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title: "Market Sounding Questionnaire - Lateral optimised geometry for buses"
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# Market Sounding Questionnaire - Lateral optimised geometry for buses

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-sounding-questionnaire-lateral-optimised-geometry-for-buses-ocds-h6vhtk-048b6f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Transport for London: "Market Sounding Questionnaire - Lateral optimised geometry for buses". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Transport for London](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/transport-for-london-coh-01900907)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Road transport services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-048b6f`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-sounding-questionnaire-lateral-optimised-geometry-for-buses-ocds-h6vhtk-048b6f#tl-md)

## Description
This Market Sounding Questionnaire (MSQ) is issued by Transport for London (TfL) and seeks to obtain market feedback to help understand current solutions exist to improve deflection and reduce run over risk of vulnerable road users (VRUs) in the front of the bus through vehicle front skirting or run over protection.  The aim is to better understand supplier and service provider appetite, capacity and capability, as well as perceived risks. 
Please see the MS Form link here: https://forms.office.com/e/EYQpQkJYaD

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** This Market Sounding Questionnaire (MSQ) is issued by Transport for London (TfL) and seeks to obtain market feedback to help understand current solutions exist to improve deflection and reduce run over risk of vulnerable road users (VRUs) in the fron...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026072-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-16T10:09:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T17:27:31.755Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-048b6f