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Tenders awarded by East Sussex County Council
Live data from Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. 99 awards we have tracked from East Sussex County Council, with the suppliers winning the work and how their procurement is shifting.
99
awards tracked
£48.4m
total contract value
£494k
average award size
60.6%
awarded to SMEs
Recent awards
Latest tenders awarded by East Sussex County Council
B26098B - Bus Service 98: Hastings - Pebsham - Bexhill
Awarded to East Kent Road Car Company on 30 Mar 2026 · Public-service buses
£751k
B26051 - Bus Service 51: Heathfield - Tunbridge Wells
Awarded to East Kent Road Car Company Limited on 30 Mar 2026 · Public-service buses
£1.2m
B26053 (option 2) Bus Service 53: Eastbourne - Hailsham - Ninfield - Bexhill
Awarded to East Kent Road Car Company Limited on 29 Mar 2026 · Public-service buses
£160k
B26095 - Bus Service 95: Hastings Conquest Hospital - Battle - Ninfield - Bexhill - Little Common
Awarded to East Kent Road Car Company Limited on 27 Mar 2026 · Public-service buses
£2.2m
B26323 - Bus Service 323: Hastings Conquest Hospital - Elphinstone Road - Hastings Station
Awarded to East Kent Road Car Company on 27 Mar 2026 · Public-service buses
£760k
B26349 Bus Service 349: Hastings - Sedlescombe - Bodiam - Sandhurst - Hawkhurst
Awarded to East Kent Road Car Company Limited on 27 Mar 2026 · Public-service buses
£2m
B26007 - Bus Service 7 (Hastings Rail Station - Queens Road - Baldslow Road - Thanet Way - Park Crescent) 27 (Hastings Rail Station - Priory Avenue - Linton Avenue - Queens Road - Harold Place) and 347 (Pett - Guestling Green (Primary School) - Guestling - Ore -Hastings, Priory Meadow - Hastings Rail Station - Fairlight)
Awarded to East Kent Road Car Company Limited on 27 Mar 2026 · Public-service buses
£1.3m
B26313 - Bus Service 312 (Rye - Wittersham - Tenterden) 313 (Rye Harbour - Rye - Peasmarsh - Beckley - Northiam) 313A (Rye Harbour - Rye - Udimore - Broad Oak - Northiam) and 329 (Northiam - Broad Oak - Westfield - Conquest Hospital -Hastings)
Awarded to East Kent Road Car Company Limited on 27 Mar 2026 · Public-service buses
£1.6m
B26001B - Bus Service 1B: Hailsham - Langney - Eastbourne town centre
Awarded to East Kent Road Car Company limited on 27 Mar 2026 · Public-service buses
£632k
payslip document distribution
Awarded to DATAGRAPHIC GROUP LIMITED on 25 Mar 2026 · Miscellaneous software package and computer systems
£45k
B361066C Bus Service 1066: Hastings - Battle, Claverham College (Schooldays only)
Awarded to East Kent Road Car Company Limited on 19 Mar 2026 · Public-service buses
£455k
B361066B - Bus Service 1066: Hastings - Battle - Robertsbridge - Hawkhurst - Wadhurst - Tunbridge Wells (Sundays plus Bank Holidays)
Awarded to East Kent Road Car Company Limited on 19 Mar 2026 · Public-service buses
£250k
Spend pattern
What East Sussex County Council buys, and how the spend behaves
East Sussex County Council has issued 99 tracked awards worth £48.4m across the period we monitor. The average award sits at £494k. Spend skews towards Computer equipment and supplies, Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services and Construction work. The largest single award we have on record went to Jackson Civil Engineering Group Limited for £10.8m, on a NEC 4 ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT (OPTION C) IN RELATION TO THE... notice. SMBs hold 60.6% of recorded awards, well above the public-sector average, so smaller bidders genuinely win here. Activity is accelerating sharply month on month.
Where East Sussex County Council actually spends
Biggest single award
£10.8m
NEC 4 ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT (OPTION C) IN RELATION TO THE EXCEAT BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT
Won by Jackson Civil Engineering Group Limited on 12 Feb 2026
Busiest month
Mar 26
25 awards published, totalling £19.2m.
Last 30 days vs the prior 30: sharply up.
Top suppliers
Who is winning the work
East Kent Road Car Company Limited
10 awards · £12.1m total
COLOURS DECORATING LIMITED
5 awards · £475k total
JOHN FARRINGTON & CO LIMITED
5 awards · £343k total
East Kent Road Car Company
3 awards · £1.8m total
Softcat Plc
3 awards · £926k total
BRIGHTON & HOVE BUS AND COACH COMPANY LIMITED
3 awards · £722k total
CLARKE ROOFING (SOUTHERN) LIMITED
3 awards · £457k total
GEORGE STONE LIMITED
3 awards · £160k total
Related sectors
The categories where East Sussex County Council concentrates its spend.
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