Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Southend City Council
Top-five suppliers hold 97% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Southend City Council buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
45504442859009328031437279Recent contracts
Latest Southend City Council contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
M2526-10 INTERNAL & EXTERNAL DECORATIONS CITYWIDE
GEORGE JONES & SON (CONTRACTORS) LTD · 2026-03-31
Infrastructure Maintenance and Improvements
Marlborough Highways Limited · 2026-03-30
£200.0M
M2526-09 - T.V. AERIAL MAINTENANCE
Crystal Electronics · 2026-01-26
£174K
M2526-06 - REPLACEMENT OF COMPLETE DOOR ENTRY INTERCOM SYSTEM WITH IPGUARD SYSTEM - CITYWIDE
Openview Security Solutions · 2025-12-15
SCC - Refurbishments to Play Areas in Multiple Parks within the City of Southend on Sea
PVR contracting Ltd · 2025-10-19
£798K
M2526-11 - Solar Lighting
CABLE TEST LIMITED · 2025-10-14
M2526-12 - Stairlift, Step-lift and Homelift Service & Maintenance Contract
Mountfield Services · 2025-10-14
£60K
SCC - Refurbishments to Play Areas in Multiple Parks within the City of Southend on Sea
PVR contracting Ltd · 2025-09-09
£798K
M2526-08 - Lift Modernisations at Crouchmans & Trafford House
Precision Lifts Limited · 2025-07-17
£223K
M2526-03 - Decent Homes - Kitchen, Bathroom and Electrical Rewires
PILON LIMITED · 2025-06-01
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Market analysis
Bidding into Southend City Council — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
86%
Awards to SMEs
97%
Top-5 supplier share
0%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 86% of Southend City Council’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Southend City Council
How much does Southend City Council spend on procurement?
Southend City Council awarded 56 contracts totalling £594.0M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 40 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £12.6M.
Who are Southend City Council's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Southend City Council by total award value are SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Limited, Marlborough Highways Limited, HIGHVIEW ROOFING. The top five suppliers together hold 97% of contract value.
What does Southend City Council buy from suppliers?
Southend City Council's procurement is concentrated in construction work, repair and maintenance services, construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus), alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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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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- · Contracts Finder
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