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Early Market Engagement-Meter and Billing Services

Buyer: The Swaythling Housing Society Ltd (Trading as Abri) →

BuyerThe Swaythling Housing Society Ltd (Trading as Abri)

Statusplanning

DeadlineNot published

ValueValue not published

Published12 Jan 2026

What is being bought

This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Exercise - this not a tendering opportunity or a call for competition. Abri, manage approximately 100 heat networks across 3,000 homes. We are seeking a long-term, strategic partner to support the delivery of metering and billing services across our portfolio. Our objectives are to ensure compliance with the Heat Network (Metering & Billing) Regulations ahead of January 2026, transition to accurate consumption-based billing, secure a scalable and future-proof partner aligned with Net Zero goals, and enhance performance, customer experience, accuracy, and transparency. We are at an early stage and undertaking soft market engagement to understand whether the market can provide the services and solutions we are seeking.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning

Contract periodFrom 1 Jul 2026 to 30 Jun 2031

SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Energy meters, Repair and maintenance services of gas meters, Repair and maintenance services of electricity meters, Meter reading service	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 38. The category anchor is Energy meters (38551000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 38	1,105	2 median · 10.4 average (377 of 1,105 with a bid count)	3.1 average (426 of 1,105 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	0	Not published	Not published	Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimeNot published

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones1

Milestone	Type	Due	Status
Please see documentation and questionnaire on our tendering portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/abri/aspx/Home	engagement	15 Jan 2026	scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender planning · marketEngagementNotice

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-05fc94
Latest release ID	002213-2026
Latest release timestamp	Mon Jan 12 2026 11:47:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planning
Procurement method	Not published
Procurement method details	Not published
Main procurement category	services
Above threshold	Not published
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	Not published
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
12 Jan 2026	planningUpdate	002213-2026
23 Dec 2025	planning	085847-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)

12 Jan 2026 · 002213-2026 · planningUpdate

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23 Dec 2025 · 085847-2025 · planning

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