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Quick answer — Southend-on-sea Borough CouncilLast refreshed 16 Apr 2026

At a glance

Southend-on-sea Borough Council has awarded £1.1bn across 326 suppliers, with 219 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 38% · 27 open notices now · 3 awards in last 90 d (£233k) · SME share 56% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration38%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share56%
Pipeline · open now27
Awards · 90 d3
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Southend-on-sea Borough Council is a contracting authority, based in UKH3. Tracks 811 published notices and 786 awards on PublicSupply.

811
Notices published
786
Awards
326
Suppliers engaged
2015
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£2.8m
12 m spend
£366.1m
Prior 12 m
-99%
YoY change
£111k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Southend-on-sea Borough Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£99m£198m£297m£396mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

3

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

27

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

3

£233k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified753 · £1.1bn
services36 · £87.4m
works14 · £8.3m
goods8 · £0

Instrument type

contract637 · £994.5m
call off174 · £152.0m
Source:Contracts Finder: 753Find a Tender: 58

Awarded contracts · 219 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Continuation of Corporate Performance Risk Management System via CCS RM1557.14 G-Cloud 14 framework Lot 2 Cloud SoftwareIDEAGEN TECHNOLOGY LTD48331000£77k16 Apr 2026active
Provision of Consultancy Services (Leigh Port Regeneration) via CCS RM6165 Construction Professional Services (Lot 6: Environmental) (CCS Reference: CPS1-45214-2025)Mott MacDonald Limited71300000£386k05 Jan 2026active
Purchase of Laptops via CCS RM6098 TPAS 2 framework, Lot 4SOFTCAT PLC30213100£112k25 Mar 2026active
Shared Cost AVCsAVC Wise Limited (T/a My Money Matters)66131100£44k01 Apr 2026active
AI & Data ApprenticeshipsMultiverse Group Limited80000000£714k30 Jan 2026active
Cisco infrastructure Fortinet Firewall 2026-2027 - NTTNTT United Kingdom Limited32424000£175k17 Dec 2025active
Social Work ApprenticeshipsAnglia Ruskin University80000000£144k18 Dec 2025active
Further Provision of Attendance, PEP, Reporting and Analytics for CWCF in Southend Virtual School via CCS RM1557.14 G-Cloud 14 framework Lot 2 Cloud SoftwareWelfare Call (LAC) Limited48311100£118k16 Dec 2025active
Further Provision of AutoCAD and SketchUp Pro Licences with Support via CCS RM6237 Low Value Purchase SystemMan and Machine Ltd48321000£106k18 Nov 2025active
Further provision of Selective Licensing Solution and HMO LicensingMetastreet Limited48170000£102k13 Oct 2025active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
SR
SUEZ RECYCLING AND RECOVERY UK LTD
2 contracts · 15 Jan – 13 May
£405.0m
38% of total
▼ 100%
2
SH
SWAN HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED
1 contract · 07 Mar
£400.0m
38% of total
—
3
HS
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
2 contracts · 26 Sept – 12 Jul
£71.0m
7% of total
—
4
LH
London Hire Community Services
1 contract · 18 Apr
£50.0m
5% of total
—
5
PS
Phoenix Software
3 contracts · SME · 30 Apr – 29 Apr
£5.6m
1% of total
—
6
MC
Millane Contract Services Ltd
3 contracts · SME · 19 Jun – 12 Jul
£4.9m
0% of total
—
7
BR
Brook
3 contracts · 04 Dec
£4.3m
0% of total
—
8
DE
DSA Electrical
2 contracts · SME
£4.1mest.
0% of total
—
9–326
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318 other suppliers
long tail · 194 SMEs
£111.3m
11% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
208 contracts
£441.4m
40%
Sewage, waste, environment
23 contracts
£407.0m
37%
Business, legal, advisory
38 contracts
£74.6m
7%
Agriculture, forestry services
2 contracts
£60.0m
5%
Transport equipment, vehicles
29 contracts
£51.7m
5%
Architecture, engineering
55 contracts
£31.1m
3%
Other
17 contracts
£23.2m
2%
Software packages, IT
57 contracts
£19.5m
2%

Activity heatmap

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

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Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
0
Sewage, waste, environment
Business, legal, advisory
Agriculture, forestry services
Transport equipment, vehicles
0
Architecture, engineering
0
0
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.

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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-on-sea 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.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

56%
SME supplier share
target 33%
269
SME award rows
38
VCSE award rows
326
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKH3
Contact
Mrs Norma Ashton
Email
normaashton@seh.southend.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.

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