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Buyer profile · Local authority
Essex County Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 30
- About one every 12 days
- Contracts awarded
- 88
- To 219 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £99.2m
- 47 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £152k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 0
- 6 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
Essex County Council has no tenders open right now.
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £500kestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £656kestimated
- £70kestimated
- £1.5mestimated
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 12 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
What its tenders ask for
Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)40%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)13%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)25%
- Direct award (no competition)22%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Essex County Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 29 days
- Shorter than 58% of local authorities
- Based on 27 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 40%
- Lower than 67% of local authorities
- Based on 91 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 65%
- Lower than 58% of local authorities
- Based on 231 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 5
- About the same as most local authorities
- Based on 48 awards
- Split into lots
- 30%
- Higher than 82% of local authorities
- Based on 30 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 22%
- Lower than 53% of local authorities
- Based on 91 procurements
- Cancelled
- 7%
- Higher than 59% of local authorities
- Based on 30 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Essex County Council: 29 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 1 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 2 |
| 20–25 days | 17 |
| 25–30 days | 135 |
| 30–35 days | 132 |
| 35–40 days | 27 |
| 40–45 days | 2 |
| 45–50 days | 2 |
| 50–55 days | 1 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Essex County Council: 5
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 4 |
| 2–4 bids | 78 |
| 4–6 bids | 89 |
| 6–8 bids | 57 |
| 8–10 bids | 18 |
| 10–12 bids | 16 |
| 12–14 bids | 8 |
| 14–16 bids | 3 |
| 16–18 bids | 2 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 9 |
Essex County Council: 40%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 21 |
| 10–20% | 29 |
| 20–30% | 44 |
| 30–40% | 46 |
| 40–50% | 47 |
| 50–60% | 52 |
| 60–70% | 45 |
| 70–80% | 27 |
| 80–90% | 44 |
| 90–100% | 63 |
Essex County Council: 65%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 0 |
| 10–20% | 2 |
| 20–30% | 6 |
| 30–40% | 13 |
| 40–50% | 25 |
| 50–60% | 70 |
| 60–70% | 109 |
| 70–80% | 88 |
| 80–90% | 54 |
| 90–100% | 27 |
Each column is a group of local authorities with similar figures. The coloured column holds Essex County Council.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECC Homes for Ukraine Trauma Support & Counselling for children, adults and families - South quadrant | South East and Central Essex Mind Limited | £25k | 26 Nov 2026 |
| E037PA - Operation Vanguard | My Local Bobby Limited | £118k | 13 Dec 2026 |
| FS-Case-870991613 - WAIVER - Town Centre Security Service | My Local Bobby Limited | — | 13 Dec 2026 |
| Early Intervention & Prevention in Mental Health and Wellbeing | Social Care Institute for Excellence | £48k | 21 Dec 2026 |
| Hadleigh Country Park Pump Tracks | Back-On-Track Mountain Bike Solutions Limited | £173k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Senior Leadership and Management Cost Review | Grant Thornton UK LLP | £96k | 31 Jan 2027 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temporary Worker Support Services | Matrix SCM Limited | £48m | 4 Nov 2026 |
| Essex Music Tours | Onestage Limited | £1.05m | 30 Oct 2026 |
| Deceased Storage Services | The Heartfelt Funeral Company Ltd. | £300k | 30 Oct 2026 |
| Senior Leadership and Management Cost Review | Grant Thornton UK LLP | — | 29 Oct 2026 |
| Software Asset Management Tool | CDW International Limited | £324k | 27 Oct 2026 |
| Enterprise Architecture Transformational Tool | Arribatec UK Ltd | £137k | 27 Oct 2026 |
| Stationery | Banner Group Ltd | £150k | 21 Oct 2026 |
| Dun and Bradstreet Risk Reporting Tool: AI driven Finance Analytics tool | Dun & Bradstreet Limited | — | 15 Oct 2026 |
| FS-Case-832586490 - WAIVER - App Directory | Eastcote Consulting LLP | — | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Total Facilities Management | Equans Services Limited | £638m | 6 Oct 2026 |