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Excavation of Mersea Blockhouse

Essex County Council · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 4 Oct 2026, 20:03.

Opportunity overview

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.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Colchester Archaeological Trust Limited

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Contract value
£174.7k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
22 Jan 2026
Including VAT
£209.6k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Location
Colchester, UKH34, CO2 7GZ, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C011PA
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - limited competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Essex County Council
Id
GB-PPON-PWVM-4844-NRQH

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PWVM-4844-NRQH

Address

Street Address
County Hall, Market Road
Locality
Chelmsford
Postal Code
CM1 1QH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKH36

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Colchester Archaeological Trust Limited
Id
GB-FTS-174919

Address

Street Address
Roman Circus House, Roman Circus Walk
Locality
Colchester
Postal Code
CO2 7GZ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKH34

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
works

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
45112450
Description
Excavation work at archaeological sites
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
71351720
Description
Geophysical surveys of archaeological sites
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
71351914
Description
Archaeological services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH3
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-174919
Name
Colchester Archaeological Trust Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Date Signed
22 Jan 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
1 Feb 2026, 00:00
Ends
1 Mar 2028, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
209,594
Amount
174,662
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
015260-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
19 Feb 2026, 13:57
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Chelmsford · UKH36 · CM1 1QH · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 015260-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·