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title: "My City System - traffic signal management"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e951"
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buyer: "Southend-on-Sea City Council"
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# My City System - traffic signal management

Buyer: Southend-on-Sea City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e951

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079783-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 19 Aug 2026 - 31 Oct 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £65,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Southend-on-Sea City Council |
| Locality | SOUTHEND-ON-SEA |
| Postcode area | Southend-on-Sea |
| Postcode | SS2 6FA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex |
| ITL 3 | TLH31 Southend-on-Sea |
| Local authority | Southend-on-Sea |
| Electoral ward | Victoria |
| Westminster constituency | Southend East and Rochford |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SWARCO UK & IRELAND LTD |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

### Codes

- 34923000 - Road traffic-control equipment

## Release History

- 21 Aug 2026 at 10:30 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079783-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079783-2026
  21st August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.swarco.com
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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