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title: "Preliminary Market Engagement "PME" for the Provision of Metered District Heating Billing Solution and/or service"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-quot-pme-quot-for-the-provision-of-metered-district-heating--ocds-h6vhtk-05a506"
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# Preliminary Market Engagement "PME" for the Provision of Metered District Heating Billing Solution and/or service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-quot-pme-quot-for-the-provision-of-metered-district-heating--ocds-h6vhtk-05a506). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Leicester City Council: "Preliminary Market Engagement "PME" for the Provision of Metered District Heating Billing Solution and/or service". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £200,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Leicester City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/leicester-city-council-ons-e06000016)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £200,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** District heating, Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UKF21
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-quot-pme-quot-for-the-provision-of-metered-district-heating--ocds-h6vhtk-05a506#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05a506`

## 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/preliminary-market-engagement-quot-pme-quot-for-the-provision-of-metered-district-heating--ocds-h6vhtk-05a506#tl-md)

## Description
Procurement description Leicester City Council (the Council) is commencing a formal Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise in advance of initiating a potential procurement process in relation to District Heating and associated services for billing from the meters installed in our residential properties. The Council is open to delivery through: • a meter reading service from data loggers for in-house billing. • a metering/billing solution to enable in-house billing. • an externally delivered metering and billing service. The purpose of this engagement is to: • Understand the level of market interest. • Gather market intelligence on available solutions • Explore potential delivery models, including in-house and outsourced provision. • Identify risks, opportunities, and innovative practices. • Inform the Outline Business Case and the procurement strategy.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 09323000, 48000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2026 to 30/08/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F060931-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-09-30T13:48:39.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T14:00:08.005Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05a506