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East Suffolk Council

East Suffolk Council is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-11-08 to 2026-11-08Updated 2026-11-08

£99.1M

Total spend

272

Contract awards

230

Unique suppliers

£383K

Avg contract

According to ENKII, East Suffolk Council has awarded 272 contracts worth £99.1M to 230 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £383K, with the top five suppliers holding 27% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to East Suffolk Council

Top-five suppliers hold 27% of contract value — a moderately competitive market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
P J Spillings (Builders) Ltd4£7.1M
Opus People Solutions2£5.8M
Hampshire County Council1£5.5M
Hampshire Scientific Service1£5.5M
SEH French1£4.3M
Barnes Construction1£3.9M
The Barnes Group Limited trading as Barnes Construction1£3.9M
Gasway Services Limited1£3.5M
Edmundson Electrical1£2.5M
Edmundson Electrical Limited1£2.5M
Dennis Eagle Ltd1£2.3M
BDB PITMANS LLP1£2.0M
Munnings Construction Ltd1£2.0M
Blakedown Landscapes1£2.0M
Trest Ltd1£1.9M
H Smith & Sons (Honingham) Ltd1£1.8M
H. SMITH & SONS (HONINGHAM) LIMITED1£1.8M
IPL Plastics UK LTD1£1.6M
MUNNINGS SUPPLIES LTD2£1.5M
Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd1£1.5M

Procurement categories

What East Suffolk Council buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Construction work

45
57 awards£37.9M

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
35 awards£15.7M

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79
35 awards£12.7M

Health and social work services

85
19 awards£319K

Software package and information systems

48
17 awards£3.0M

Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

34
14 awards£9.1M

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
12 awards£1.8M

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90
11 awards£1.4M

Real estate services

70
10 awards£2.8M

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
7 awards£596K

Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

44
5 awards£1.2M

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

31
4 awards£6.1M

Financial and insurance services

66
4 awards£1.3M

Education and training services

80
4 awards£1.9M

Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories

37
3 awards£40K

Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

39
3 awards£147K

Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

60
3 awards£131K

Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products

03
2 awards£500K

Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

09
2 awards£3.6M

Agricultural machinery

16
2 awards£175K

Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories

18
2 awards£1.5M

Printed matter and related products

22
2 awards£95K

Chemical products

24
2 awards£126K

Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

35
2 awards£145K

Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment

43
2 awards£3K

Repair and maintenance services

50
2 awards£350K

Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

63
2 awards£298K

Other community, social and personal services

98
2 awards£198K

Mining, basic metals and related products

14
1 award£117K

Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

30
1 award£7K

Installation services (except software)

51
1 award£37K

Postal and telecommunications services

64
1 award£180K

Public utilities

65
1 award£161K

Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

77
1 award£19K

Recent contracts

Latest East Suffolk Council contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Rough Sleeping, Drug and Alcohol Treatment

Anglia Care Trust · 2026-11-02

£126K

Electoral Management System

DEMOCRACY COUNTS LIMITED · 2026-10-28

£103K

Rough Sleeping, Drug and Alcohol Treatment

Anglia Care Trust · 2026-10-18

Lot 1- Safe to stay Hub - Homelessness and Rough sleeping services

Anglia Care Trust · 2026-10-08

£385K

Queens Road Window Lintel Installation Project

A J Builders Suffolk Ltd · 2026-10-01

£161K

Printing of Garden Waste Stickers

PERMISERV LIMITED · 2026-09-24

£66K

Refurbishment and conversion of Avenue Mansions, Lowestoft

P J Spillings (Builders) Ltd · 2026-09-23

£1.9M

Built Facility Strategy and assessment for East Suffolk Council

Knight Kavanagh and Page Ltd · 2026-09-22

£40K

Bin Distribution Services

JETT TRADE LIMITED · 2026-09-12

£41K

Support contractor for Housing Maintenance DLO

R J Dean Plasterers · 2026-09-09

£240K

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6

tenders open now

Inviting bids today

54

contracts ending in 12 months

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4

planned procurements

Work this buyer has said it intends to tender

6

frameworks running

Routes to sell here without a full tender

1

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Market analysis

Bidding into East Suffolk Council — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

58%

Awards to SMEs

27%

Top-5 supplier share

12%

Framework call-offs

5

Awards to social enterprises

Around 58% of East Suffolk Council’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 5 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to East Suffolk Council

How much does East Suffolk Council spend on procurement?

East Suffolk Council awarded 272 contracts totalling £99.1M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 230 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £383K.

Who are East Suffolk Council's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to East Suffolk Council by total award value are P J Spillings (Builders) Ltd, Opus People Solutions, Hampshire County Council. The top five suppliers together hold 27% of contract value.

What does East Suffolk Council buy from suppliers?

East Suffolk Council's procurement is concentrated in construction work, architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08

This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.

Source portals

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · Contracts Finder
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Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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