Chelmsford City Council: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

Chelmsford City Council has published 60 tenders in United Kingdom.

1 is open for bids as of 7 August 2026.

Its buying spans 12 CPV divisions, most often construction work.

Across 25 awarded contracts the median value is £330k.

Its published awards total £103.8m.

How to win their contracts

Measured from Chelmsford City Council's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 30 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 13 of their tenders.
They publish about 1.0 tenders a month, measured over 59 months of history.
Half of their 25 awarded contracts are worth £330k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in construction work, sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services, financial and insurance services.
Their most frequent suppliers are GRANT THORNTON UK LLP (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Rural Grass Cutting and Verge Maintenance	B F GROUND MAINTENANCE LIMITED	7 April 2026	£1.2m
Housing Benefit Assurance Process	GRANT THORNTON UK LLP	12 December 2025	£200k
Leisure Management System	Gladstone MRM Limited	1 June 2023	£220k
ERP System	Technology One UK Ltd	1 March 2023	£330k
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)	Health Assured	13 February 2023	£30k
Clinical Waste Services	Medisort Limited	1 February 2023	£200k

Contracts are dated by the tender's closing date — award dates are not published in the source data.