Children with Disabilities Home based Care
Essex County Council · Local authority
In brief
Essex County Council has announced plans to buy care and healthcare work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The notice does not state a value.
The contract runs for 3 years, starting 1 July 2026.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Typical: a median of 5 bids per contract for this buyer (from 36 awards in the last 12 months).
Framework
Winning puts you on a list of suppliers the buyer can call on; it does not guarantee work.
What the notice says
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 084047-2025
Last time this was bought
- Won by
- ECC Dummy Supplier
- Awarded
- 25 September 2025
- Value
- Not stated, or split across lots
Matched on Essex County Council, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.
About the buyer
Procurements
134Awards
75Suppliers it has used most for care
- Creative Support Limited2 contracts
- Get Skills Employment & Training Ltd2 contracts
- Hales Group Limited2 contracts
- Ace Music Therapy CIC1 contract
- Apricot Centre CIC1 contract
Similar open tenders
All open care tenders- £164mestimated
- £82kestimated
- £12.7mestimated
- £44.1mestimated
- £1.3mestimated
From notice 084047-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 17 December 2025. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.