Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13beb-591e-7084-8dfd-ad57b996d2bd/highways-structures-principal-inspections Open for bids GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Highways Structures Principal Inspections [The Council of the Borough of Kirklees](https://tendernation.io/buyers/the-council-of-the-borough-of-kirklees) Estimated value £170,000 Published 8 Oct 2026 Deadline 23 days left 9 Nov 2026 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender This estimated contract start date is 7th December 2026 and will run until 6th September 2028. The Council is looking to award to a suitably qualified, competent and experienced Engineering Consultancy that can undertake regular planned inspections and prepare reports for Kirklees Council owned structures detailed within Appendix 5: Price Lists. Highway Structures include: bridges (including footbridges, cycle route bridges, bridleway bridges, accommodation bridges, occupation bridges, swing bridges, subways, underpasses, buried culverts); retaining walls; sign/signal gantries; cantilever road signs; tunnels and which satisfy the dimensional criteria defined in the Well-Managed Highway Infrastructure: Code of Practice - Part C and CG 300 Technical Approval of Highway Structures. The services that the Contractor will provide are technical, engineering, and supervisory services associated with the execution of inspection works and the preparation of inspection reports for each of the structures in Price Lists 1, 2, 3 and 4. ## CPV classification Structural engineering consultancy services Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-077983-2026-10-08T14:46:25+01:00 [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-077983-2026-10-08T14:46:25+01:00) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile The Council of the Borough of Kirklees: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/the-council-of-the-borough-of-kirklees) [Sector More Architecture, engineering & surveying tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/architecture-engineering-surveying) ## More tenders like this [Dynamic Purchasing System for Civils, Structures and Surface Treatments · North Somerset Council · 1523 days left · 18 Dec 2030](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13ba3-5e1d-7152-94f9-b88bc92e2ff8/dynamic-purchasing-system-for-civils-structures-and-surface-treatments) [MBC ITT - General & Principal Bridge Inspections · Maidstone Borough Council · 6 days left · 23 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bea-891e-73dc-9463-1724a518dcee/mbc-itt-general-principal-bridge-inspections) [Confined Spaces Principal Inspections · Via East Midlands Limited · 13 days left · 30 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13beb-f0a3-702f-ade2-adfa573cbb95/confined-spaces-principal-inspections) [TD2340 - Framework for Highways Services · Derby City Council · 16 days left · 2 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13def-84a7-7146-9930-8319c3d4568d/td2340-framework-for-highways-services) [Highways DPS · North Somerset Council · 1524 days left · 19 Dec 2030](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cdf-d90e-70cb-a9bf-df64ac42e012/highways-dps) [Technical and Highways Works Framework · Salford City Council · 18 days left · 4 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bcd-44e6-7395-b36f-2095799047f7/technical-and-highways-works-framework)