Tender overview

Updated 19 February 2026

Buyer: Essex County Council
Status: Complete
Procurement method: Below threshold - limited competition
Category: Not supplied
CPV classification: Not supplied
Tender period: Not supplied — Not supplied

Description

The project is for a full archaeological excavation, assessment, analysis, reporting and archiving, of the scheduled Henrician blockhouse/artillery fort and associated unscheduled foreshore (intertidal) features, that lie on the Essex coast at East Mersea.

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02 Awards and contracts

Published award records

1 shown

Active

Excavation of Mersea Blockhouse

Awarded: Not supplied
Award value: Not supplied
Suppliers: 1
Signed contract: 22 January 2026

03 Organisations

Buyers, suppliers and other parties

2 parties

Buyer

Essex County Council

County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, UKH36, CM1 1QH, United Kingdom

GB-PPON PWVM-4844-NRQH

Supplier

Colchester Archaeological Trust Limited

Roman Circus House, Roman Circus Walk, Colchester, UKH34, CO2 7GZ, United Kingdom

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04 Provenance

Source for this process

FTS

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Official UK procurement releases compiled into one process record.

Snapshot 22 August 2026→

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