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We’re also looking at expanding the service beyond what is contained in an order to allow people to record information about things like yellow box junctions and bridge heights.\nNew TROs will increasingly be created and supplied digitally through D-TRO. However, a significant historic backlog of existing restrictions remains held by traffic authorities in a range of formats, including paper records, legacy systems, scanned documents and locally managed datasets.\nRequiring every authority to digitise this historic backlog individually could create substantial cost and administrative burden. DfT is therefore exploring whether a more efficient and strategically valuable approach could be adopted through national survey activity, existing commercial datasets, government datasets, or hybrid approaches.\nEarly engagement has identified that the same underlying data, imagery or digital representation could potentially support a wider range of public sector use cases, including road condition, asset management, accessibility, bus infrastructure, freight routing, bridge strike prevention, road safety, geospatial data improvement, digital twins and future transport technologies.\nAt this stage, DfT has not determined a preferred delivery model. The purpose of this RFI is to seek market insight on the most effective way to achieve the desired outcomes, including whether these are best delivered through a new national survey, licensing of existing data, a hybrid model, public sector stewardship, or another commercial and operational approach.\nYour requirement\nDfT seeks information from suppliers regarding the feasibility, cost, benefits and risks associated with the creation, acquisition, licensing or stewardship of a nationally consistent digital representation of England’s road network.\nExisting data availability\n•\tWhat relevant datasets already exist.\n•\tGeographic coverage and any gaps.\n•\tCurrency and update frequency.\n•\tData quality, provenance and reliability.\n•\tApplicable standards and assurance methods.\n•\tExisting ownership and licensing arrangements.\nSurvey and collection options\n•\tCapability for national-scale data collection.\n•\tUse of imagery, video, LiDAR, point clouds and other sensor technologies.\n•\tRecommended coverage models and road types.\n•\tAccuracy levels and quality assurance approaches.\n•\tApproaches to capturing features consistently and clearly.\n•\tRecommended refresh cycles.\nOwnership and licensing models\n•\tSupplier-owned data models.\n•\tGovernment-owned data models.\n•\tLicensing arrangements for existing data.\n•\tOpen data opportunities.\n•\tLocal authority and wider public sector access.\n•\tRights to reprocess source material in future.\n•\tExit arrangements and supplier lock-in risks.\nWider public sector value\n•\tAbility to support road condition assessment.\n•\tHighway asset management and operational decision-making.\n•\tAccessibility and inclusive transport applications.\n•\tFreight routing and bridge strike prevention.\n•\tDigital twins and future mobility.\n•\tOpportunities to collect once and use many times.\nTechnical capabilities\nSuppliers should describe their capability and experience in the following areas:\n•\tNational, regional or local authority road network surveys.\n•\tHighway asset, road condition, traffic management, geospatial or transport infrastructure datasets.\n•\tAI-enabled extraction of road assets and transport features from imagery or sensor data.\n•\tQuality assurance, accuracy assessment, validation and confidence scoring.\n•\tWorking with recognised road condition, geospatial, data or interoperability standards.\n•\tSecure data hosting, APIs, bulk downloads and data sharing with public sector users.\n•\tConsortium or partnership delivery models where relevant.\n•\tWorking with government, local authorities, National Highways or public sector transport bodies.\nLocation / Geography\nThe geographic scope under consideration is England’s road network. Suppliers should explain existing or achievable coverage, including differences across strategic roads, local roads, urban roads, rural roads, private roads, restricted-access roads and unadopted roads. Suppliers should also identify any coverage gaps, constraints or recommended exclusions.\nKey milestones and deliverables\nThe purpose of this RFI is to inform DfT’s future procurement and delivery strategy. DfT expects RFI responses to provide evidence on feasibility, existing capability, data availability, commercial models, ownership options, indicative cost drivers, standards, risks and opportunities.\nPotential outputs from this RFI exercise may include:\n•\tA summary of market capability and maturity.\n•\tAn assessment of existing datasets and coverage.\n•\tEvidence on survey, licensing, hybrid and stewardship models.\n•\tIndicative cost drivers and commercial considerations.\n•\tInformation to support a future business case and procurement strategy.\n•\tIdentification of potential supplier engagement or further market testing needs.\nGoods required / volumes\nNo goods or services are being procured through this RFI. 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Suppliers should also identify any restrictions associated with sensitive locations, critical infrastructure, personal data captured incidentally in imagery, anonymisation, redaction or onward sharing.\nSocial value\nDfT is interested in how different approaches could deliver wider social value, including improved accessibility, reduced duplication for local authorities, better public sector data sharing, support for SMEs and innovation, environmental benefits from avoiding repeated surveys, and improved transport outcomes for users.\nQuestions and Clarifications\n•\tSuppliers not currently registered on the DfT eSourcing platform should complete the registration process by following the guidance available on the platform’s entry page: https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html\n•\tEnter your RFI response into DfT’s eSourcing portal: https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html. 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The purpose of this RFI is to understand what data already exists, what could be collected or derived, what commercial and ownership models are available, and the likely costs, benefits and risks of different approaches. Suppliers are invited to respond on feasibility, existing work, commercial models, ownership and licensing, indicative cost drivers, standards, data quality, delivery timescales and wider innovation opportunities.\nRFI General conditions\tThis is not a call for competition and there is no commitment. Any costs associated with producing a response to this RFI must be borne by the supplier. This RFI cannot be used as a down-selection. Responses must be made in good faith. Information provided through this RFI is indicative, subject to change and non-binding. DfT reserves the right not to proceed with any procurement as a result of this engagement.\nAs part of their response suppliers shall identify the most appropriate route to market for this opportunity.\nOverview of requirement\nThe Department for Transport is exploring options for establishing a nationally consistent digital baseline of England’s road network to support Digital Traffic Regulation Orders and wider transport data objectives.\nThe initial driver for this work is the need to establish a reliable baseline for traffic restrictions and regulations across England. Traffic Regulation Orders are the local rules of the road, containing important information about things like yellow lines, parking rules and timings and speed limits. We’re also looking at expanding the service beyond what is contained in an order to allow people to record information about things like yellow box junctions and bridge heights.\nNew TROs will increasingly be created and supplied digitally through D-TRO. However, a significant historic backlog of existing restrictions remains held by traffic authorities in a range of formats, including paper records, legacy systems, scanned documents and locally managed datasets.\nRequiring every authority to digitise this historic backlog individually could create substantial cost and administrative burden. DfT is therefore exploring whether a more efficient and strategically valuable approach could be adopted through national survey activity, existing commercial datasets, government datasets, or hybrid approaches.\nEarly engagement has identified that the same underlying data, imagery or digital representation could potentially support a wider range of public sector use cases, including road condition, asset management, accessibility, bus infrastructure, freight routing, bridge strike prevention, road safety, geospatial data improvement, digital twins and future transport technologies.\nAt this stage, DfT has not determined a preferred delivery model. The purpose of this RFI is to seek market insight on the most effective way to achieve the desired outcomes, including whether these are best delivered through a new national survey, licensing of existing data, a hybrid model, public sector stewardship, or another commercial and operational approach.\nYour requirement\nDfT seeks information from suppliers regarding the feasibility, cost, benefits and risks associated with the creation, acquisition, licensing or stewardship of a nationally consistent digital representation of England’s road network.\nExisting data availability\n•\tWhat relevant datasets already exist.\n•\tGeographic coverage and any gaps.\n•\tCurrency and update frequency.\n•\tData quality, provenance and reliability.\n•\tApplicable standards and assurance methods.\n•\tExisting ownership and licensing arrangements.\nSurvey and collection options\n•\tCapability for national-scale data collection.\n•\tUse of imagery, video, LiDAR, point clouds and other sensor technologies.\n•\tRecommended coverage models and road types.\n•\tAccuracy levels and quality assurance approaches.\n•\tApproaches to capturing features consistently and clearly.\n•\tRecommended refresh cycles.\nOwnership and licensing models\n•\tSupplier-owned data models.\n•\tGovernment-owned data models.\n•\tLicensing arrangements for existing data.\n•\tOpen data opportunities.\n•\tLocal authority and wider public sector access.\n•\tRights to reprocess source material in future.\n•\tExit arrangements and supplier lock-in risks.\nWider public sector value\n•\tAbility to support road condition assessment.\n•\tHighway asset management and operational decision-making.\n•\tAccessibility and inclusive transport applications.\n•\tFreight routing and bridge strike prevention.\n•\tDigital twins and future mobility.\n•\tOpportunities to collect once and use many times.\nTechnical capabilities\nSuppliers should describe their capability and experience in the following areas:\n•\tNational, regional or local authority road network surveys.\n•\tHighway asset, road condition, traffic management, geospatial or transport infrastructure datasets.\n•\tAI-enabled extraction of road assets and transport features from imagery or sensor data.\n•\tQuality assurance, accuracy assessment, validation and confidence scoring.\n•\tWorking with recognised road condition, geospatial, data or interoperability standards.\n•\tSecure data hosting, APIs, bulk downloads and data sharing with public sector users.\n•\tConsortium or partnership delivery models where relevant.\n•\tWorking with government, local authorities, National Highways or public sector transport bodies.\nLocation / Geography\nThe geographic scope under consideration is England’s road network. Suppliers should explain existing or achievable coverage, including differences across strategic roads, local roads, urban roads, rural roads, private roads, restricted-access roads and unadopted roads. Suppliers should also identify any coverage gaps, constraints or recommended exclusions.\nKey milestones and deliverables\nThe purpose of this RFI is to inform DfT’s future procurement and delivery strategy. DfT expects RFI responses to provide evidence on feasibility, existing capability, data availability, commercial models, ownership options, indicative cost drivers, standards, risks and opportunities.\nPotential outputs from this RFI exercise may include:\n•\tA summary of market capability and maturity.\n•\tAn assessment of existing datasets and coverage.\n•\tEvidence on survey, licensing, hybrid and stewardship models.\n•\tIndicative cost drivers and commercial considerations.\n•\tInformation to support a future business case and procurement strategy.\n•\tIdentification of potential supplier engagement or further market testing needs.\nGoods required / volumes\nNo goods or services are being procured through this RFI. Suppliers are invited to provide indicative information on scale, volumes, coverage, delivery timescales and cost drivers for different options, including licensing existing data, commissioning new national collection, hybrid models, data hosting, ongoing refresh and future reprocessing of source material.\nSecurity and confidentiality requirements\nAll information handling would need to follow DfT security guidelines. Suppliers should identify any security, privacy, confidentiality or data protection considerations associated with the collection, processing, storage and sharing of road network imagery, video, LiDAR, point clouds and derived datasets. Suppliers should also identify any restrictions associated with sensitive locations, critical infrastructure, personal data captured incidentally in imagery, anonymisation, redaction or onward sharing.\nSocial value\nDfT is interested in how different approaches could deliver wider social value, including improved accessibility, reduced duplication for local authorities, better public sector data sharing, support for SMEs and innovation, environmental benefits from avoiding repeated surveys, and improved transport outcomes for users.\nQuestions and Clarifications\n•\tSuppliers not currently registered on the DfT eSourcing platform should complete the registration process by following the guidance available on the platform’s entry page: https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html\n•\tEnter your RFI response into DfT’s eSourcing portal: https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html. Responses submitted by other means may be rejected.\n•\tPotential Providers may raise questions or seek clarification regarding any aspect of this RFI before the clarification deadline. Questions must be submitted via DfT’s eSourcing platform.\n•\tTo ensure all Potential Providers have equal access to information, responses to clarification questions may be published to all parties who have expressed interest. Responses will not identify the originator of the question.\n•\tNot responding to this RFI will not necessarily restrict Potential Providers from submitting a bid in response to any future procurement.\nPlease contact Jason Thrupp - jason.thrupp@dft.gov.uk to confirm interest and request access to the RFI\nDATE\tACTIVITY\n22 September 2026\tPublication of the Request for Information\n22 September 2026\tClarification period starts\n01 October 2026 @16:00\tClarification period closes\n05 October 2026\tDeadline for publication of responses to clarification questions\n09 October 2026 @ 16:00\tDeadline for submission of RFI responses\n12 October 2026 – 16 October 2026\tAnalysis of RFI responses\nW/C 19 October 2026\tConfirm next steps to RFI respondents\nW/C 02 November 2026\tSupplier event, if required" }, { "releaseID": "094765-2026", "releaseDate": "2026-10-07T13:52:44+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "planningUpdate" ], "value": "Category\tDescription\nStart date\t22 September 2026\nRespond by\t14th October 2026\nRoutes to market being considered\tTransport Technology (RM6347), Lots 1, 2, 7a & 7c & RM6094 (Spark DPS)\nAssociated notice if applicable\tN/A \nThe ask\tThe Department for Transport is seeking market insight into options for creating, acquiring, licensing or stewarding a nationally consistent digital representation of England’s road network. The purpose of this RFI is to understand what data already exists, what could be collected or derived, what commercial and ownership models are available, and the likely costs, benefits and risks of different approaches. Suppliers are invited to respond on feasibility, existing work, commercial models, ownership and licensing, indicative cost drivers, standards, data quality, delivery timescales and wider innovation opportunities.\nRFI General conditions\tThis is not a call for competition and there is no commitment. Any costs associated with producing a response to this RFI must be borne by the supplier. This RFI cannot be used as a down-selection. Responses must be made in good faith. Information provided through this RFI is indicative, subject to change and non-binding. DfT reserves the right not to proceed with any procurement as a result of this engagement.\nAs part of their response suppliers shall identify the most appropriate route to market for this opportunity.\nOverview of requirement\nThe Department for Transport is exploring options for establishing a nationally consistent digital baseline of England’s road network to support Digital Traffic Regulation Orders and wider transport data objectives.\nThe initial driver for this work is the need to establish a reliable baseline for traffic restrictions and regulations across England. Traffic Regulation Orders are the local rules of the road, containing important information about things like yellow lines, parking rules and timings and speed limits. We’re also looking at expanding the service beyond what is contained in an order to allow people to record information about things like yellow box junctions and bridge heights.\nNew TROs will increasingly be created and supplied digitally through D-TRO. However, a significant historic backlog of existing restrictions remains held by traffic authorities in a range of formats, including paper records, legacy systems, scanned documents and locally managed datasets.\nRequiring every authority to digitise this historic backlog individually could create substantial cost and administrative burden. DfT is therefore exploring whether a more efficient and strategically valuable approach could be adopted through national survey activity, existing commercial datasets, government datasets, or hybrid approaches.\nEarly engagement has identified that the same underlying data, imagery or digital representation could potentially support a wider range of public sector use cases, including road condition, asset management, accessibility, bus infrastructure, freight routing, bridge strike prevention, road safety, geospatial data improvement, digital twins and future transport technologies.\nAt this stage, DfT has not determined a preferred delivery model. The purpose of this RFI is to seek market insight on the most effective way to achieve the desired outcomes, including whether these are best delivered through a new national survey, licensing of existing data, a hybrid model, public sector stewardship, or another commercial and operational approach.\nYour requirement\nDfT seeks information from suppliers regarding the feasibility, cost, benefits and risks associated with the creation, acquisition, licensing or stewardship of a nationally consistent digital representation of England’s road network.\nExisting data availability\n•\tWhat relevant datasets already exist.\n•\tGeographic coverage and any gaps.\n•\tCurrency and update frequency.\n•\tData quality, provenance and reliability.\n•\tApplicable standards and assurance methods.\n•\tExisting ownership and licensing arrangements.\nSurvey and collection options\n•\tCapability for national-scale data collection.\n•\tUse of imagery, video, LiDAR, point clouds and other sensor technologies.\n•\tRecommended coverage models and road types.\n•\tAccuracy levels and quality assurance approaches.\n•\tApproaches to capturing features consistently and clearly.\n•\tRecommended refresh cycles.\nOwnership and licensing models\n•\tSupplier-owned data models.\n•\tGovernment-owned data models.\n•\tLicensing arrangements for existing data.\n•\tOpen data opportunities.\n•\tLocal authority and wider public sector access.\n•\tRights to reprocess source material in future.\n•\tExit arrangements and supplier lock-in risks.\nWider public sector value\n•\tAbility to support road condition assessment.\n•\tHighway asset management and operational decision-making.\n•\tAccessibility and inclusive transport applications.\n•\tFreight routing and bridge strike prevention.\n•\tDigital twins and future mobility.\n•\tOpportunities to collect once and use many times.\nTechnical capabilities\nSuppliers should describe their capability and experience in the following areas:\n•\tNational, regional or local authority road network surveys.\n•\tHighway asset, road condition, traffic management, geospatial or transport infrastructure datasets.\n•\tAI-enabled extraction of road assets and transport features from imagery or sensor data.\n•\tQuality assurance, accuracy assessment, validation and confidence scoring.\n•\tWorking with recognised road condition, geospatial, data or interoperability standards.\n•\tSecure data hosting, APIs, bulk downloads and data sharing with public sector users.\n•\tConsortium or partnership delivery models where relevant.\n•\tWorking with government, local authorities, National Highways or public sector transport bodies.\nLocation / Geography\nThe geographic scope under consideration is England’s road network. Suppliers should explain existing or achievable coverage, including differences across strategic roads, local roads, urban roads, rural roads, private roads, restricted-access roads and unadopted roads. Suppliers should also identify any coverage gaps, constraints or recommended exclusions.\nKey milestones and deliverables\nThe purpose of this RFI is to inform DfT’s future procurement and delivery strategy. DfT expects RFI responses to provide evidence on feasibility, existing capability, data availability, commercial models, ownership options, indicative cost drivers, standards, risks and opportunities.\nPotential outputs from this RFI exercise may include:\n•\tA summary of market capability and maturity.\n•\tAn assessment of existing datasets and coverage.\n•\tEvidence on survey, licensing, hybrid and stewardship models.\n•\tIndicative cost drivers and commercial considerations.\n•\tInformation to support a future business case and procurement strategy.\n•\tIdentification of potential supplier engagement or further market testing needs.\nGoods required / volumes\nNo goods or services are being procured through this RFI. Suppliers are invited to provide indicative information on scale, volumes, coverage, delivery timescales and cost drivers for different options, including licensing existing data, commissioning new national collection, hybrid models, data hosting, ongoing refresh and future reprocessing of source material.\nSecurity and confidentiality requirements\nAll information handling would need to follow DfT security guidelines. Suppliers should identify any security, privacy, confidentiality or data protection considerations associated with the collection, processing, storage and sharing of road network imagery, video, LiDAR, point clouds and derived datasets. Suppliers should also identify any restrictions associated with sensitive locations, critical infrastructure, personal data captured incidentally in imagery, anonymisation, redaction or onward sharing.\nSocial value\nDfT is interested in how different approaches could deliver wider social value, including improved accessibility, reduced duplication for local authorities, better public sector data sharing, support for SMEs and innovation, environmental benefits from avoiding repeated surveys, and improved transport outcomes for users.\nQuestions and Clarifications\n•\tSuppliers not currently registered on the DfT eSourcing platform should complete the registration process by following the guidance available on the platform’s entry page: https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html\n•\tEnter your RFI response into DfT’s eSourcing portal: https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html. 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