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# Prior Information Notice - Maintenance Inspections of Masts and Towers at 11 HIAL Airports

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/prior-information-notice-maintenance-inspections-of-masts-and-towers-at-11-hial-airports-ocds-h6vhtk-046c06). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Highlands and Islands Airports Limited: "Prior Information Notice - Maintenance Inspections of Masts and Towers at 11 HIAL Airports". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Highlands and Islands Airports Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/highlands-and-islands-airports-limited-GB-FTS-100)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Industrial inspection services, Masts, Technical inspection and testing services, Technical inspection services, Technical inspection services of engineering structures (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKM6, UKM61, UKM62, UKM63, UKM64, UKM65, UKM66, UKM71
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-046c06`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/prior-information-notice-maintenance-inspections-of-masts-and-towers-at-11-hial-airports-ocds-h6vhtk-046c06#tl-md)

## Description
This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the supply market of one of 31 forthcoming Infrastructure Maintenance Service Tenders across HIAL Airports in 2024/25.
Masts & Towers Inspections - HIAL operate 96 masts and towers across 11 of its airports at Barra, Benbecula, Campbeltown, Dundee, Inverness, Islay, Kirkwall, Stornoway, Sumburgh, Tiree and Wick John O'Groats.
The services are being commissioned to provide HIAL with asset condition  inspections, maintenance reports and safe-to-climb certificates for its mast and tower structures located at each of the 11 airports.
HIAL are seeking to appoint a dedicated contractor to ensure correct maintenance inspection services to these assets, which are an essential operational and safety obligation.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 44212200, 44212250, 71631000, 71631400, 71730000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The Contractor must provide annual testing services, maintenance inspections, and maintenance inspection reports on the structural condition and maintenance needs of its 96 masts and towers, located across 11 Airports at Barra, Benbecula, Campbeltown...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016744-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-05-29T12:26:32.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T10:03:58.446Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-046c06