Innovation Operations Supplier[E11]

From the notice

Transport for London's Open Innovation Team is looking to appoint an Innovation Operations Supplier (IOS) to support the delivery of Open Innovation's discovery, trialling and commercialisation workflow. The IOS would be appointed to a 3+1 master agreement with individual pieces of work being delivered through call offs. A single supplier would be appointed as the IOS. The IOS would be required to deliver work in the following four activity areas to be delivered through call off contracts: 1. Scouting - finding innovative solutions and suppliers in the market to solve TfL problems 2. 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 3. Trial Management - managing trials with or on behalf of Open Innovation. 4. Commercialisation - advising and supporting Open Innovation with sales, marketing and commercialisation opportunities This tender will follow the restricted procedure with any prospective bidder being able to compete in the Supplier Questionnaire (SQ) stage. Up to six of the highest scoring suppliers following the evaluation of the SQ submissions will then be invited to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage. The SQ/ITT will both be managed on TfL's e-tendering platform SAP Ariba. SQ/ITT submissions and any clarification queries must be submitted via the relevant SAP Ariba Sourcing Event. Registration Process In order to receive access to the SQ documentati…[E5]

• ConditionDelivery location: London, United Kingdom.[E6]
• The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

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1. First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 14:14 UTC

   The deadline (2024-04-22T11:00:00.000Z) has passed.

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1. E1

   The buyer is Transport for London.

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2. E2

   The notice is classified under CPV 73200000 (Research and development consultancy services).

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3. E3

   Contracts Finder publishes United Kingdom procurement.

   “England”

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4. E4

   Tenders must be submitted by 22 Apr 2024, 12:00 UTC+01:00.

   “2024-04-22T12:00:00+01:00”

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5. E5

   The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.

   “Transport for London's Open Innovation Team is looking to appoint an Innovation Operations Supplier (IOS) to support the delivery of Open Innovation's discovery, trialling and commercialisation workflow. The IOS would be appointed to a 3+1 master agreement with individual pieces…”

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6. E6

   Delivery location: London, United Kingdom.

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7. E7

   This notice changes or updates a call for competition.

   “tenderAmendment”

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8. E8

   The procedure is: Restricted procedure (above threshold).

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9. E9

   The notice was published on 6 Mar 2024.

   “2024-03-06T09:33:07Z”

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10. E10

    Contracts Finder gives the tender status as active.

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11. E11

    The notice is titled "Innovation Operations Supplier".

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12. E12

    The stated value is GBP 2,000,000.

    “2000000 GBP”

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