Essex County Council
Local authorityTheir website
2
open to bid for
418
contracts awarded
£153.6k
typical award
38%
of awards went to small firms
Where their spending actually goes
Counted across everything they have published, not only what is open today. The figure in brackets is how much of it is open now.
Where they take bids
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Open now
2 open to bid for
27 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMTBids close 27 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT.
up to £4.4m (£4,420,000)above thresholdpublished 23 May 2025
10 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMTBids close 10 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT.
Value not publishedabove thresholdpublished 21 Nov 2025
Running out soon
Everything expiring →Contracts of theirs coming up for renewal
A contract ending is the next time this work is bought. The firm holding it knows that; this is so you do too.
- 31 Mar 2027Housing Related Support: Accommodation Based Supportheld by Peabody South East Limited · £7.6m
- 31 Mar 20270454 Superfast Essex Broadband Phase 3held by British Telecommunications PLC · £4.9m
- 15 Dec 2027Superfast Essex Phase 4aheld by British Telecommunications PLC · £6.6m
- 31 Mar 2028Connect to Work (Greater Essex)held by Shaw Trust Limited · £9.8m
- 31 Mar 2028Mid ARC-Supporting Therapy Contractheld by Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust · £472.7k