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PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

User Research & Service & Content Design

ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · published 17 Aug 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Open official source ↗More from this buyerEast of England reportIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support report
Contracts Finder release ID2b70b1e0-5bc4-40df-aa32-3128300d9e0a-911060
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-f470f2b0-1608-4f2b-b7c3-b7df81ba611c
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/EQQe36T5
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£500,000
award field
Tender value
£500,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
72000000
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery
East of England, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

ECC require support for their Technology team to assist them with Content Design and User Research, which would be delivered in a consultancy-style service. The supplier will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide Content Design and User Research expertise on a range of projects and products including, but not limited to, essex.gov.uk, the council's Intranet platform.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release17 Aug 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published16 Aug 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published24 Jul 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published16 Aug 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published16 Aug 2028
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 17 Aug 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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