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PL0117 Ambitious Essex Enhanced Growth Hub

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Buyer
Essex County Council
Topic
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Published
7 January 2026
Submission
2 February 2026
Source
uk:procontracts

Tender description

Essex County Council (ECC) are seeking to commence procurement of the Enhanced Growth Hub with Additional Business Support on 1st April 2026. The service, working closely with the Government funded Growth Hub, will help provide the front door for businesses seeking advice and support in the County, enabling them to have the knowledge necessary to achieve growth and prosperity as well as access to business finance. The area covered by the service will be the Ceremonial County of Essex, including Southend and Thurrock Unitary Authority areas. The existing contract for Business Support Services expires on 31st March 2025. Keywords: Business Support, Growth Hub

Timeline

  1. Tender published7 January 2026
    Current notice
  2. Submission date2 February 2026

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.

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  • 79000000 · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

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