AwardedAwarded 13 March 2026

LDC & EBBC - Bus Shelter Provision, Advertising & Maintenance

Eastbourne Borough Council · Local authority

In brief

Eastbourne Borough Council awarded this contract to Trueform Engineering Limited on 13 March 2026.

The notice gives a value of £15,000,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 10 years, up to 20 years with extensions, starting 1 April 2026.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

What the notice says

Bus shelters within the Lewes District and Eastbourne Borough Councils (LEC) portfolio provide comfort and protection from the elements to waiting passengers and a means of providing public transport information, as well as a medium for providing viable and profitable commercial advertising in high footfall and vehicle traffic areas. The Councils are seeking to engage an experienced Contractor to work with the Councils to install and maintain a portfolio of bus shelters and raise revenue from the sale of advertising from units positioned on or within the bus shelters. The primary focus of the contract is the provision of high-quality bus shelters and associated advertising revenue, with special consideration for innovation and added value through digitisation or other means such as the introduction of FSU’s.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Trueform Engineering Limited (SME)
2 bids received
£15,000,000
Awarded 10 February 2026
1 April 2026 to 31 March 2036

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 073395-2025
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 011888-2026
  3. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 043947-2026

About the buyer

From notice 073395-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 13 November 2025, last updated 13 May 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.