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title: "Social Media Screening Services"
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# Social Media Screening Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/social-media-screening-services-ocds-h6vhtk-078993). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Essex County Council: "Social Media Screening Services". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Recruitment services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/social-media-screening-services-ocds-h6vhtk-078993#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-078993`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/social-media-screening-services-ocds-h6vhtk-078993#tl-md)

## Description
Essex County Council (ECC) is seeking information from suppliers of social media screening services as part of an early market engagement exercise.
ECC's HR Shared Services team provides employment vetting services to over 900 schools across Essex, as well as a range of local authority and other public sector organisations.
We are reviewing the market to better understand current service offerings, pricing models, capacity, technology, reporting capabilities and supplier experience.  The information gathered will help inform our future service requirements and any potential procurement activity.
Please note, this exercise does not form part of a formal procurement process and participation will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement activity.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 72000000, 79600000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 01/04/2027 to 31/03/2028

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F097975-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-16T12:48:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T18:35:39.528Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-078993