Official UK procurement notice
Metering (Power & Water) Services Contract - UoBath/Proc/1439
Authority: University of Bath (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University has invested in a sub-metering system that covers the Claverton Campus together with properties in the City of Bath; in total there are over 2000 meters installed on electrical, gas, water, and heat supplies.
The University wishes to establish a contract to cover the essential maintenance and support of the existing sub-metering hardware, along with any additional metering as required. The hardware is based on Ethernet-to-RS485 gateways and RS485-connected pulse counters, together with a variety of RS485- and pulse-output-connected electric, gas, water, and heat meters. Historically, Elcomponent gateways and 4MODs have been extensively used, latterly being supplemented by iSMA devices and some LoRaWAN-connected devices
It is anticipated that the contractor will be able to demonstrate significant experience working on large scale AMR systems using the same hardware and software.
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- How the procedure runs: Stage 1 Pass/Fail Technical review of offer Stage 2 - Invitation to Tender Quality and Procurement. Stage 3- BAFO
CPV: Metering instruments · Repair and maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewalPublished value£350,984
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How University of Bath buys Metering instruments (CPV 3841), and who usually turns up
University of Bath’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: Metering instruments (CPV 3841) →
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 37 days of the bid deadline.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid6% / 30%
2–335% / 50%
4–618% / 20%
7+41% / 0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Below estimate27% / 58%
Within ±2%45% / 25%
Above estimate27% / 17%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 3841Published estimate£351k
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1 bid30%
2–350%
4–620%
7+0%
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Where the award price may land.
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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.
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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
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Jan 2026, 12:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 Jan 2026, 12:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 26 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
UoBath/Proc/1439- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-008402- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0612d8Find a Tender
- How it runs
Stage 1 Pass/Fail Technical review of offer
Stage 2 - Invitation to Tender Quality and Procurement.
Stage 3- BAFO
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 6 Mar 2026, 09:00 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 6 Mar 2026, 09:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 28 Feb 2026, 09:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
30 Jan 2026 → 1 Jun 2026 · 6 dates- Planning notice published270 days ago30 Jan 2026, 12:05 GMT
- Tender notice expected253 days ago16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification questions by242 days ago28 Feb 2026, 09:00 GMT
- Submission deadline236 days ago6 Mar 2026, 09:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by215 days ago26 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts149 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Planned procurement notice published30 Jan 2026, 12:05 GMTUK3
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- 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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender