In accordance with the existing agreement with Essex Procurement Partnership additional procurement support was secured the for the Project Delivery Unit, in the form of recruiting an additional Assistant Procurement Manager into an existing specialist procurement category team within Essex County Council. The initial period for the resource, was agreed through email communication on 14th February 2025 for the period 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026 and confirmed in October 2025..

The annual cost of this resource is £52,762 including direct on costs (but excluding organisational overheads).