Awarded contract

E-Procurement

Details

Buyer: Essex County Council
Supplier(s): NEPO
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Information technology services
Published: 2 February 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

An end-to-end E-procurement solution to replace the Authority's existing solution with the ability to support the Procurement Team with sourcing, contract management and supplier relationship management functions. The purpose of this requirement is to ensure that the Authority is supported by the best technology in its day-to-day operations. The Solution must be intuitive and easy to use whilst enabling efficiencies and improvements through automation and integration. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published2 February 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date2 February 2026
Next: Contract expiry date8 January 2029in 2 years

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

72222300 · Information technology services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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