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Buyer profile · Local authority
Essex County Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 25
- About one every 15 days
- Contracts awarded
- 49
- To 170 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £105m
- 37 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £209k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 3 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £260kframework ceiling
- £300kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £70kestimated
- £1.5mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 13 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
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)58%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)3%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)20%
- Direct award (no competition)18%
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 60% of local authorities
- Based on 21 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 58%
- Lower than 56% of local authorities
- Based on 60 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 67%
- Lower than 58% of local authorities
- Based on 174 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 5
- About the same as most local authorities
- Based on 36 awards
- Split into lots
- 36%
- Higher than 88% of local authorities
- Based on 25 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 18%
- Lower than 53% of local authorities
- Based on 60 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most local authorities
- Based on 25 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Essex County Council: 29 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 4 |
| 20–25 days | 11 |
| 25–30 days | 120 |
| 30–35 days | 119 |
| 35–40 days | 19 |
| 40–45 days | 7 |
| 45–50 days | 1 |
| 50–55 days | 1 |
| 55–60 days | 1 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Essex County Council: 5
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 4 |
| 2–4 bids | 55 |
| 4–6 bids | 75 |
| 6–8 bids | 47 |
| 8–10 bids | 17 |
| 10–12 bids | 11 |
| 12–14 bids | 2 |
| 14–16 bids | 3 |
| 16–18 bids | 2 |
| 18–20 bids | 2 |
| 20+ bids | 10 |
Essex County Council: 58%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 13 |
| 10–20% | 11 |
| 20–30% | 25 |
| 30–40% | 32 |
| 40–50% | 36 |
| 50–60% | 48 |
| 60–70% | 47 |
| 70–80% | 33 |
| 80–90% | 44 |
| 90–100% | 76 |
Essex County Council: 67%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 0 |
| 10–20% | 0 |
| 20–30% | 7 |
| 30–40% | 6 |
| 40–50% | 27 |
| 50–60% | 41 |
| 60–70% | 76 |
| 70–80% | 80 |
| 80–90% | 55 |
| 90–100% | 32 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bold Commissioners Group in the Caring Communities Programme | Public Digital Limited | — | 30 Sept 2026 |
| E037PA - Operation Vanguard | My Local Bobby Limited | £118k | 13 Dec 2026 |
| Early Intervention & Prevention in Mental Health and Wellbeing | Social Care Institute for Excellence | £48k | 21 Dec 2026 |