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Essex Highways and Transportation Contracts

Description: As the local highways authority for Essex, Essex County Council (ECC) is responsible for managing and maintaining one of the largest and most diverse local highway networks in the country. In doing so, ECC fulfils its statutory duties under the Highways Act 1980 to ensure the network is safe, resilient and fit for purpose for residents, businesses and road users, and that traffic moves freely across the network under all conditions. This includes significant programmes of routine and reactive highways activity, such as asset maintenance and renewal, drainage management, winter services and the design and delivery of new transport infrastructure. ECC has previously undertaken market engagement in respect of its future Highways and Transportation Services. The procurement was paused to allow greater clarity to emerge around Local Government (read more...)

Summary: Essex County Council is progressing with procurement planning for the Essex Highways and Transportation Services contract, currently in the planning stage. The council, a sub-central government body, plans to address the maintenance and operation of Essex’s extensive highway network, adhering to statutory duties under the Highways Act 1980. The procurement process involves preliminary market engagement with a virtual event scheduled on 16 April 2026, inviting all interested suppliers to gain insights into updates influenced by Local Government Reorganisation. The new contract, slated to commence on 1 April 2028, will run for seven years with possible extensions up to 14 years. This extensive tender, valued at approximately £3 billion, covers a range of services in construction, highway maintenance, and operational works within the UKH3 region, specifically Chelmsford, United Kingdom.

Essex Children's Homes Collaboration Event

Description: Following the previous Essex Children's Homes collaboration events which took place during May to December 2025 inclusive, Essex County Council ("ECC") would like to invite providers to the next collaboration event which will take place on the 16th April 2026 from 09:30 to 13:00. Please note that this event will take place online via MS Teams instead of in-person as previously advertised. In addition, please be advised that the Council will circulate the requisite meeting invitation via e-mail to all providers who have registered their attendance via the MS Forms survey as detailed below. In summary, during previous market collaboration events, we have worked together to: * Understand how we can respond to the highest levels and complexity of need that Essex children present with * Co-design prerequisites (read more...)

Summary: Essex County Council is orchestrating a strategic collaboration event titled "Essex Children's Homes Collaboration Event" scheduled for 16th April 2026, from 09:30 to 13:00. The event, which forms part of an ongoing procurement process, will be conducted online via MS Teams. The industry category is health and social work services, and it is geared towards understanding and improving relational contracts with service providers. The council invites directors, development leads, and strategic leads to this critical collaboration session, following a series of events hosted from May to December 2025. This event is a part of the "planningUpdate" stage in the procurement process and is vital in shaping future tender specifications and service delivery models in Essex.

Account Payable Audit Solution

Description: Essex County Council Transactional Services is a team made up of circa 110 people, this is split between Compliance, Accounts Payable, Income, Banking and Financial Assessments. Essex County Council Transactional Services are looking for a system or piece of software that can identify potential duplicate invoices or suppliers based on a daily/regular extract from our current software solution Oracle Fusion. This is required to prevent/reduce the risk to ECC by payment of duplicate invoices to our suppliers/providers. We are looking for a system that will identify potential risks prior to the payment being made enabling ECC to be able to investigate and where appropriate prevent the payment being released. The solution also needs to be able to be used to identify potential duplicate supplier records and track changes (read more...)

Summary: Essex County Council is seeking to procure an Account Payable Audit Solution to assist their Transactional Services team in identifying potential duplicate invoices and supplier records, using software that integrates with Oracle Fusion. The project, titled "Account Payable Audit Solution," falls under the industry category of "Software package and information systems" and "Information technology services." The procurement is currently in the planning stage, with a Preliminary Market Engagement exercise scheduled. Interested parties must download and submit the necessary documents by 16:00 on 15 April 2026. The procurement process has been initiated through a tender, with plans for the service to be delivered within the UKH3 region. The contract is scheduled to run from 1 November 2026 through 30 November 2028, with potential renewals extending to 2029. The estimated contract value is £80,000, inclusive of VAT.

Special Educational Setting (SES) Sight Test Service for Children and Young People

Description: This Corrigendum Notice is published to communicate that NHS Essex Integrated Care Board (the Authority) have awarded an Integrator contract to deliver the Special Educational Setting (SES) Sight Test Service for children and young people through local accredited optometry practices, following a Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. This notice supersedes the previous notice published on 27 January 2026 in relation to NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board's intention to award an Integrator contract to deliver the Special Educational Setting (SES) Sight Test Service for children and young people through local accredited optometry practices, following a Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Pursuant to the statutory changes effective (read more...)

Summary: NHS Essex Integrated Care Board has initiated the tender process for awarding an Integrator contract to deliver sight test services specifically for the Special Educational Setting (SES) for children and young people across Essex. The procurement falls under the health services category, focusing on schools catering to pupils with special educational needs. As of 1st April 2026, the commissioning responsibility transitioned from NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board to NHS Essex Integrated Care Board. The tender employs a Most Suitable Provider (MSP) procurement method, aligned with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, and involves the legal and logistical coordination of local optometry practices by a leading organisation rather than multiple direct contracts with individual optometrists. The contract commences on 27 March 2026 and spans 24 months, with possibilities for modifications such as geographical expansion and activity adjustments in line with national policy or demand within the Essex ICB area.

Rural Grass Cutting and Verge Maintenance

Description: Chelmsford City Council manages Rural Grass Verge Cutting Services in the Council area, and is seeking to appoint an experienced and qualified Contractor to undertake two planned cuts annually (with occasional services as required). The service includes litter clearance, grass cutting and traffic management (as required). The first cut will be a single width cut followed by a 2nd full width cut on with the option of a third cut following an instruction by the supervising Officer. The contractor is required to submit an additional price per square metre for any smaller areas requiring additional cutting during the year. The Contract will be awarded for 3 years with an option of a further 2, 2 year extension periods. For more information regarding this procurement, please view our tender (read more...)

Summary: The procurement process managed by Chelmsford City Council involves tendering for Rural Grass Cutting and Verge Maintenance services within the Chelmsford area, under the industry categories of verge maintenance work, grounds maintenance services, and grassing services. This open procedure, which falls under the public authority - sub-central government classification, aims to appoint a qualified contractor to execute planned cuts annually, starting with a single width cut in May 2026 followed by a second full width cut later in the year. An additional option allows for a third cut as needed. The contract spans three years with potential extensions for additional periods totaling up to eight years, based on performance. Key dates include the final tender submission deadline on 7th April 2026, with the contract award announcement expected by 10th April 2026.

Lines and Signs Framework

Description: Chelmsford City Council on behalf of the SEPP wish to appoint several suitably experienced contractors to a framework contract from which work orders can be called off through: Lot 1 of the framework - undertake ad-hoc contractual maintenance for the signage of on-street prohibitions and restrictions on stopping, waiting, loading and designated parking places. Undertake installation for the signage of new Traffic Regulation Orders Lot 2 of the framework - undertake ad-hoc contractual maintenance for the lineage of on-street prohibitions and restrictions on stopping, waiting, loading and designated parking places. Undertake installation for the lineage of new Traffic Regulation Orders For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Chelmsford:-Road-markings./UKAJ7NBS53 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/UKAJ7NBS53

Summary: Chelmsford City Council is seeking to appoint experienced contractors to a framework contract for its "Lines and Signs Framework" project, focusing on the maintenance and installation of road signs and markings under Traffic Regulation Orders. This open tender, initiated on 30th March 2026, falls under the services category and utilises an open procurement procedure. Key participants include several local councils and housing associations. The tender is active with deadlines for enquiries set for 20th April 2026 and submission ending on 27th April 2026. The project is set in the UKH36 and UKH3 regions, and the contract period extends from 3rd July 2026 to 2nd July 2028, with possible extensions.

Community Energy School Solar Programme

Description: Essex County Council (ECC) is exploring a countywide programme to support the deployment of rooftop solar PV and other sustainability initiatives across the 556 schools in Essex, in collaboration with the local community energy sector. This programme would be successful if we were able to engage half of the total schools and develop delivery models appropriate to a variety of contexts and status for individual schools. Intended outcomes of the programme will be to significantly increase renewable generation across Essex through using the roof space on the school estate, lower schools' energy costs, provide opportunities for community ownership of renewable generation, and promote engagement and education on sustainability initiatives within schools. One clear priority of the programme is to engage and collaborate with the growing community energy sector (read more...)

Summary: Essex County Council is embarking on the "Community Energy School Solar Programme," focusing on deploying rooftop solar photovoltaics (PV) and other sustainability initiatives across 556 schools in Essex. As part of the planning stage, this procurement process aims to engage with potential delivery partners to assess service capabilities and market potential. The primary industry category is solar energy, with the project location being within the UKH3 region of the United Kingdom. An initial engagement deadline is set for 17 April 2026. This initiative supports the government's push towards net-zero goals and aims to enhance renewable energy generation, lower energy costs for schools, and encourage community ownership of such projects.

Milton Road and Victoria Street Redevelopment Projects

Description: ProContract Project Reference No.: DN803885 Essex Procurement Partnership is procuring, on behalf of Tendring District Council, with the resulting contract between the Council and the successful Bidder, to deliver two construction redevelopment projects in Dovercourt (Harwich), Essex. The sites are located at (i) Milton Road and (ii) Victoria Street, Dovercourt, Essex and a single main contractor will be expected to deliver both requirements. Upgraded Parking and Landscaping: construction of a new at-grade car park, cycle parking, and landscaping improvements at Milton Road Car Park, Milton Road - Dovercourt, Essex Victoria Street project: construction project to convert two derelict sites to (i) social housing and (ii) dedicated parking spaces for residents. The construction period is anticipated to take 12 months. The defects period is an additional term; further details (read more...)

Summary: The Milton Road and Victoria Street Redevelopment Projects in Dovercourt (Harwich), Essex, are set to be commissioned by Tendring District Council, with Essex County Council serving as the procuring entity under the Essex Procurement Partnership. This procurement opportunity falls under the construction work category and aims for a single main contractor to manage the redevelopment of two sites for improved parking and social housing facilities. The tender process follows a two-stage open procurement method, with pricing required for both PCSA and Contract Sum Analysis at this stage. Interested parties must complete their bid submissions via the Proactis ProContract web portal by 8th May 2026, with site visits available to prospective bidders. The construction, anticipated to begin in July 2026, is expected to last 12 months, and the projects have already secured planning permissions at RIBA stage 3.

The Mill Arts & Events Centre Compliance and Upgrade Works

Description: Rochford District Council is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced Contractor to deliver refurbishment works at The Mill Arts & Events Centre, Bellingham Lane, Rayleigh, Essex. Works include a new roof, replacement windows and external doors, new heating and ventilation plant and mechanical and electrical Compliance works. The Centre is a multi-purpose public venue constructed in the 1970s and requires works to the building fabric and mechanical and electrical plant to meet modern safety, statutory, and operational standards. The facility will remain operational throughout the works, and Contractors must programme, phase, and sequence activities accordingly.

Summary: Rochford District Council is seeking refurbishment works for The Mill Arts & Events Centre in Rayleigh, Essex, to upgrade the facility built in the 1970s. The project is titled “The Mill Arts & Events Centre Compliance and Upgrade Works” and encompasses essential enhancements to the building fabric, mechanical, and electrical compliance, including a new roof, replacement windows, and updated heating and ventilation systems. It falls under the industry category of building installation work (CPV code 45300000) with a procurement method of open competition below the threshold, facilitated electronically. The tender process is currently active, and the submission deadline is set for 24th April 2026, by 12:00 PM. Rochford District Council acts as the buyer while Essex County Council is the procuring entity facilitating the procurement process.

Temporary Accommodation

Description: Chelmsford City Council (the Council), in the heart of Essex, has a legal duty to provide temporary accommodation (TA) to hundreds of residents in Chelmsford who have become homeless. With rising demand, Chelmsford City Council has decided to ensure that we can keep up with this demand and procure a fixed number of properties to be used when needed. This fixed term TA contract will complement the Council's existing dynamic purchasing system (DPS) which was designed to facilitate the short-term ad-hoc purchase of TA. This Contract will operate in addition to the DPS and is intended to secure a TA supply stream at a fixed price for at least the next two years. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Chelmsford:-Accommodation-services./SVD32952WX To (read more...)

Summary: Chelmsford City Council, located in the UK region UKH36, has initiated a tender process for procuring temporary accommodation services. This tender, titled "Temporary Accommodation," is aimed at securing a supply of temporary housing to address rising homelessness in Chelmsford. The procurement process, currently in the tender stage, will run under an open and competitive flexible procedure, allowing interested suppliers to participate. Important dates include an enquiry period ending on 10th April 2026, the deadline for expressions of interest on 17th April 2026, and an anticipated award period concluding on 10th June 2026. The contract is divided into two lots, each with a value of £500,000, for a total contract value of £1,000,000, covering areas within Chelmsford and adjacent regions like Braintree and Maldon.