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# Metering and Billing Services (Housing Communal Areas)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/metering-and-billing-services-housing-communal-areas-ocds-h6vhtk-04de52). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Birmingham City Council: "Metering and Billing Services (Housing Communal Areas)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,400,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Birmingham City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/birmingham-city-council-ons-e08000025)
- **Published Value:** £3,400,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 21 March 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Meter reading service, Repair and maintenance services of electricity meters, Repair and maintenance services of gas meters
- **Delivery Location:** UKG31
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,604,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/metering-and-billing-services-housing-communal-areas-ocds-h6vhtk-04de52#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04de52`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/metering-and-billing-services-housing-communal-areas-ocds-h6vhtk-04de52#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.in-tendhost.co.uk%2Fbirminghamcc)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/metering-and-billing-services-housing-communal-areas-ocds-h6vhtk-04de52#participate

## Description
There is a requirement to source a new heat network metering and billing solution and a metering and billing agent across its heat network portfolio of 31 sites and circa 1500 properties.The new heat network metering solution includes the following equipment:•	Heat Meter•	Payment Meter•	In Home Display•	Pre-payment ValveThe new heat network metering solution must be: •	Transferable i.e. be able to be operated by different and multiple metering and billing agents to manage risk and provide value for money•	Operate in Pay-As-You Go (PAYG) mode. •	Reliable (meter read percentage of 95%), accurate (to all metering directives and regulations) and have a 5-year warranty period (kit and installation).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 50411200, 50411300, 65500000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** The scope of works of this contract will be as follows:1.	Install and commission the new heat network metering solution, including full project management and resident engagement/communication.2.	Ongoing metering and billing service to customers3.	Ac...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 060300-2025-1-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Sycous Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-89688`
  - Value: £1,604,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 060300-2025-1-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,604,000
  - Signed Date: 03/04/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F060300-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-09-26T15:50:09.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T19:10:38.204Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04de52