Quick answer — Southend Borough CouncilLast refreshed 15 Jun 2023

At a glance

Southend Borough Council has awarded £451.4m across 3 suppliers, with 2 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 100% · 2 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 67% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration100%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share67%
Pipeline · open now2
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Southend Borough Council is a contracting authority, based in UKH31. Tracks 7 published notices and 5 awards on PublicSupply.

7
Notices published
5
Awards
3
Suppliers engaged
2020
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£1.4m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Southend Borough Council — 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

0

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

services3 · £451.4m
Unspecified4 · £1.4m

Instrument type

contract5 · £451.4m
call off2 · £1.4m
Source:Contracts Finder: 4Find a Tender: 3

Awarded contracts · 2 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Southend Borough Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (CAMHS) for Southend, Essex and ThurrockNorth East London NHS Foundation Trust£450.0mest.active
Prj 1794 - Cliffs Pavilion Admirals and Maritime room FCU's ReplacementR&A Mechanical Services Ltd45331221£44k15 Jun 2023active
Project 1787 - Platform Lift Replacement45313100£0active
Children and Young People's Mental Health Digital Service£1.4mest.active
SBC Prj 1731 - Eastwood Primary School: Infants Boiler Replacement44621200£0active
M2021-17 Fire Compartmentation Sheltered UnitsBell Decorating Group Ltd44000000£1.3m21 Oct 2020active

Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
NE
£450.0mest.
100% of total
2
BD
1 contract · SME · 21 Oct
£1.3m
0% of total
3
RM
1 contract · SME · 15 Jun
£44k
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
2 contracts
£451.4m
100%
Construction materials
2 contracts
£1.3m
0%
Construction works
2 contracts
£44k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Construction materials
Construction works
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.

Southend Borough Council 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.

67%
SME supplier share
target 33%
2
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
3
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
UKH31
Contact
Sarah Beaumont
Email
sarah.beaumont@attain.co.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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