Free Guide: Basildon Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Basildon Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · East of England
Data covering 2011 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£918.1m
Transactions
100,247
Suppliers
2,278
Key Takeaways
- £918 million in recorded spend across over 100,000 transactions since 2011
- 2,278 unique suppliers identified, with Morgan Sindall taking 26% of spend
- 207 tenders worth £301 million published, pointing to an active procurement pipeline
How big a buyer is Basildon?
Bigger than you might expect for a non-metropolitan district of 188,000 people. Our data covers £918 million in recorded spend across 100,247 transactions, drawn from 160 source files spanning 2011 to 2026. That is a deep dataset, collected from www.basildon.gov.uk and Find a Tender, and it gives a solid picture of how this borough council spends. On the tender side, 207 opportunities have been published with a combined value of £301 million. Basildon is an active buyer with a long, consistent spending history. For a district council covering just 42.5 square miles in south Essex, the volume of transactions is striking. If you are prospecting in the East of England, this is a council that buys regularly and across a wide range of categories. The data goes back 15 years, so you can track how spending patterns have shifted over time.
Morgan Sindall dominates, but the market isn't locked up
One supplier stands well above the rest. Morgan Sindall Property Services accounts for roughly £240 million of the recorded spend we've tracked, putting it at about 26% of the total. That is a big number. But the broader picture is more encouraging for competitors. Across 2,278 unique suppliers, the HHI sits at 1,387, which is unconcentrated. The top five suppliers together hold 50.7% of spend, and the top ten reach 59.3%. Real estate activities lead sector spending at 37.9%, followed by construction at 20.4% and administrative and support services at 13.0%. Construction is spread across multiple firms, with Mulalley, McLaren, and Indecon all appearing in the top ten. Professional and scientific services, despite having the most suppliers at 392, account for just 4.3% of spend. That is a lot of firms chasing a relatively thin slice. The money here flows towards property and built environment work.
What does the tender pipeline actually look like?
Basildon has published 207 tenders worth a combined £301 million, which gives you a reasonable window into upcoming and recent opportunities. The contract data we hold is lighter, with 11 published contracts and no recorded contract values. This is not unusual for district councils, where contracts data and transparency spending data often tell different parts of the story. The spending records themselves are where the real detail sits, with over 100,000 individual payment transactions across the dataset. We don't have a breakdown of procurement methods from the contracts data for this council, so route-to-market detail sits in the individual tender notices. What the tender volume does tell you is that Basildon uses formal procurement processes regularly. With 207 published opportunities across the data period, this is a council that goes to market often enough to be worth monitoring, particularly if you work in property services, construction, or facilities management.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MORGAN SINDALL PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED | £239,576,861 |
| 2 | RIVERSIDE TRUCK RENTAL LIMITED | £28,222,687 |
| 3 | MATRIX SCM LIMITED | £26,109,254 |
| 4 | MULALLEY & CO. LIMITED | £23,650,595 |
| 5 | MCLAREN CONSTRUCTION (UK) LIMITED | £19,279,111 |
| 6 | INDECON BUILDING LIMITED | £14,553,584 |
| 7 | IDVERDE LIMITED | £12,593,821 |
| 8 | SPORTS AND LEISURE MANAGEMENT LTD | £12,043,146 |
| 9 | ANGLIAN WINDOWS LIMITED | £9,808,577 |
| 10 | MARSH LIMITED | £8,514,419 |
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CouncilLedger brings together spending records, contract awards, and tender notices from over 400 UK local authorities into one procurement intelligence platform. Our data covers 16 years of transactions, collected directly from council transparency publications and government procurement platforms. Search suppliers, track spending trends, discover tender opportunities, and monitor the contracts that matter to your business.
