Buyer profile · Police and fire
The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 5
- About one every 73 days
- Contracts awarded
- 23
- To 17 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £1.18m
- 20 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £27k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 0
- 3 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex has no tenders open right now.
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £350kestimated
- £350kestimated
- £350kestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 4 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)17%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)62%
- Direct award (no competition)21%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Advertised openly
- 17%
- Lower than 63% of police and fire services
- Based on 29 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 52%
- Lower than 58% of police and fire services
- Based on 27 winning suppliers
- Split into lots
- 60%
- Higher than 93% of police and fire services
- Based on 5 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 21%
- Lower than 67% of police and fire services
- Based on 29 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most police and fire services
- Based on 5 tenders
Compared with other police and fire services
This buyer: 17%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 13 |
| 10–20% | 10 |
| 20–30% | 7 |
| 30–40% | 5 |
| 40–50% | 3 |
| 50–60% | 7 |
| 60–70% | 3 |
| 70–80% | 2 |
| 80–90% | 4 |
| 90–100% | 4 |
This buyer: 52%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 1 |
| 10–20% | 1 |
| 20–30% | 3 |
| 30–40% | 7 |
| 40–50% | 7 |
| 50–60% | 11 |
| 60–70% | 13 |
| 70–80% | 7 |
| 80–90% | 4 |
| 90–100% | 0 |
Each column is a group of police and fire services with similar figures. The coloured column holds The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forensic Freezers Essex Police Headquarters | Axis Europe | £260k | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Harwich Police Office Shuttering | J W Steele & Sons Ltd | £22k | 30 Oct 2026 |
| UPS replacement Chigwell | Kohler uniterruptible Power | £164k | 30 Nov 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record Management System (RMS) 7F Re-Procurement | Mark43 UK Limited | £450m | 8 Sept 2026 |
| HQ K Block Asbestos Remediation | Environmental Asbestos Solutions Ltd (EAS Ltd) | — | 13 Jul 2026 |
| Armoury Storage Units | Municipal Security Limited | — | 2 Jun 2026 |
| HQ U Block Shuttering Works | J W Steele & Sons Ltd | — | 18 May 2026 |
| Harwich Police Office Shuttering | J W Steele & Sons Ltd | — | 18 May 2026 |
| Boreham Pothole Repairs | J W Steele & Sons Ltd | — | 15 May 2026 |
| Essex Monitors Stock | Specialist Computer Centre plc | — | 13 May 2026 |
| Asbestos Works Pack 1 | Glorcroft Limited | — | 8 May 2026 |
| DFU Air Conditioning Installation | R B Emerson Ltd | — | 1 May 2026 |
| Footwear | Cooneen Protection Limited, Mi Hub Limited, Alt Berg Limited and 2 more | — | 19 Mar 2026 |