Highways & Infrastructure Planning Solution
Awarded to DEF SOFTWARE LIMITED
Essex County Council(buyer)
- Published
- Published 23 September 2025
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Overview
Contracting authority
- Essex County CouncilBuyer
89 awarded contracts
Chelmsford, United Kingdom
GB-PPON: PWVM-4844-NRQH
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Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- In delivery
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Rules
- Procurement Act 2023
- Published
- 23 September 2025
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £387,834
- Award date
- 22 September 2025
- Contract period
- 8 October 2025 → 8 October 2030
- Contract length
- 5 years
- DEF SOFTWARE LIMITED
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About the winner
DEF SOFTWARE LIMITED
- Based in
- Sunderland
- Public contracts won
- 16
- Across UK and EU notices
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76
contracts awarded, worth £1,151,379,867 in total
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Notice history
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