Southend-on-Sea City Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

NHS ODS: LOCAL AUTHORITYONS register: Local-authority-districtSocial housing register: Local authorityLocal authorityEast of EnglandSouthend-on-SeaRan 1 procurement for other authorities

Official UK PPONPJDT-6566-GZNX

Open now1next deadline 1 Dec 2026
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Tenders you can still bid for.

Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.

Notices, last 12 months137+158% vs prior 12 months (53)
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Notices published in the last 12 months.

Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.

Typical bids per lot40% single-bid · 13 bid reports
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.

Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.

Based on 13 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

Top-3 supplier share19%of 161 awarded procedures · 151 suppliers
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.

Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.

161 awarded tenders, 151 different suppliers.

Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.

All awards we hold.

Contracts ending ≤18 months3920 within 6 months
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.

A likely retender, not a certain one.

Published award value, 24m£26mnet · on 133 of 160 single-supplier awards · top 5 = 58%
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.

Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.

Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.

Open notices

1 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build

NoticeDeadlineDays leftPublished value
Dynamic Market for Direct Payment Payroll and Managed Account ServicesDPS1 Dec 202663d—

What they buy
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What kind of work is bought here.

Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.

Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

How they buy
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

Last 24 months · 190 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

  • Contract 94% (179 notices)
  • Framework 5% (10 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 1% (1 notices)
Procedure route
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Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

  • Route not published 55% (104 notices)
  • Open 18% (34 notices)
  • Direct award 15% (29 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 11% (21 notices)
  • Selective 1% (2 notices)
Typical bids per lot
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.

Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.

Based on 13 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

4robust · n=130% of lots drew a single bid
Deadline → award
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from deadline to first award notice, on this buyer’s own tenders.

Based on 12 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

60 daysrobust · n=12
Notice amendments
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on 190 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

032 of 190 notices amended
Award vs estimate
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.

Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.

Based on 7 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

Last 24 months.

19.1% below estimaterobust · n=7

Who wins here
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Which suppliers win the most here.

Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.

All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
Edmunds Design & Construction Ltd148.7%141413 Aug 2026
R & A Mechanical Services Ltd127.5%121224 Aug 2026
Peopletoo Ltd53.1%5616 Sept 2026
Southend Association of Voluntary Servicesframework/DPS on 242.5%3413 Mar 2026
SWARCO UK & Ireland31.9%3321 Aug 2026
Pell Frischmann Consultants Ltd31.9%3316 Feb 2026
Human Engine LImitedframework/DPS on 131.9%3321 Sept 2026
The Forward Trust31.9%1310 Jun 2026

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 19% of 161 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 151 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards — not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.

Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.

Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.

£26mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 133 of 160 single-supplier awards; the five largest make 58%; a further 12 published a VAT-inclusive amount only (£2.9m inc. VAT, kept apart).
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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What one of this buyer’s contracts is usually worth.

Middle value of the same awards as the total above.

Last 24 months.

£56k middle valuerobust · n=133Middle half £35k–£98k; 12 duplicate amounts excluded from both figures (heuristic for republished framework ceilings).
Largest published awards
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The biggest published awards.

Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice.

A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check.

SupplierAwardedTermPublished value
SHF Wave 3 Design and Build (Heat Pumps 2025)Kensa Contracting Limited——£7,200,000 †
Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Services ContractThe Forward Trust——£3,134,851 †
SCC - Design and Build of Affordable Dwellings at Lundy Close, Eastwood, Southend-on-SeaAuburn Group Limited——£2,102,750 †
North / South Bus ServiceStephensons of Essex Limited23 Jun 20252.2 yrs · up to 3.2 yrs£1,769,226
≈ £817k/yr
SCC - Design and Construction of 3 New Houses to Passivhaus / Future Homes Standard PrinciplesA.W. HARDY & CO. LIMITED—11 mo£1,061,515 †

Contracts ending
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.

A likely retender, not a certain one.

Published end dates only · 169 of 190 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast

Soonest 10 of 39 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 213 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
Empowering FamiliesOther communityAwarded / complete28 Sept 2026£200,000
EHC Audit ToolAwarded / complete25 Sept 2026—
FOR THE PROVISION OF TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY AND DELIVERY SUPPORTAwarded / complete21 Sept 2026—
Children's & Families Services Transformation and Financial Sustainability Programme Consultancy ServicesAwarded / complete16 Sept 2026—
SHF Wave 3 Design and Build (Heat Pumps 2025)Heat pumpsAwarded / complete11 Sept 2026—
Unit 8 - Light RefurbishmentAwarded / complete10 Sept 2026—
Installation of Festoon Lighting along Southend PierAwarded / complete28 Aug 2026—
Transitional Supported HousingAwarded / complete25 Aug 2026—
Westcliff Adult Community Centre Boiler ReplacementAwarded / complete24 Aug 2026—
Better Queensway - Housing DesignAwarded / complete24 Aug 2026—
Better Queensway - Housing Consultancy SupportAwarded / complete24 Aug 2026—
My City System - traffic signal managementAwarded / complete21 Aug 2026—
Play Area Design and Refurbishment at Belfairs Park in Southend-on-SeaLandscape architectural servicesOpen18 Aug 2026£149,000
Provision of after school & holiday clubs for wraparound care for Southend-on-Sea children attending St Christopher's SchoolAwarded / complete17 Aug 2026—
Southend Pier Railway Specialist Maintenance & Repair ServiceAwarded / complete13 Aug 2026—
Dixon Studio RAAC Removal and Roof ReplacementAwarded / complete13 Aug 2026—
West Leigh Infants School Roof Refurbishment Phase 2Awarded / complete13 Aug 2026—
Transitional Supported HousingAwarded / complete12 Aug 2026—
Southchurch Hall MEND Conservation WorksBuilding construction workOpen6 Aug 2026£360,000
Intelligent Transport Systems including traffic signals, variable message signs and car park signsControlAwarded / complete4 Aug 2026£3,000,000

Search all 213 procedures for this authority →

Data coverage & method
  • Source: Find a Tender OCDS releases; mixed PCR 2015 / Procurement Act 2023 history — no legal-regime label is applied.
  • Counts are procedures (one notice family), not lots. Authority cluster = canonical buyer plus beneficiary and procuring-entity roles.
  • Published procedure values exist on a minority of notices; their lifetime sum (£11m, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
  • Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 165 award records on 151 procedures (160 to a single canonical supplier, 5 multi-supplier). 126 values come from the contract record when the award carried none; 12 awards published only a VAT-inclusive amount and are counted but not valued.
  • Bid counts, deadline-to-award, amendments and award-vs-estimate come from the nightly buyer analytics row; each figure’s own method and sample is behind its , the long form on Methodology.
  • Contract end dates: 169 of 190 published contracts carry a period end; 39 end within 18 months, 20 within 6.
  • Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (15 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)

Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.

GB-FTS-100530GB-FTS-100543GB-FTS-121535GB-FTS-140631GB-FTS-182440GB-FTS-182966GB-FTS-47541GB-FTS-51171GB-FTS-55121GB-FTS-55307GB-FTS-60736GB-FTS-66779GB-FTS-77537GB-FTS-88281GB-FTS-93174

Canonical page id: GB-PPON-PJDT-6566-GZNX