Innovation Collaboration Framework (ICF)

TfL’s Open Innovation Team, works with market innovators of all sizes to help solve some of the challenges that TfL faces where there is a need for more innovative solutions. Rather than prescribing solutions, we instead look to the market for creative, resourceful and novel approaches to problem solving to create new value for TfL by doing things better, quicker or cheaper. The Innovation Collaboration Framework (ICF) will provide a new route to market through the appointment of up to three innovation-focused partners. This will have a single lot structure and the scope of projects will be centered on the Mayor’s Transport Strategy objectives. Our partners will be appointed to solve TfL problem statements through developing, testing and scaling innovative solutions relating to priority mobility issues. This proposed framework relies on R&D investment from market innovators as well as co-creation to develop solutions that can be scaled and co-commercialised as appropriate, within London, nationally and/or internationally.