Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Essex Police
Top-five suppliers hold 97% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Essex Police buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
35454830317932447290Recent contracts
Latest Essex Police contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Distribution Point Servers (K&E)
Boxxe · 2026-07-27
£122K
Online Training Subscriptions (BCH)
Oxford University Press · 2026-03-31
£52K
CHECK Platform & Web App Testing (TOEX)
Aristi Limited · 2026-03-30
£112K
ICT Network Equipment - Herts
Softcat plc · 2026-01-23
£191K
Conducted Energy Devices (CEDs) and associated equipment (Essex Only)
Axon Public Safety Uk Limited · 2025-12-03
£3.9M
Textile Accoutrements (lot 9)
Business Image Ltd · 2025-09-22
£66K
Taser Vests
MC PRODUCTS UK LIMITED · 2025-09-15
£32K
N&S CED Consumables
Axon Public Safety Uk Limited · 2025-07-27
£172K
Public Order Helmets (Essex Award)
MLA MICHAEL LUPTON ASSOCIATES · 2025-06-29
£28K
HQ External Emergency Lighting
LASER ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD · 2025-05-20
£41K
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Market analysis
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61%
Awards to SMEs
97%
Top-5 supplier share
75%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 61% of Essex Police’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises. Around 75%of awards are call-offs from framework agreements — getting onto the right framework matters as much as the bid itself here.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Essex Police
How much does Essex Police spend on procurement?
Essex Police awarded 18 contracts totalling £19.3M between 2023-10-17 and 2026-10-17, working with 17 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.1M.
Who are Essex Police's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Essex Police by total award value are Phoenix, Axon Public Safety Uk Limited, SMSR UK LTD. The top five suppliers together hold 97% of contract value.
What does Essex Police buy from suppliers?
Essex Police's procurement is concentrated in security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment, construction work, software package and information systems, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-10-17
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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