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Quick answer — Southend-on-Sea City CouncilLast refreshed 24 Apr 2026

At a glance

Southend-on-Sea City Council has awarded £18.1m across 148 suppliers, with 224 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 45% · 47 open notices now · 2 awards in last 90 d (£508k) · SME share 77% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration45%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share77%
Pipeline · open now47
Awards · 90 d2
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Southend-on-Sea City Council is a contracting authority, based in UKH31. Tracks 262 published notices and 185 awards on PublicSupply.

262
Notices published
185
Awards
148
Suppliers engaged
2022
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£44.7m
12 m spend
£85k
Prior 12 m
+52497%
YoY change
£533k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Southend-on-Sea City Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£12m£23m£35m£47mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

39

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

47

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

2

£508k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services101 · £681.7m
works15 · £203.7m
Unspecified142 · £3.8m
goods4 · £240k

Instrument type

contract254 · £888.1m
call off8 · £1.3m
Source:Find a Tender: 237Contracts Finder: 25

Awarded contracts · 224 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Provision of the servicing and maintenance of air conditioning and ventilation equipment throughout the City of Southend-on-SeaR & A MECHANICAL SERVICES LTD——active
SCC - Design and Construction of 3 New Houses to Passivhaus / Future Homes Standard PrinciplesA.W. HARDY & CO. LIMITED£1.1mest.—active
Intelligent Transport Systems including traffic signals, variable message signs and car park signs—34924000£3.0mest.—active
Consultancy Support to Deliver the Families First Partnership Programme31TEN CONSULTING LIMITED——active
Provision of Annual Condition Surveys (Road Asset Management Strategy)GAIST SOLUTIONS LIMITED——active
Adults Residential and Respite Framework—85000000——planned
Provision of Southend-on-Sea South Local Bus Service 2026—34000000——active
Continued Provision of a Fleet Management SystemJAAMA LTD——active
Empowering FamiliesVOLUNTEERING MATTERS£153k24 Apr 2026active
Supply of a project manager to assist with the delivery of Leigh PortWATERMAN ASPEN LIMITED——active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
HC
HCRG Care Services Limited
1 contract
£8.2mest.
45% of total
—
2
SO
STEPHENSONS OF ESSEX LIMITED
2 contracts · SME · 23 Jun
£2.7mest.
15% of total
New
3
AH
A.W. HARDY & CO. LIMITED
2 contracts · SME
£1.1mest.
6% of total
—
4
FL
Formara Limited
1 contract · SME · 08 Mar
£536k
3% of total
—
5
SA
SOUTHEND ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES
4 contracts · SME · 19 Nov
£420kest.
2% of total
New
6
AS
ATF SOUTHEND
2 contracts · SME · 19 Nov
£420kest.
2% of total
New
7
SE
SSS ESSEX LTD
2 contracts · SME · 19 Nov
£420kest.
2% of total
New
8
MC
MINI CHAMPS LTD
1 contract · SME · 19 Nov
£420kest.
2% of total
New
9–148
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140 other suppliers
long tail · 104 SMEs
£4.0m
22% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Repair & maintenance
4 contracts
£310.5m
34%
Health & social work
23 contracts
£218.2m
24%
Construction works
11 contracts
£200.1m
22%
Agriculture, forestry services
4 contracts
£134.0m
15%
Other
184 contracts
£46.7m
5%
Transport equipment, vehicles
10 contracts
£11.1m
1%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
3 contracts
£2.2m
0%
Business, legal, advisory
4 contracts
£1.1m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Repair & maintenance
Health & social work
Construction works
Agriculture, forestry services
Other
42
0
0
1
Transport equipment, vehicles
0
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

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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 · 1 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 1 notice tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

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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.

77%
SME supplier share
target 33%
147
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
148
Distinct suppliers

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKH31
Contact
Lucy Gayler
Email
procurementops@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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