Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Southend-on-Sea City Council
Top-five suppliers hold 64% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Southend-on-Sea City Council buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
8545795071Recent contracts
Latest Southend-on-Sea City Council contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Unit 8 - Light Refurbishment
BARLING PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED · 2026-09-09
£33K
Rough Sleeping Rapid Assessment Hub & Outreach / InReach Service
HOMELESS ACTION RESOURCE PROJECT · 2026-09-08
Installation of Festoon Lighting along Southend Pier
RE-GEN (M&E SERVICES) LTD · 2026-08-27
£39K
Transitional Supported Housing
HOME GROUP LIMITED · 2026-08-24
£51K
Better Queensway - Housing Design
CIVIC ENGINEERS LIMITED · 2026-08-23
£74K
Westcliff Adult Community Centre Boiler Replacement
R & A MECHANICAL SERVICES LTD · 2026-08-23
£72K
Better Queensway - Housing Consultancy Support
31TEN CONSULTING LIMITED · 2026-08-23
£58K
My City System - traffic signal management
SWARCO UK & IRELAND LTD · 2026-08-18
£65K
St Christophers School
Christopher's Cottage - SEN TRUST SOUTHEND · 2026-08-17
Cambridge Road Best Centre Decoration
EDMUNDS DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION LTD · 2026-08-03
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Holiday, Activities and Food (HAF) Programme - Round 4
Deadline: 2026-09-25
Dynamic Market for Direct Payment Payroll and Managed Account Services
Deadline: 2026-12-01
Pipeline
Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
When these contracts end, Southend-on-Sea City Council typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.
Westcliff Adult Community Centre Boiler Replacement
Expires: 2026-09-15
£72K
Interim Contract for Asset Manager for the Victoria Centre
Expires: 2026-09-30
Better Queensway - Housing Design
Expires: 2026-10-18
£74K
Installation of Festoon Lighting along Southend Pier
Expires: 2026-10-23
£39K
Unit 8 - Light Refurbishment
Expires: 2026-11-06
£33K
Parks and Open Spaces Fuel Requirement 2025
Expires: 2026-12-09
£70K
Head of Service Recruitment
Expires: 2026-12-16
£150K
Accredited Commissioning training
Expires: 2026-12-31
£30K
Better Queensway - Housing Consultancy Support
Expires: 2026-12-31
£58K
Strategic Planning - Local Plan Strategic Modelling
Expires: 2027-01-01
£110K
Market analysis
Bidding into Southend-on-Sea City Council — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
80%
Awards to SMEs
64%
Top-5 supplier share
0%
Framework call-offs
13
Awards to social enterprises
Around 80% of Southend-on-Sea City Council’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 13 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Southend-on-Sea City Council
How much does Southend-on-Sea City Council spend on procurement?
Southend-on-Sea City Council awarded 166 contracts totalling £21.2M between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 118 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £189K.
Who are Southend-on-Sea City Council's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Southend-on-Sea City Council by total award value are Kensa Contracting Limited, YUNEX LIMITED, STEPHENSONS OF ESSEX LIMITED. The top five suppliers together hold 64% of contract value.
What does Southend-on-Sea City Council buy from suppliers?
Southend-on-Sea City Council's procurement is concentrated in health and social work services, construction work, 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 2026-09-15
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.
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- · Contracts Finder
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