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UK GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Public-sector buyer · United Kingdom

Southend-on-sea Borough Council

Southend-on-sea Borough 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: 2023-09-15 to 2026-09-15Updated 2026-09-15

£361.7M

Total spend

51

Contract awards

48

Unique suppliers

£40.2M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Southend-on-sea Borough Council has awarded 51 contracts worth £361.7M to 48 suppliers between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, at an average contract value of £40.2M, with the top five suppliers holding 100% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Southend-on-sea Borough Council

Top-five suppliers hold 100% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
SUEZ RECYCLING AND RECOVERY UK LTD1£360.0M
Probrand Ltd1£587K
Acres Way Dog Pound Ltd1£320K
FUEL CARD SERVICES LTD1£279K
Hornbill Technologies Limited1£181K
NTT United Kingdom Limited1£175K
THOMSON SCREENING SOLUTIONS LTD1£103K
Prosperon Networks Ltd1£53K
LoCTA Limited1£17K

Procurement categories

What Southend-on-sea Borough Council buys

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

Software package and information systems

48
20 awards£172K

Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

34
6 awards£0

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

30
4 awards£587K

Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

32
3 awards£175K

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
3 awards£181K

Education and training services

80
2 awards£0

Construction work

45
2 awards£0

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
2 awards£0

Financial and insurance services

66
2 awards£0

Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

38
1 award£0

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

79
1 award£0

Printed matter and related products

22
1 award£0

Public utilities

65
1 award£0

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90
1 award£360.0M

Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

09
1 award£279K

Other community, social and personal services

98
1 award£320K

Recent contracts

Latest Southend-on-sea Borough Council contracts awarded

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

The Continuation of Pre-Construction Activities and the Provision of Early Works - Leigh Port Regeneration via SCAPE Civil Engineering Generation 3 Framework

Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd · 2026-07-22

Provision of a Choice Based Lettings and Homelessness System

CIVICA LIMITED · 2026-07-20

Continuation of Corporate Performance Risk Management System via CCS RM1557.14 G-Cloud 14 framework Lot 2 Cloud Software

IDEAGEN TECHNOLOGY LTD · 2026-04-15

Continued provision of Server and Network monitoring software and support

Prosperon Networks Ltd · 2026-03-24

£53K

AI & Data Apprenticeships

Multiverse Group Limited · 2026-01-30

Provision of Consultancy Services (Leigh Port Regeneration) via CCS RM6165 Construction Professional Services (Lot 6: Environmental) (CCS Reference: CPS1-45214-2025)

Mott MacDonald Limited · 2026-01-05

Social Work Apprenticeships

Anglia Ruskin University · 2025-12-18

Cisco infrastructure Fortinet Firewall 2026-2027 - NTT

NTT United Kingdom Limited · 2025-12-17

£175K

Further Provision of Attendance, PEP, Reporting and Analytics for CWCF in Southend Virtual School via CCS RM1557.14 G-Cloud 14 framework Lot 2 Cloud Software

Welfare Call (LAC) Limited · 2025-12-16

Further provision of Selective Licensing Solution and HMO Licensing

Metastreet Limited · 2025-10-12

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Pipeline

Contracts expiring in the next 12 months

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Provision of Consultancy Services (Leigh Port Regeneration) via CCS RM6165 Construction Professional Services (Lot 6: Environmental) (CCS Reference: CPS1-45214-2025)

Expires: 2026-09-30

Provision for Support of Avaya Intuity - Telephony System

Expires: 2026-09-30

Further provision of Datix Risk Management and Incident system via HealthTrust Europe ICT Solutions 2019 Framework

Expires: 2026-10-31

The Continuation of Pre-Construction Activities and the Provision of Early Works - Leigh Port Regeneration via SCAPE Civil Engineering Generation 3 Framework

Expires: 2026-12-31

Further competition for the provision of Pre-Paid Cards via CCS RM3828 Payment Solutions Framework (Lot 2 - Pre Paid Cards)

Expires: 2027-01-09

Cisco infrastructure Fortinet Firewall 2026-2027 - NTT

Expires: 2027-01-31

£175K

Highways Information System and Content Management via CCS RM6259 Vertical Application Solutions framework Lot 3

Expires: 2027-02-06

Provision of independent mobility assessment service for blue badge applications

Expires: 2027-02-28

£194K

TC10 - Southend Pier Track and Signalling Maintenance

Expires: 2027-03-30

£119K

Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Services

Expires: 2027-03-31

Market analysis

Bidding into Southend-on-sea Borough Council — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

46%

Awards to SMEs

100%

Top-5 supplier share

28%

Framework call-offs

13

Awards to social enterprises

Around 46% of Southend-on-sea Borough Council’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 13 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 28%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 Southend-on-sea Borough Council

How much does Southend-on-sea Borough Council spend on procurement?

Southend-on-sea Borough Council awarded 51 contracts totalling £361.7M between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 48 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £40.2M.

Who are Southend-on-sea Borough Council's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to Southend-on-sea Borough Council by total award value are SUEZ RECYCLING AND RECOVERY UK LTD, Probrand Ltd, Acres Way Dog Pound Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 100% of contract value.

What does Southend-on-sea Borough Council buy from suppliers?

Southend-on-sea Borough Council's procurement is concentrated in software package and information systems, transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation, office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-15

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
Full methodology — calculations, refresh cadence & caveats

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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