diff --git a/src/tasks/tx_poller.rs b/src/tasks/tx_poller.rs
index 4a83577..abc9430 100644
--- a/src/tasks/tx_poller.rs
+++ b/src/tasks/tx_poller.rs
@@ -1,39 +1,94 @@
+//! Transaction service responsible for fetching and sending trasnsactions to the simulator.
+use crate::config::BuilderConfig;
 use alloy::consensus::TxEnvelope;
 use eyre::Error;
 use reqwest::{Client, Url};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::from_slice;
+use tokio::{sync::mpsc, task::JoinHandle, time};
+use tracing::{Instrument, debug, trace};
 
-pub use crate::config::BuilderConfig;
-
-/// Response from the tx-pool endpoint.
+/// Models a response from the transaction pool.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct TxPoolResponse {
+    /// Holds the transactions property as a list on the response.
     transactions: Vec<TxEnvelope>,
 }
 
 /// Implements a poller for the block builder to pull transactions from the transaction pool.
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct TxPoller {
-    /// config for the builder
+    /// Config values from the Builder.
     pub config: BuilderConfig,
-    /// Reqwest client for fetching transactions from the tx-pool
+    /// Reqwest Client for fetching transactions from the cache.
     pub client: Client,
+    /// Defines the interval at which the service should poll the cache.
+    pub poll_interval_ms: u64,
 }
 
-/// TxPoller implements a poller that fetches unique transactions from the transaction pool.
+/// [`TxPoller`] implements a poller task that fetches unique transactions from the transaction pool.
 impl TxPoller {
-    /// returns a new TxPoller with the given config.
+    /// Returns a new [`TxPoller`] with the given config.
+    /// * Defaults to 1000ms poll interval (1s).
     pub fn new(config: &BuilderConfig) -> Self {
-        Self { config: config.clone(), client: Client::new() }
+        Self { config: config.clone(), client: Client::new(), poll_interval_ms: 1000 }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a new [`TxPoller`] with the given config and cache polling interval in milliseconds.
+    pub fn new_with_poll_interval_ms(config: &BuilderConfig, poll_interval_ms: u64) -> Self {
+        Self { config: config.clone(), client: Client::new(), poll_interval_ms }
     }
 
-    /// polls the tx-pool for unique transactions and evicts expired transactions.
-    /// unique transactions that haven't been seen before are sent into the builder pipeline.
+    /// Polls the transaction cache for transactions.
     pub async fn check_tx_cache(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<TxEnvelope>, Error> {
         let url: Url = Url::parse(&self.config.tx_pool_url)?.join("transactions")?;
         let result = self.client.get(url).send().await?;
         let response: TxPoolResponse = from_slice(result.text().await?.as_bytes())?;
         Ok(response.transactions)
     }
+
+    async fn task_future(mut self, outbound: mpsc::UnboundedSender<TxEnvelope>) {
+        loop {
+            let span = tracing::debug_span!("TxPoller::loop", url = %self.config.tx_pool_url);
+
+            // Enter the span for the next check.
+            let _guard = span.enter();
+
+            // Check this here to avoid making the web request if we know
+            // we don't need the results.
+            if outbound.is_closed() {
+                trace!("No receivers left, shutting down");
+                break;
+            }
+            // exit the span after the check.
+            drop(_guard);
+
+            match self.check_tx_cache().instrument(span.clone()).await {
+                Ok(transactions) => {
+                    let _guard = span.entered();
+                    debug!(count = ?transactions.len(), "found transactions");
+                    for tx in transactions.into_iter() {
+                        if outbound.send(tx).is_err() {
+                            // If there are no receivers, we can shut down
+                            trace!("No receivers left, shutting down");
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                // If fetching was an error, we log and continue. We expect
+                // these to be transient network issues.
+                Err(e) => {
+                    debug!(error = %e, "Error fetching transactions");
+                }
+            }
+            time::sleep(time::Duration::from_millis(self.poll_interval_ms)).await;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Spawns a task that continuously polls the cache for transactions and sends any it finds to its sender.
+    pub fn spawn(self) -> (mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<TxEnvelope>, JoinHandle<()>) {
+        let (outbound, inbound) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+        let jh = tokio::spawn(self.task_future(outbound));
+        (inbound, jh)
+    }
 }