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My City System - traffic signal management

Southend-on-Sea City Council

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21 Aug 2026 at 10:30

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Southend-on-Sea City Council procured the My City System, including the software needed to keep the city’s traffic systems running and its ongoing maintenance. The requirement concerns traffic signal management and associated road traffic-control equipment, with delivery and service activity for Southend-on-Sea. The council is the public-sector buyer. The scope is therefore relevant to suppliers that provide traffic-management software, traffic signal control systems, road traffic-control equipment or specialist maintenance and support for operational transport infrastructure. Businesses focused only on general IT support, unrelated software, or non-transport equipment are unlikely to match the requirement. The procurement relates to one complete requirement rather than separate publicly described work packages.

The procurement has completed and the contract was awarded directly to SWARCO UK & IRELAND LTD without competition as a below-threshold purchase. The award was made on 19 August 2026, and the contract was signed the same day. The active contract runs from 19 August 2026 to 31 October 2027. Its value is £65,000 excluding VAT, or £78,000 including VAT. One lot was completed and awarded to SWARCO UK & IRELAND LTD. The requirement was treated as a goods procurement, covering the My City System and related traffic-control equipment. The recorded route was direct award below threshold without competition; no separate quality, price or other evaluation weighting is stated in the procurement outcome.

This procurement demonstrates an established requirement for a council’s live traffic infrastructure to remain operational through specialist software and maintenance support. Competitors targeting similar future work would need demonstrable capability in traffic signal management, road traffic-control equipment and the support of software that underpins transport systems. Credibility would also depend on the capacity to maintain a council-facing service for the full operational requirement, respond reliably to system needs and support equipment as well as software. Suppliers with experience delivering integrated traffic-control technology and ongoing maintenance, rather than one-off hardware sales or generic IT services, are best aligned with this buyer’s demonstrated purchasing pattern. The selected supplier’s scale indicates that substantial specialist delivery capability was accepted for this requirement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

My City System - traffic signal management

Notice Description

Purchase and maintenance of the my city system software which is required to keep the traffic systems running.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e951
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079783-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

CPV Codes

34923000 - Road traffic-control equipment

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£65,000 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Aug 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
19 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period
19 Aug 2026 - 31 Oct 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Southend-on-Sea City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
Postcode
SS2 6FA
Postcode Area
Southend-on-Sea
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH3 Essex
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH31 Southend-on-Sea
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Southend-on-Sea
Electoral Ward
Victoria
Westminster Constituency
Southend East and Rochford

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

SWARCO UK & IRELAND LTD

Further Information

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