Official UK procurement notice
Innovation Operations Supplier · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Transport for London (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTransport for London has awarded Plexal (City) Ltd with an Innovation Operations Supplier contract to support the delivery of Open Innovation's discovery, trialling and commercialisation workflow.
Plexal is appointed to a 3+1 single supplier framework agreement with individual pieces of work to be delivered through call offs.
This award follows a restricted procedure.
CPV: Miscellaneous business and business-related services · Research and development consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 4 bids received (4.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Innovation Operations Supplier (IOS) will deliver work in the following four…AwardedPublished value£2,000,000
The Innovation Operations Supplier (IOS) will deliver work in the following four activity areas to be delivered through call off contracts:
- Scouting- finding innovative solutions and suppliers in the market to solve TfL problems.
- Horizon Scans - advising on early warning signs of change inside and outside TfL, future trends and themes in the nearer and longer terms that are relevant to TfL's strategic aims and offer realistic potential for scouting and trialling.
- Trial Management - managing trials with or on behalf of Open Innovation.
- Commercialisation - advising and supporting Open Innovation with sales, marketing and commercialisation opportunities.
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 65%
- price: 35%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 65
- Price: 35
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Innovation Operations Supplier” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 5 Mar 2024, 22:41 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Feb 2025, 12:55 GMT
- Authority reference
2024/S 000-007121- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007392- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0445dbFind a Tender
- Review procedure
In accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015
Publisher note: This contract notice (and the associated procurement documents) are published in good faith. No warranty is given as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in it. Any liability for inaccuracy or incompleteness is expressly disclaimed by TfL. Nothing in this contract notice (nor in the associated procurement documents) will be taken as constituting an offer (whether implied or otherwise) or any agreement, whether express or implied between, TFL and any other party. TFL reserves the right to withdraw from, cancel or amend the procurement process and may award the Restricted Procedure Framework Agreement in whole, in part or not at all as a result of this call for competition with no liability on its part. Entering into the Framework Agreement does not guarantee any level of services and/or works will be called-off by the contracting authority. TFL shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any economic operator in considering and/or responding to the procurement process and/or resulting from any amendment or cancellation of this procurement exercise. Bidders submit a response to the SQ and subsequent ITT at their own risk. All discussions will be conducted in English. Tenders and supporting documents must be priced in Pounds Sterling and all payments made under the Contract will be in Pounds Sterling. Bidders must read the instructions carefully before proceeding and are advised to satisfy themselves that they understand all the requirements of the procurement and terms of the contract and the rules of the procurement process before submitting their tender response.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 12 Apr 2024, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
12 Apr 2024 → 27 Feb 2025 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown12 Apr 2024, 17:00 BST
- Notice published27 Feb 2025, 12:55 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Feb 2025- Status changed to complete27 Feb 2025, 12:55 GMT
- Buyer details updated27 Feb 2025, 12:55 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 007392-2025-tfl_scp_002442-1
- Signed
- 28 Jan 2025
- Value
- £2,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeFramework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Plexal (City) LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria