Spend profile

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

£13.2m
12 m spend
£11.9m
Prior 12 m
+11%
YoY change
£180k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£1.4m£2.7m£4.1m£5.4mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

15

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

2

£299k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes
18 recorded contracts worth £7.9m end within 12 months.View expiry radar →

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services13 · £909.7m
Unspecified241 · £57.7m
goods16 · £3.0m
works3 · £685k

Instrument type

contract264 · £970.1m
call off9 · £995k
Source:Contracts Finder: 179Find a Tender: 94

Awarded contracts · 60 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority 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
GT
£5.3m
2
PC
1 contract · SME · 18 Jun
£4.0m
3
BC
3 contracts · 28 Mar24 Nov
£3.8m
4
AS
2 contracts · 10 Sept
£2.9m
5
AL
3 contracts · SME · 15 Nov01 Apr
£2.7m
6
BC
7 contracts · 29 Mar18 Jul
£2.2m
7
VM
2 contracts · 08 Feb20 Apr
£1.9m
8
OL
1 contract · 16 Dec
£1.7m
9137
···
129 other suppliers
long tail · 46 SMEs
£33.1m

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
6 contracts
£900.9m
95%
Construction works
24 contracts
£13.3m
1%
Other
71 contracts
£10.8m
1%
Software packages, IT
16 contracts
£5.9m
1%
Transport equipment, vehicles
12 contracts
£5.6m
1%
Security, emergency equipment
16 contracts
£4.0m
0%
Radio, TV, communications
10 contracts
£3.8m
0%
Architecture, engineering
6 contracts
£3.6m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Business, legal, advisory
Construction works
1
0
0
0
0
Other
1
0
2
Software packages, IT
1
Transport equipment, vehicles
0
Security, emergency equipment
1
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, 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.

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.

33%
SME supplier share
target 33%
68
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
137
Distinct suppliers
30%
SME share of awarded value
where SME status recorded
5%
Local suppliers (CM postcodes)
4 of 75 with known office
2%
Value to local suppliers
£1.2m of £47.7m
55%
Postcode coverage
75 of 137 matched suppliers
Local = Companies House registered office in the CM postcode area — not trading address, so national firms registered locally count and local branches of elsewhere-registered firms don't. Percentages are of suppliers with a known registered office.

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
UKH34
Contact
Sarah Smith
Email
contracts@essex-fire.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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