Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Essex County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Euclid Ltd SME
- Value
- £1,449,114
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- Transport support & travel · Travel management services (CPV 63516000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date5 Mar 2026
- Published13 Mar 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
As a Transport Concession Authority (TCA), ECC has a statutory duty to provide qualifying residents with free bus passes under the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS). For the purposes of the ENCTS, qualifying residents are those persons who have either reached pensionable age or have a disability which qualifies them under legislation. This Scheme helps older people and people with disabilities live independently, those without other means of travel access work, health and shopping and by substituting for car journeys helps improve air quality, lowers carbon emissions and congestion. Managing the scheme is a large scale and technical process, catering to more than 260,000, pass holders across Essex. The Authority has entered into a Contract with a single Contractor, to provide administrative services to deliver this Scheme on our behalf, including the management of bus pass applications, assessments, data management, card production, customer contact, the reimburseme…
About the supplier
Euclid Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02248713).