Free Guide: Rochford Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Rochford District Council · Non-metropolitan district · East of England
Data covering 2019 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£63.1m
Transactions
18,902
Suppliers
533
Key Takeaways
- £63.1 million in recorded spend across 18,902 transactions from 2019 to 2026
- 537 matched suppliers identified, with the top two accounting for over 30% of spend
- 11 tenders worth £127.3 million published, pointing to a busy pipeline for this size of council
How much does a small Essex district actually spend?
Rochford is a non-metropolitan district in Essex, covering 64.5 square miles with a population of around 87,600. It is not a big council. But our data shows £63.1 million in recorded spend across 18,902 transactions, drawn from 56 source files spanning 2019 to 2026. That works out to a fairly steady flow of smaller payments rather than a handful of blockbuster contracts. For context, the council has published 5 contracts in our dataset, none with recorded values, alongside 11 tenders collectively worth £127.3 million. Those tender values suggest Rochford is channelling some serious money through formal procurement, even if the day-to-day spending profile is modest. If you are looking at district councils in the East of England, Rochford is an active buyer with a consistent transaction history. The data is sourced from rochford.gov.uk and Find a Tender, collected through to November 2025.
Two suppliers dominate, but 533 others share the rest
Suez Ltd tops the identified supplier list at £10.7 million, followed closely by Rochford Norse Limited at £9.5 million. Between them, those two account for roughly 32% of all recorded spend. The top five suppliers take 59.6% and the top ten reach 70.7%, but with an HHI of 1,197 the market reads as unconcentrated overall. That makes sense when you see that 537 suppliers have been matched across the dataset. Waste and environmental services dominate the sector breakdown. Administrative and support services accounts for 30.4% of spend, and water supply, sewerage and waste management takes another 22.1%. IT and communications comes in third at 10.9%, split across 53 suppliers including Capita and Bytes Software Services. Professional and technical services, with 81 identified suppliers, sits at 4.9%. Construction is at 6.2% across 57 suppliers. So while the top is heavy, the tail is long and varied.
What does the tender pipeline look like?
Rochford has published 11 tenders in our dataset with a combined value of £127.3 million. For a district council of this size, that is a large figure and suggests some of those tenders cover multi-year or joint procurement arrangements. We hold 5 published contracts, though none carry recorded values, so the contract data alone does not tell you much about award patterns or procurement methods. The spending records tell a different story. With 18,902 transactions across 533 suppliers, there is clearly a broad base of purchasing activity happening below the formal contract threshold. The average transaction value works out to around £3,340, which points to a council doing a lot of routine, lower-value buying. If you are tracking upcoming opportunities, the tenders are where the real value sits. But the transactional spend shows where the volume is, and which suppliers already have a foothold with this council.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUEZ LTD | £10,678,031 |
| 2 | ROCHFORD NORSE LIMITED | £9,488,200 |
| 3 | THE BEIS | £2,134,538 |
| 4 | ESSEX COUNTY CARS LTD | £1,968,495 |
| 5 | VIRIDOR WASTE LIMITED | £1,368,683 |
| 6 | FUSION LIFESTYLE | £1,339,176 |
| 7 | CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES LTD | £1,109,748 |
| 8 | BYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES LIMITED | £1,091,965 |
| 9 | ACL GP LIMITED | £644,904 |
| 10 | JISC SERVICES LIMITED | £568,365 |
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