# University of Essex: UK public-sector contract awards > A public buyer profile built from sourced government contract award notices. ## Key facts - Awards: 245 - Known award value: £248,351,459 - Distinct contract winners: 122 - First award: 7 July 2015 - Latest award: 19 August 2026 ## Top contract winners - [Rose Builders](/contract-winners/rose-builders/public-sector-contract-awards): 21 awards - [Showcase Interiors](/contract-winners/showcase-interiors/public-sector-contract-awards): 15 awards - Colne Construction Services LTD: 9 awards - [Crystal Facilities Management](/contract-winners/crystal-facilities-management/public-sector-contract-awards): 7 awards - [Hutton Construction](/contract-winners/hutton-construction/public-sector-contract-awards): 6 awards ## Contract awards ### [Meadows Phase 2B/ 2C Student Accommodation Project](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-0843dfe0-db38-4b4a-af85-0ef883874547) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · ULiving Consortium \(acting via ULiving@Essex3 LLP\) · £98,000,000 · 17 August 2021 · awarded ### [T913 - Replacement of Kitchen Ventilation System at University Square](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8ac95d75-4138-4294-9f29-bb53e0ff8cba) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · Beardwell Construction Ltd · £0 · 31 August 2021 · awarded ### [T830 Make Happen Quasi-DPS](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-641331b6-bbc9-478c-99fb-121bd8c39ffa) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · 30 July 2021 · open\_tender ### [University Square in Southend is a student residential development for students at The University of Essex's \(UoE\) Southend campus\. It is arranged as a series of blocks of varying heights\. The tallest block has 10-storeys of student residential accommodation\. Due to the nature of the insulation used in the external build-up of the rainscreen cladding system, meaning the building is not of limited combustibility, the only solution to this is to remove and replace the existing non-compliant cladding which is the subject of an enforcement notice\. The vision is to remove all existing non-compliant cladding and insulation back to the concrete frame\. This is to be replaced with a fully compli](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2ff4bbb6-235e-417a-bb6a-331dcee1b5ed) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · 18 June 2021 · open\_tender ### [T866 Launderette Management](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8d617566-0545-4e2a-b92d-dbd63593d44d) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · JLA Limited · £0 · 9 April 2021 · awarded ### [The University of Essex is seeking to engage a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to deliver planned maintenance, servicing and reactive maintenance for commercial gas distribution systems, gas appliances, safety devices, and associated plant at The University of Essex, Colchester, Southend - on - Sea and Loughton Campus's, including any testing, checks and emergency call outs, as required\. Only organisations with Commercial Gas Safe registration should apply\. The contract will have an initial 3 year duration with options to extend for 2 periods of 2 years each\. The University of Essex uses PAS91: 2017 and Constructionline, the procure](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-76536859-c201-4904-9657-84829aa32434) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · Lindsey Maintenance Services Ltd · £0 · 28 March 2021 · awarded ### [The University of Essex is seeking to appoint a suitably accredited, qualified and experienced contractor for the design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of solar photovoltaic systems here at our campus in Colchester, Essex, for completion during 2021 and 2022\. Robust connections to the mains electricity network in each building will also be part of the scope\. Thirteen buildings across the estate have been identified as having suitable south facing aspects with no shadow totalling a roof area of 11,354m2\. It has been assumed that 30% of this figure will be useful for the installation of suitable PV arrays, as detailed in the tender documentation\. The main driver](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-51cc4555-c2d6-4ef9-9286-b80a02d2409d) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · 25 March 2021 · open\_tender ### [T842 Understanding Society W13-15](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7432ca14-5aec-48fc-87d0-54da871ec9a5) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · Kantar UK Ltd \(trading as Kantar Public\) · £0 · 26 February 2021 · awarded ### [T891 Sustainability Consultant](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-0bde48ac-1a00-4263-b4d9-0683a2ad0d76) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · LCMB Building Performance Ltd · £0 · 8 January 2021 · awarded ### [Air Conditioning Maintenance, Repair, Supply and Installation Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-130abc2d-b7e7-4d81-8592-bec101b9384a) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · 20 July 2020 · open\_tender ### [Background We have 15000 students across 3 campuses and 20 different academic departments in Colchester, Southend and Loughton; we are ranked in the top 20 for the most international student community \(Source: Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018\)\. Students study at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels, in both Taught and Research contexts\. Students live both on and off campus and represent a truly diverse community, including some under the age of 18\. At Essex, in line with the national picture, we have seen a significant growth in the demand for student mental health services\. Our student wellbeing services work to provide a professional and proactive](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-daa11f3f-f512-4c3a-a027-b07aecbd35d0) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · 3 July 2020 · open\_tender ### [Room 1\.702 Refurb](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-fec446bf-026f-4cf8-8d5b-c29e7a03871b) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · ROSE BUILDERS LTD · £101,346 · 1 November 2019 · awarded ### [T839 Understanding Society - Event Triggered Data Collection](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e4681052-be36-444e-b8e1-2a8849f68deb) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · Market & Opinion Research International · £101,002 · 16 December 2019 · awarded ### [T840 Understanding Society: Wellbeing App Study](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-de28d260-edb4-4a4d-9e86-27dce5394afb) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · Connect Internet Solutions Ltd · £69,652 · 11 February 2020 · awarded ### [T858 Government \(Phased Approach\) RFQ](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-111e9803-8195-4f44-8d1f-fb5aa5427d38) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · Rose Builders Ltd · £108,262 · 7 February 2020 · awarded ### [Design, Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Solar Photovoltaic Panels at The University of Essex, Colchester Campus](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b17ab43f-dedc-4011-814f-1c7e001c5130) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · 11 February 2020 · open\_tender ### [T844 Card Acquiring Tender](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c9df899b-867d-4ed8-b45a-5ce17fcb484a) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · Elavon Financial Services DAC · £1,594,490 · 27 January 2020 · awarded ### [T784 Towers Refurbishment \(Phase Two - Eddington\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-af705b8f-6b3e-42f7-ac8a-b849b7dbb1ea) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · United Living \(South\) Limited · £6,005,079 · 4 October 2019 · awarded ### [Parkside Phase 3A Proposed Office Block](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-267c01cd-8372-4f07-9428-0f0c94258fea) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · 4 February 2020 · open\_tender ### [T730 Provision of furniture and related services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-623b6c7a-f944-4ccc-b325-e22ae4b1a54d) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · Bates Office Services Ltd · £0 · 7 January 2020 · awarded ### [T849 International Postal Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-cd7353e3-d749-4c1d-9346-f2c9e41c0930) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · MAILABILITY LTD · £0 · 7 January 2020 · awarded ### [Framework Call off - T782 Print, Design and Related Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e52d979e-1e9e-45f5-a0d1-416ded6163e0) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · CORPORATE DOCUMENT SERVICES LIMITED · £4,000,000 · 15 November 2019 · awarded ### [T827 Library Level 2 Refurbishment](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5e9d32b6-9603-4eae-a542-e3f2b52dccc4) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · Hutton Construction Ltd · £0 · 20 December 2019 · awarded ### [Understanding Society - Wellbeing App Study](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d2c2611b-126d-4731-9980-9e5871fdbb33) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · 9 December 2019 · open\_tender ### [Soft Market Testing: Technical Consultant - Natural Gas Local/Private Network](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-48ec333c-b375-40b7-9360-dc9d23b8cc46) UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX · 29 November 2019 · pre\_procurement Page 7 of 10; 245 total records.