Buyer
Essex County Council tenders and procurement
Covering 600+ buyer sites · 5 years of records · Contracts awarded in the 24 months to 11 October 2026 · Updated 11 October 2026 · How we count
- Contracts awarded
- 233
- Last 24 months
- Median contract
- £159k
- Recorded value
- Recorded value
- £1.2bn
- 225 of 233 have a published value
- Suppliers
- 361
- Won its contracts
- Tenders open now
- 2
- Closing soonest below
- Ending in 12 months
- 77
- Contracts with a recorded end date
Compiled by BidSkim from Essex County Council’s published notices. Not an official Essex County Council page.
Also appears in official records as “Essex County Counci”, “Place Services at Essex County Council”, “Place Services, Essex County Council”.
Open tenders
Closing soonest. The official notice has the documents and the deadline.
- C002PA - Waste Service Mobile Plant (official notice, opens in a new tab)Closes 27 October 2026£4.4m
- Essex Carers Core Offer of Support (official notice, opens in a new tab)Closes 10 November 2026£12.5m
What Essex County Council buys
By service, contracts awarded in the 24 months to 11 October 2026. BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned
- 1Commercial construction7 contracts£47.4m
- 2E-procurement software6 contracts£787k
- 3Skills bootcamps6 contracts£2.3m
- 4Social marketing5 contracts£823k
- 5Online booking and appointment scheduling4 contracts£732k
- 6Business mentoring3 contracts£1.4m
- 7Falls prevention3 contracts£10.1m
- 8Holiday activities and food programme delivery3 contracts£23.0m
- 9Market intelligence3 contracts£318k
- 10Public transport planning and demand-responsive transport platform3 contracts£848k
Who wins Essex County Council’s contracts
By contracts won, the 24 months to 11 October 2026.
- 1The Active Wellbeing Society5 contracts—
- 2Gartner UK Limited4 contracts£743k
- 3Potter Raper4 contracts£392k
- 4Achieve, Thrive, Flourish4 contracts—
- 5Access UK3 contracts£5.1m
- 6Phoenix Software3 contracts£537k
- 7Maldon and District Community Voluntary Service3 contracts£517k
- 8First Bus3 contracts£514k
- 9Essex Tree Care Limited3 contracts£238k
- 10MASTERED STUDIOS LTD3 contracts£209k
Contracts awarded by quarter
Frameworks it buys through
75 of 233 contracts were call-offs from a framework or dynamic purchasing system.
- Transport Technology1 contract
- 860_26 Refuse and Recycling Products · ESPO1 contract
- RM6374 Legal Panel for Public Sector · Crown Commercial Service1 contract