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Thurrock Council

Thurrock 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: 2023-11-08 to 2026-11-08Updated 2026-11-08

£1.0bn

Total spend

144

Contract awards

132

Unique suppliers

£7.6M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Thurrock Council has awarded 144 contracts worth £1.0bn to 132 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £7.6M, with the top five suppliers holding 77% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Thurrock Council

Top-five suppliers hold 77% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Mears Group1£290.0M
Mears Limited1£290.0M
Hales Group Ltd2£138.9M
Cory Topco Ltd1£100.0M
John Stanley's Care Agency Ltd2£40.9M
Pineapple Care Services Ltd1£34.3M
Brook Young People2£28.2M
The Forward Trust2£25.1M
North East London NHS Foundation Trust1£21.9M
North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT)1£21.9M
Buxton Building Contractors Limited1£14.0M
Take 4 Care Ltd1£13.8M
Marfleet and Blyth Limited1£13.7M
PF Ahern Ltd1£13.4M
Positive Support Group Limited1£9.7M
Care Away Ltd1£4.8M
Care-Away Linited1£4.8M
Bettertogether Limited1£4.0M
Bettertogether Ltd1£4.0M
PEABODY TRUST2£3.6M

Procurement categories

What Thurrock Council buys

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

Health and social work services

85
40 awards£364.9M

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

79
13 awards£1.1M

Construction work

45
12 awards£609.3M

Software package and information systems

48
9 awards£4.9M

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
8 awards£810K

Repair and maintenance services

50
7 awards£9.3M

Financial and insurance services

66
7 awards£2.2M

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
6 awards£461K

Education and training services

80
6 awards£734K

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90
6 awards£113.6M

Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

60
5 awards£549K

Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

35
4 awards£4.8M

Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

33
3 awards£1.1M

Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

39
3 awards£995K

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

30
2 awards£1.8M

Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

34
2 awards£226K

Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

44
2 awards£723K

Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

63
2 awards£830K

Administration, defence and social security services

75
2 awards£498K

Recreational, cultural and sporting services

92
2 awards£302K

Agricultural machinery

16
1 award£89K

Printed matter and related products

22
1 award£839K

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

31
1 award£294K

Other community, social and personal services

98
1 award£1.3M

Recent contracts

Latest Thurrock Council contracts awarded

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

Waste Haulage and Disposal Service

PF Ahern Ltd · 2026-10-27

£13.4M

Green Book Valuations

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD DEBENHAM TIE LEUNG LIMITED · 2026-10-21

£120K

Door Entry Servicing, Repairs and Replacement

Sureserve Compliance Fire Ltd · 2026-09-24

£2.6M

Thurrock Floating Support Service - Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

Peabody Trust · 2026-09-22

£1.1M

Leadership Training

Leadership Centre · 2026-09-15

£89K

Multi Discipline Design Team for the Expansion of Treetops Free School

Alderton Associates Ltd · 2026-09-08

£839K

Spot Vehicle Rental - HWRC Emergencies

RIVERSIDE TRUCK RENTAL LIMITED · 2026-08-12

£74K

PS/2026/004 Bus 375

Central Connect Services · 2026-08-12

£479K

Finance Intelligence Toolkit Subscription

LG FUTURES LIMITED · 2026-08-10

£28K

Early Years Parenting Platform

CHARACTER COUNTS LTD · 2026-07-26

£96K

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What Thurrock Council has coming up

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Most of it is in construction works, health & social care and environmental services.

3

tenders open now

Inviting bids today

37

contracts ending in 12 months

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17

planned procurements

Work this buyer has said it intends to tender

1

framework running

Routes to sell here without a full tender

1

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Market analysis

Bidding into Thurrock Council — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

47%

Awards to SMEs

77%

Top-5 supplier share

9%

Framework call-offs

10

Awards to social enterprises

Around 47% of Thurrock Council’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 10 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to Thurrock Council

How much does Thurrock Council spend on procurement?

Thurrock Council awarded 144 contracts totalling £1.0bn between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 132 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £7.6M.

Who are Thurrock Council's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to Thurrock Council by total award value are Mears Group, Mears Limited, Hales Group Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 77% of contract value.

What does Thurrock Council buy from suppliers?

Thurrock Council's procurement is concentrated in health and social work services, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, construction work, 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

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · Contracts Finder
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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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