors to carry out design and construction related works primarily on behalf of ECC
Residential care (with or without nursing)
Essex County Council are letting a framework agreement for Care in a residential setting with or without nursing within the county of Essex. The commissioning participants are as f
Family innovation fund (FIF) coaching and mentoring west essex quadrant
Essex County Council is inviting suppliers to express an interest for Coaching and Mentoring in the West Quadrant as part of the Family Innovation Fund. The aim of the contract is
Provision of training venues for national driver offender retraining scheme (ndors) courses
Essex County Council (The Authority) is putting in place a Contract for the provision of training venues to host its National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme (NDORS) Courses whic
Specialist delivery partner for essex challenge prize approach
ECC is seeking a partner who can support the establishment of an Essex Challenge Prize approach that creates a ‘sustained model of delivery’ beyond the life of the contracted partn
Direct payment support services 0141
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
0257 PGCE masters credits programme
Essex Teacher Training requires an arrangement that will enable trainees to achieve 120 credits at Level 7 and / or a PGCE for the academic year 2015-16, with the opportunity to co
Packages of care and support for children with a disability
Essex County Council is seeking a range of agencies that are able to support the delivery of care for children with a disability within their own home and in the community. Agencie
Provision of toxicology services for HM senior coroner for essex
Essex County Council (The Authority) has put in place a Contract for Toxicology Services for the HM Senior Coroner for Essex. The Contract is for the collection of samples from the
Integrated sexual health services
Essex County Council (ECC) is looking for a suitably experienced provider to deliver an integrated sexual health service, covering services from primary prevention of sexual ill he