Awarded contract

Flags, Poles, Timetable Frames and Posting of Timetables

Details

Buyer: Essex County Council
Supplier(s): Externiture Limited, TRANSPORT MADE SIMPLE LIMITED
Value: £9,834,348
Duration: 8 years
Topic: Timetables
Published: 13 February 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Essex County Council ('the Authority') is seeking to procure the supply, installation and maintenance of Flags, Poles and Timetables Frames (Bus Infrastructure), plus the continued frequency of Printed Timetable Posting. N.B PLEASE NOTE - this Contract Award Notice is a reissue to correct minor issues in the previous Award Notice. Therefore the contracts listed as '3' and '4' in this notice, are instead the replacements for '1' and '2' in the previous notice. The award remains the same, and the standstill dates have been revised accordingly. ## Contract award Title: Flags, Poles and Timetable Frames Lots: - Lot 1: Flags, Poles and Timetable Frames ## Contract award Title: Lot 2: Posting of Timetables Lots: - Lot 2: Posting of Timetables ## Contract award Title: Lot 1. Flags, Poles and Timetable Frames Lots: - Lot 1: Flags, Poles and Timetable Frames ## Contract award Title: Lot 2: Posting of Timetables Lots: - Lot 2: Posting of Timetables

Timeline

Completed: Award published13 February 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date13 February 2026
Next: Contract expiry date30 June 2034in 8 years

About the buyer

Essex County Council is a local authority that procures through three in-house teams, Corporate, Place and People. The Place team commissions highways, waste, energy and transport work, including a dedicated Dynamic Purchasing System for bidders. Construction projects separately run through the Essex Construction Framework, a route for regional contractors. The People team commissions education, social care, adult support and public health services across the county.

Over the past 5 years, most of Essex County Council's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and business services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov