Official UK procurement notice
Framework for Traffic Data Collection Services
Authority: Transport for London (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTransport for London (TfL) is issuing a preliminary market engagement notice to obtain market feedback in relation to the Traffic Data Collection Services Framework by issuing a Market Sounding Questionnaire (MSQ).
The primary focus of the MSQ is to better understand the market, supplier appetite, capacity, and capability, as well as perceived risks and opportunities. The engagement will also provide feedback and help to develop the lotting strategy for the framework.
The purpose of the framework is to support the area within TfL, by allowing services to be competed through the framework, ensuring value for money for TfL.
TfL envisage that the framework will be a standard framework with a duration of 3 years with an option to extend for a further year, however this could change following feedback from the market and TfL reserve the right to change our procurement approach.
Full details of the MSQ and how to engage in the process can be found in the notice below.
TFL Consider that the Framework for Traffic Data Collection Services will consist of following four (4) lots (these are subject to change following response from the MSQ):
Temporary Traffic Counting Surveys - TfL requires highly accurate counts of vehicles (split by vehicle classification such as HGV's, Buses, Cars...), pedestrians, and cyclists utilising data from remote sensors or manual enumerators (for short term deployment) providing timely intelligence to support TfL business decisions.
Temporary Traffic Tracking Surveys - TfL requires highly accurate counts and journey times from point-to-point movements of vehicles (split by vehicle classification), pedestrians, and cyclists from remote sensors for short term deployment providing timely intelligence to support TfL business decisions.
Temporary Traffic Speed Surveys - TfL requires highly accurate spot speeds of vehicles (split by vehicle classification) and cyclists from remote sensors for short term deployment providing timely intelligence to support TfL business decisions.
Specialist Services and Analytics - TfL currently utilises the following specialist traffic data surveys and analysis: Traffic signal specific surveys (Degree of Saturation (DoS) and Under-Utilised Green (UGT)) or Behavioural and compliance studies. However, TFL will use the results from this MSQ to inform the Specialist Service & Analytics lot for the Framework.
CPV: Traffic monitoring services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 17 Dec 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Framework for Traffic Data Collection Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Transport for London buys Support services for land transport (CPV 6371), and who usually turns up
Transport for London’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Support services for land transport (CPV 6371) →
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 125 days of the bid deadline.
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Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid3%
2–318%
4–630%
7+48%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 6371Published estimate£2.0m
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 12 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
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2–38%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 May 2025, 22:24 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Feb 2026, 15:16 GMT
- Authority reference
ICT15139- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-016163- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
22 May 2025 → 17 Dec 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published22 May 2025, 22:24 BST
- Market engagement1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
TfL invites suppliers to participate in this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise by completing a Market Sounding Questionnaire (MSQ). All feedback received will be treated as confidential and will be used by TfL to help to shape any upcoming procurement opportunity.
Information on the engagement process and the procurement can be found in MSQ documents which will be emailed to interested suppliers.
The engagement process consists of the following key steps:
- Registering Interest - Suppliers who wish to participate should express their interest by emailing [email protected] and quoting 'Traffic Data Collection Services Framework - Registering MSQ interest'.
- Review and complete the MSQ document.
- Email the completed MSQ document back to [email protected] before the deadline of 17:00 on Friday 1st August 2025.
TfL may follow up this MSQ with further engagement activities following the submission of the MSQs, for example through a 1-2-1 engagement session.
If you have any questions about the process, please do not hesitate to get in touch by emailing [email protected].
We look forward to hearing from you.
- Latest notice published239 days ago23 Feb 2026, 15:16 GMT
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 27 days15 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 58 days17 Dec 2026
Notice history
7 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025- Pipeline notice published22 May 2025, 22:24 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published23 May 2025, 09:36 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published23 May 2025, 11:29 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Jul 2025, 16:14 BSTUK2
- Published value published: £2,000,0009 Jul 2025, 16:14 BST
- Pipeline notice published23 Feb 2026, 15:13 GMTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Feb 2026, 15:16 GMTUK2
Published amendments (2)
Opened for editing for internal reference. No changes made.
No changes made.
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2025-05: 3 releases · 22 May 2025, 23 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender