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# Smart Communications Network & Smart Water Meters (Meter as a Service) Northumbria Region

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/smart-communications-network-smart-water-meters-meter-as-a-service-northumbria-region-ocds-h6vhtk-03e403). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED: "Smart Communications Network & Smart Water Meters (Meter as a Service) Northumbria Region". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Aug 2023, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: s1.ariba.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northumbrian-water-group-limited-GB-COH-2366703)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 August 2023 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Water meters, Wide area network
- **Delivery Location:** UKC1, UKC2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/smart-communications-network-smart-water-meters-meter-as-a-service-northumbria-region-ocds-h6vhtk-03e403#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03e403`

## 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/smart-communications-network-smart-water-meters-meter-as-a-service-northumbria-region-ocds-h6vhtk-03e403#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [s1.ariba.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs1.ariba.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/smart-communications-network-smart-water-meters-meter-as-a-service-northumbria-region-ocds-h6vhtk-03e403#participate

## Description
Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL) plan to appoint a prime supplier (Communication Service Provider), to partner with primary and secondary sub-contractors (Meter Supplier(s)) to deliver an end-to-end 'Meter as a Service' to cover the NWL requirements for smart metering requirements in our Northumbria operating region. 
The requirement is for the supply of smart water meters for both domestics and commercial properties with compatible communications devices, a wide area network provision covering all devices in the operating area, AMI services (e.g., Head-end systems, installation and commissioning tools, reporting, etc.), and any required Integration & IT services with core NWL systems.
The deployment will be split into 3 phases with the winning supplier needing to demonstrate a successful rollout in the phase 1 area before being able to progress to the following phases.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 38421100
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Description:** As main description covering our Northumbria operating area. The full specification for this
requirement can be found within the procurement documents.

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021026-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-07-20T19:24:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T13:45:01.777Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03e403