Roadlab 3 Innovation Challenge MSQ: Improving sustainability across roadworks and road networks with a focus on carbon reduction in roadwork maintenance and reducing impact of flooding through drainage

This Market Sounding Questionnaire (MSQ) is issued by Transport for London (TfL) ahead of a potential funded competition to engage with the market to:

• Understand what solutions exist that could improve sustainability across TfL's road network. • Understand what technologies and processes exist in other cities, locations and industries that might be applicable to road network in London. • Gauge suppliers' interest, capabilities, and capacity to engage in a potential future trial.

We are interested in learning about all solutions that could improve sustainability in roadworks, however there are two problem statements that this challenge will focus on:

• Reducing carbon impact in roadwork maintenance activities • Improving drainage to deal with surface water flooding

Note: We are still interested in your solution as long as it's relevant to sustainability across roadworks and TfL's road network. Funding may be made available for future trials with solutions that fall outside of the two problem areas above.

Please complete the questionnaire either online via MS forms at the following link https://forms.office.com/e/whJCCLBxXb (recommended option), or you can download the MSQ below and then submit it to email [email protected] with the title 'RoadLab 3 MSQ submission'. If you have any issues with access and/you would like to raise any clarifications, please email [email protected] with the title 'RoadLab 3 MSQ query'

For your feedback to be taken into account, your completed MSQ must be received by 1pm GMT the 6 September 2024.

All timelines provided are subject to change at TfL's discretion.

This questionnaire will not form part of any formal TfL procurement process. All responses received by this date will be considered but will not bind TfL to any particular approach

Additional information: Information provided within this MSQ (the EME documents) does not purport to be comprehensive or verified by TfL or its advisers. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is or will be given by TfL or any of its officers, employees, servants, agents or advisers with respect to the information or opinions contained in the EME documents. Any liability in respect of such representations or warranties, howsoever arising, is hereby expressly disclaimed but nothing in the EME documents shall exclude or restrict liability for fraudulent misrepresentations.

TfL reserves the right without prior notice to amend the information provided, including, but not limited to, changing the timetable, the scope and nature of the procurement and the procurement process. In particular, TfL reserves the right to issue circulars to interested parties providing further information or supplementing and / or amending the procurement process. In no circumstances shall TfL incur any liability in respect of any changes. This will be subject to the requirements of public law, the UK and EU procurement rules and Treaty on the functioning of the European Union rules and general principles.

TfL reserves the right without prior notice not to follow up the EME documents in any way or with any interested parties. TfL also reserves the right to terminate this process at any time without awarding a contract. TfL will not enter into a contract based solely on the responses to the EME documents and no information contained within the EME documents or in any communication made between TfL and any interested party in connection with the EME documents shall be relied upon as constituting a contract or representation that any contract shall be offered.

Direct or indirect canvassing of the Mayor, any members of the Greater London Authority, employees, directors, board members, agents and advisers of TfL and any of its subsidiaries by any person concerning the EME documents or any related procurement process and any attempt to procure information from any of the foregoing concerning the EME documents may result in the disqualification of the person and / or the relevant organisation from consideration during the market engagement or for any associated procurement.