Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Essex County Council
Top-five suppliers hold 75% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Essex County Council buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest Essex County Council contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Temporary Worker Support Services
Matrix (SCM) Ltd · 2026-11-04
£48.0M
Deceased Storage Services
THE HEARTFELT FUNERAL COMPANY LTD. · 2026-10-30
£300K
Essex Music Tours
Onestage Limited · 2026-10-30
£1.1M
Senior Leadership and Management Cost Review
GRANT THORNTON UK ADVISORY & TAX LLP · 2026-10-29
£96K
Software Asset Management Tool
CDW INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · 2026-10-27
£324K
Enterprise Architecture Transformational Tool
Arribatec UK LTD · 2026-10-27
£137K
Stationery
BANNER GROUP LIMITED · 2026-10-20
£150K
Dun and Bradstreet Risk Reporting Tool: AI driven Finance Analytics tool
DUN & BRADSTREET LIMITED · 2026-10-14
£65K
FS-Case-832586490 - WAIVER - App Directory
EASTCOTE CONSULTING LLP · 2026-10-05
£16K
Total Facilities Management
EQUANS SERVICES LIMITED · 2026-10-05
£637.7M
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Most of it is in health & social care, construction works and IT services.
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79
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49
planned procurements
Work this buyer has said it intends to tender
25
frameworks running
Routes to sell here without a full tender
11
tender packs read
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Market analysis
Bidding into Essex County Council — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
58%
Awards to SMEs
75%
Top-5 supplier share
18%
Framework call-offs
38
Awards to social enterprises
Around 58% of Essex County Council’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 38 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Essex County Council
How much does Essex County Council spend on procurement?
Essex County Council awarded 560 contracts totalling £6.2bn between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 358 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £15.7M.
Who are Essex County Council's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Essex County Council by total award value are Abbott Care Centre Ltd, Indaver Rivenhall Limited, Acer Healthcare Operations Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 75% of contract value.
What does Essex County Council buy from suppliers?
Essex County Council's procurement is concentrated in transport services (excl. waste transport), health and social work services, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, 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
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