Quick answer — Essex Cares LimitedLast refreshed 18 Sept 2025

At a glance

Essex Cares Limited has awarded £4.6m across 21 suppliers, with 23 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 62% · 2 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 88% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration62%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share88%
Pipeline · open now2
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Essex Cares Limited is a contracting authority, based in UKH36. Tracks 33 published notices and 25 awards on PublicSupply.

33
Notices published
25
Awards
21
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£179k
12 m spend
£92k
Prior 12 m
+94%
YoY change
£240k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Essex Cares Limited — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

3

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

2

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified16 · £4.3m
services9 · £300k
goods8 · £240k

Instrument type

contract32 · £4.8m
call off1 · £0
Source:Find a Tender: 25Contracts Finder: 8

Awarded contracts · 23 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Essex Cares Limited is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
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https://www.ecl.orgSmartgate Solutions t/a Radar Healthcareactive
Promotional and Personalised ProductsAllwag Promotions Limitedactive
https://www.ecl.orgMitie Landscapesactive
Integrated risk, quality and compliance management systemSmartgate Solutions t/a Radar Healthcare£59k18 Sept 2025active
G-Cloud 14 Framework Lot 3 - Cloud SupportFORGE TECHNOLOGIES LTDactive
Brentwood refurbishment worksEmerald Interiors Limitedactive
Managed Print SolutionNUVEM SOLUTIONS LTDactive
Provision of Print SolutionNUVEM SOLUTIONS LTD£120k16 Jul 2025active
Specialist Doors and WindowsHollmark Limitedactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
AU
2 contracts · SME · 28 Dec
£2.8m
62% of total
2
AB
1 contract · 30 Apr
£500k
11% of total
3
DH
1 contract · SME · 01 Dec
£396k
9% of total
4
HL
£300kest.
7% of total
5
LU
1 contract · SME · 02 Jan
£200k
4% of total
6
NS
2 contracts · SME · 16 Jul
£120k
3% of total
New
7
VM
1 contract · SME · 23 Sept
£92k
2% of total
▼ 100%
8
PL
1 contract · SME · 28 Sept
£76k
2% of total
921
···
13 other suppliers
long tail · 12 SMEs
£59k
1% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Software packages, IT
5 contracts
£3.2m
65%
Office equipment, IT
1 contract
£500k
10%
Other
17 contracts
£479k
10%
Industrial machinery
1 contract
£396k
8%
Clothing, footwear
1 contract
£200k
4%
Radio, TV, communications
1 contract
£92k
2%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Software packages, IT
Office equipment, IT
Other
0
0
Industrial machinery
Clothing, footwear
Radio, TV, communications
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

Essex Cares Limited has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

88%
SME supplier share
target 33%
21
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
21
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKH36
Companies House
06723149
Contact
Damola Fajobi
Email
procurement@essexcares.org

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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