Official UK procurement notice
Highways Structures Principal Inspections
Authority: Kirklees Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis 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.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 16 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT.
- How the procedure runs: Stage 1 - Completeness and Compliance Checks Stage 2 - Exclusion Grounds Stage 3 - Conditions of Participation Stage 4 - Quality and Price Assessment Stage 5 - Due Diligence Checks
CPV: Structural engineering consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£170,000
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £193,919 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Kirklees Council buys Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131), and who usually turns up
Kirklees Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 56 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid24% / 10%
2–327% / 15%
4–629% / 31%
7+20% / 44%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate11% / 34%
Within ±2%68% / 46%
Above estimate21% / 20%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 7131Published estimate£170k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid14%
2–340%
4–632%
7+14%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 25 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£156k–£170k
Estimate£170k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
WSP UK LimitedLarge | £487m124 awards in 36m · last this month | 50 live · £411m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=17 |
Atkins LimitedLarge | £138m83 awards in 36m · last this month | 25 live · £178m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=13 |
| £60m134 awards in 36m · last this month | 33 live · £19m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=27 | |
Amey OW LimitedLarge | £66m13 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 3 live · £410k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 38% below n=1 |
| £32m51 awards in 36m · last this month | 17 live · £16m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 16 Nov 2026
- First published
- 24 Sept 2026, 13:35 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Oct 2026, 13:11 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
KMCHS-466- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095285- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077983Find a Tender
- How it runs
Stage 1 - Completeness and Compliance Checks
Stage 2 - Exclusion Grounds
Stage 3 - Conditions of Participation
Stage 4 - Quality and Price Assessment
Stage 5 - Due Diligence Checks
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via YPO eSourcing- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 9 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Oct 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
24 Sept 2026 → 7 Dec 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published32 days ago24 Sept 2026, 13:35 BST
- Next notice expected24 days ago3 Oct 2026, 00:59 BST
- Tender notice published18 days ago8 Oct 2026, 14:46 BST
- Clarification questions by14h ago26 Oct 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 13 days9 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 20 days16 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 40 days7 Dec 2026
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Sept 2026- Planned procurement notice published24 Sept 2026, 13:35 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published8 Oct 2026, 14:46 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £170,0008 Oct 2026, 14:46 BST
- Status changed to active8 Oct 2026, 14:46 BST
- Deadline moved to 9 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT8 Oct 2026, 14:46 BST+10 days · was 30 Oct 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Tender notice published9 Oct 2026, 13:11 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Amendment to the Atamis Reference number was C1322 is now C1363
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender