Public sector buyers · United Kingdom
Essex County Council
Procurement profile ↓Public sector tenders and awarded contracts from Essex County Council, tracked by Skim across every UK and EU procurement portal.
- Live opportunities
- 0
- Awarded contracts
- 89
- Total awarded value
- £1,198,011,530
- Country
- United Kingdom
Procurement pipeline
89 published notices
- Awarded
- 89100%
Find the key decision makers
The people who scope, score and sign contracts at Essex County Council — names, roles and how to reach them.
Procurement profile
What Essex County Council has awarded over the last five years, from 119 award notices.
Awarded value each year
In GBP, from awards with a published value
2022
0 awards
2023
0 awards
2024
0 awards
2025
52 awards
2026*
67 awards
Awards per year under each year. *2026 to date
Key figures
- Median contract value
- £201,000
- Last 3 years
- Typical contract length
- 2 years
- Median, last 3 years
- Suppliers used
- 401
- Last 3 years
- Awards to SMEs
- 74%
- As declared in notices
- Median bids
- 5
- Open and restricted tenders; 13% had one bid
Top suppliers
By awarded value, last 3 years, framework panels excluded
- EQUANS SERVICES LIMITED£637.7m
1 award · 53.8% of value
- Believ Limited£184.2m
1 award · 15.5% of value
- Qwello UK Ltd£150m
1 award · 12.6% of value
- Matrix SCM Ltd£48m
1 award · 4% of value
- Countrystyle Recycling Ltd£28.4m
1 award · 2.4% of value
- Creative Support Ltd£25.3m
2 awards · 2.1% of value
- Peabody Trust£17.5m
1 award · 1.5% of value
- Counties and Capital Consulting Ltd£16.5m
2 awards · 1.4% of value
What they buy
Awards by CPV division, last 3 years
- Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security26
- IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support22
- Health and social work services19
- Education and training services12
- Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services10
- Construction work9
How they buy
Procedure behind each award, last 3 years
- Open procedure29%
- Limited competition28%
- Direct award21%
- Not stated14%
- Framework call-off4%
- Restricted or competitive3%
- Dynamic purchasing system call-off1%
When they award
Awards by calendar month, last 3 years. Busiest: March
| January | 8 |
|---|---|
| February | 7 |
| March | 19 |
| April | 4 |
| May | 5 |
| June | 7 |
| July | 16 |
| August | 11 |
| September | 18 |
| October | 11 |
| November | 7 |
| December | 6 |
Contracts ending in the next 12 months
24 contracts, worth £41,484,123
Soonest first, by recorded end date, not counting extension options
- ECC Homes for Ukraine Trauma Support & Counselling for children, adults and families - South quadrant
Ends 26 November 2026 · held by South East and Central Essex Mind Limited · £25k
- E037PA - Operation Vanguard
Ends 13 December 2026 · held by MY LOCAL BOBBY LIMITED · £118k
- FS-Case-870991613 - WAIVER - Town Centre Security Service
Ends 13 December 2026 · held by MY LOCAL BOBBY LIMITED
21 more contracts end by November 2027
Incumbent, value and end date for every contract Essex County Council has ending, with an alert when it starts re-procuring.
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