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

Southend City Council has published 38 tenders in United Kingdom.

Its buying spans 10 CPV divisions, most often construction work.

Across 16 awarded contracts the median value is £971.2k.

Its published awards total £582.9m.

How to win their contracts

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

Plan for about 32 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 9 of their tenders.
They publish about 0.9 tenders a month, measured over 41 months of history.
Half of their 16 awarded contracts are worth £971.2k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in construction work, furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances, radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment.
Their most frequent suppliers are HOUGHTON & SON (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Infrastructure Maintenance and Improvements	Marlborough Highways Limited	31 March 2026	£200m
Provision of a Design and Print Services	Formara Limited	8 March 2023	£536.5k
SCC - Prj 1673 Back of House Refurbishment to Southend Crema...	Borras Construction Limited	20 January 2023	£2.3m
Project 1806 - Cliffs Pavilion Refurbishment & Remodelling	Auburn Group Limited	-	£4.8m
Provision of Oral Health Improvement: Supervised Toothbrushi...	Community Dental Services CiC	-	£39.3k
Healthy Lifestyles Services	Everyone Health Ltd	-	£3.1m