At a glance
Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority has awarded £56.9m across 132 suppliers, with 129 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 9% · 13 open notices now · 6 awards in last 90 d (£2.2m) · SME share 33% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority is a contracting authority, based in UKH34. Tracks 257 published notices and 236 awards on PublicSupply.
Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
13
Open (bidding)
13
Awarded (90d)
6
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 129 live
All contracts with a published award notice where Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Face Fit Testing | Arco Ltd | — | — | active | |
| Supply of 3D Printed Stowage for Cutting Equipment | Protectavan Solutions Ltd | — | — | active | |
| Supply of Gas Tight Suits and Boots | Respirex International Ltd | — | — | active | |
| HPE and Nimble server maintenance and support | ACS Technology Group Ltd | — | — | active | |
| Witham and Braintree Fire Station Bay Door Replacement | — | 44221200 | £160kest. | — | active |
| GB-Witham: ECFRS00411 Microsoft Enterprise Agreement | SoftwareOne UK Limited | 48000000 | £1.5m | 15 Jan 2026 | active |
| DFU Air Conditioning Installation | R B Emerson Ltd | — | — | active | |
| Forensic Histology Services | Forensic Access Ltd | — | — | active | |
| Footwear | Cooneen Protection Ltd | £360k | 19 Mar 2026 | pending | |
| Footwear | MI HUB LIMITED | £40k | 19 Mar 2026 | active |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
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.
No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.
Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.
Compliance & transparency
FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.
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.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
£149 / seat / month. Configurable peer groups, rolling trendlines, and CSV / PDF exports for board packs.
News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UKH34
- Contact
- Sarah Smith
- contracts@essex-fire.gov.uk
Board & accountable officers
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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