Spend profile

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

£4.5m
12 m spend
£671k
Prior 12 m
+575%
YoY change
£90k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Essex Police — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£1.1m£2.1m£3.2m£4.3mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes
2 recorded contracts worth £13.9m end within 12 months.View expiry radar →

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified28 · £24.1m
services2 · £1.8m
goods1 · £0

Instrument type

contract31 · £25.9m
Source:Contracts Finder: 28Find a Tender: 3

Awarded contracts · 7 live

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

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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
PH
1 contract · 29 Feb
£13.9m
2
AP
2 contracts · 28 Jul03 Dec
£4.1m
3
SC
£1.9m
4
CL
3 contracts · 25 May17 Feb
£1.7m
5
FL
1 contract · SME · 01 Oct
£871k
6
SU
1 contract · SME · 09 Jul
£383k
7
LA
1 contract · 30 Sept
£224k
8
SP
1 contract · 23 Jan
£191k
925
···
17 other suppliers
long tail · 10 SMEs
£814k

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Software packages, IT
6 contracts
£14.2m
55%
Security, emergency equipment
6 contracts
£4.2m
16%
Office equipment, IT
5 contracts
£3.7m
14%
Other
1 contract
£1.3m
5%
IT services, software
2 contracts
£983k
4%
Real estate
1 contract
£500k
2%
Radio, TV, communications
2 contracts
£415k
2%
Business, legal, advisory
1 contract
£383k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Software packages, IT
0
Security, emergency equipment
0
4
Office equipment, IT
Other
IT services, software
0
Real estate
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 Police 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.

43%
SME supplier share
target 33%
12
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
25
Distinct suppliers
7%
SME share of awarded value
where SME status recorded
Local suppliers
0 of 0 with known office
Value to local suppliers
£0 of £0
0%
Postcode coverage
0 of 25 matched suppliers
Local-supplier analysis unavailable — no postcode recorded for this buyer.

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UK
Contact
Clare Leftley
Email
Justice.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk

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.

Resources

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