EPP0217 - Highway Verges & Visibility Market Engagement
Details
- Buyer
- Essex County Council
- Topic
- Verge maintenance work
- Published
- 8 May 2025
- Submission
- 22 May 2025
- Source
- uk:procontracts
Tender description
Essex County Council, through the Essex Procurement Partnership, is carrying out Preliminary Market Engagement on behalf of Braintree District Council for the upcoming procurement of its Highway Verges & Visibility Maintenance contract. This service is delivered on behalf of Essex County Council, who are the statutory highway authority. Your feedback will be invaluable in helping us ensure the contract is structured in a way that delivers value for money, promotes sustainability, and supports innovation. Below are key areas of interest. Please provide responses where applicable. You are not required to answer every question – focus on areas relevant to your expertise or service offering. Keywords: Grounds Maintenance, Cutting, Grass, Rewilding, Verges, Highways
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published8 May 2025Current notice
- Completed: Submission date22 May 2025
About the buyer
Essex County Council is a local authority that procures through three in-house teams, Corporate, Place and People. Larger opportunities are advertised through Open, the council's own tendering and contract management platform. Smaller and lower-value contract notices instead appear on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. The Place team commissions highways, waste, energy and transport work, including a dedicated Dynamic Purchasing System for bidders. Construction projects separately run through the Essex Construction Framework, a route for regional contractors. The People team commissions education, social care, adult support and public health services across the county.
UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).
Over the past 5 years, most of Essex County Council's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and business services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 45233229 · Verge maintenance work
- 77314000 · Grounds maintenance services
- 77314100 · Grassing services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@essex-county-council.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@essex-county-council.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@essex-county-council.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@essex-county-council.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@essex-county-council.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@essex-county-council.gov |
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