Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Sanderson Watts Associates
- Value
- £151,000
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Technical inspection services (CPV 71631000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Aug 2026
- Published2 Sep 2026Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
(i) Highway Structures are maintained in the districts as part of the statutory obligation of the highway authority to maintain public highways as set out in the Highways Act 1980. The provisions of the Act set out duties and responsibilities of the Councils as the local Highway Authorities. (ii) 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 BD 2/12 CG 300 (Technical Approval of Highway Structures). (iii) Undertaking regular planned inspections of Highway Structures assets is one of the ways by which the authorities fulfil their duties and responsibilities to help ensure that these vital assets continue to be safe for use and fit for purpose. T…
About the supplier
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