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title: "Market Sounding Questionnaire: TfL Supplementary Works Approval Process"
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# Market Sounding Questionnaire: TfL Supplementary Works Approval Process

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-sounding-questionnaire-tfl-supplementary-works-approval-process-ocds-h6vhtk-058762). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Docklands Light Railway Limited: "Market Sounding Questionnaire: TfL Supplementary Works Approval Process". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Docklands Light Railway Limited](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):** Systems and technical consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-sounding-questionnaire-tfl-supplementary-works-approval-process-ocds-h6vhtk-058762#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-058762`

## 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-tfl-supplementary-works-approval-process-ocds-h6vhtk-058762#tl-md)

## Description
Transport for London's Innovation & Advisory team works with market innovators of all sizes to help solve some of the challenges TfL faces where there is a need for more innovative approaches. Rather than prescribing solutions, we look to the market for creative, resourceful and novel ways of applying existing technologies to deliver better, quicker or more efficient outcomes.
Transport for London (TfL) is seeking market feedback on potential solutions to improve the efficiency and customer experience of its Supplementary Works Approval processes. These processes include, but are not limited to, traffic management proposals, traffic orders, bus stop suspensions, and traffic signal switch-outs, which are required before a roadworks permit can be issued.
The purpose of this Market Sounding Questionnaire (MSQ) is to explore the availability of off-the-shelf solutions that can:
Consolidate multiple supplementary approval processes into a single coherent application or portal.
Integrate workflows across multiple TfL business teams.
Provide applicants with a clear, real-time view of all required approvals and their status.
Use traffic management logic and network assignment techniques to identify which approvals are needed and which parts of the road or bus network may be affected.
This MSQ is not part of a formal procurement process and does not constitute a call for competition. Responses will inform TfL's future strategy for network management and digital transformation.
Interested respondents are required to email Innovation@tfl.gov.uk to request the Market Sounding Questionnaire for the TfL Supplementary Works Approval Process. Completed responses must be submitted by 12:00 (midday) on Wednesday 27 August 2025.
Participation in this MSQ is not a prerequisite to, and will not prejudice, participation in any future competitive process. The information contained in this notice or in any communication made between TfL and any supplier in connection with this should not be relied upon as constituting a contract, agreement, or representation that any contract will be offered as a result of this MSQ. If TfL decides to progress with any procurement exercise, TfL will publish a separate contract notice.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 72220000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 26/08/2025 to 27/08/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F048542-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-08-13T15:48:20.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T05:16:57.587Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-058762