Free Guide: Tendring Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Tendring District Council · Non-metropolitan district · East of England
Data covering 2025 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£151.6m
Transactions
451
Suppliers
71
Key Takeaways
- £151.6 million in recorded spend across 451 transactions from 2025 to 2026
- 96% of matched spend goes to just five suppliers, with an HHI of 3,577
- 18 tenders worth £21.9 million in the pipeline
A district council spending over £150 million?
Tendring is a non-metropolitan district in Essex with a population of around 147,000, covering about 130 square miles of coast and countryside. On paper, that sounds like a modest buyer. But our data shows £151.6 million in recorded spend across 451 transactions, drawn from 9 source files collected up to November 2025. The date range covers 2025 to 2026. That spend figure is high for a district council, though it reflects the transactions we've tracked rather than a confirmed annual budget. A big chunk of it is concentrated in a handful of large supplier relationships, which we'll get to. On the contracts side, we hold 8 published contracts worth a combined £2.8 million, and 18 tenders valued at £21.9 million. The tender pipeline carries most of the formal procurement value here, which is worth keeping in mind if you're scanning for upcoming opportunities.
One supplier dominates the spend we've matched
Across the 74 identified suppliers in our dataset, spending is heavily concentrated. Essex County Cars leads with £9.5 million, accounting for the largest single share by a wide margin. Behind them sit The Central Bedfordshire Group and Culture Perth and Kinross, each at £3 million. Veolia ES (UK) follows at £648,000, then Sciprint at £600,000. Those top five account for 96% of matched spend. The HHI sits at 3,577, which is highly concentrated. Sectorally, wholesale and retail trade takes 54.5% of spend across 18 suppliers, driven largely by that Essex County Cars relationship. Financial and insurance activities claim 21%, and arts, entertainment and recreation take 17.2%, though that last category maps to just one supplier. Construction, IT, and professional services are present but account for less than 1.5% combined. If you're in those smaller sectors, the volumes are thin based on what we can see.
Open tenders outnumber direct awards, but watch the contract sizes
Of the 5 contracts where we have method data, 4 went through open competition and 1 was a direct award. That's a relatively open procurement profile. Four of those contracts sit above the procurement threshold, with a median contract value of £473,200. So these aren't small purchases being bundled into contracts for the sake of it. The tender pipeline is where the real action is. Our data shows 18 tenders with a combined value of £21.9 million, meaning the average tender is worth over £1.2 million. That's a healthy flow of formal opportunities for a district council of this size. The council publishes through its own website and Find a Tender, with data sourced under OGL-v3. No consortium arrangements appear in our records. For a district in the East of England, Tendring's procurement activity looks fairly active and mostly competitively awarded based on the contracts we've tracked.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ESSEX COUNTY CARS LTD | £9,450,881 |
| 2 | THE CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE GROUP LIMITED | £3,000,000 |
| 3 | CULTURE PERTH AND KINROSS LIMITED | £3,000,000 |
| 4 | VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITED | £648,236 |
| 5 | SCIPRINT LIMITED | £600,000 |
| 6 | CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU TENDRING | £400,000 |
| 7 | GASWAY SERVICES LIMITED | £68,470 |
| 8 | RAPID RESPONSE MAINTENANCE LTD | £37,698 |
| 9 | INTERGENCE SYSTEMS LIMITED | £21,210 |
| 10 | GOWER CONSULTANTS LIMITED | £20,385 |
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