Official UK procurement notice
Water Meter Reading · UK public procurement notice
Authority: AFFINITY WATER LIMITED
Sectors: Public utilities (65) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Awarded value£3,075,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 28 Aug 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to M Group Energy (Metering) Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAffinity Water requires the continued service of a
supplier to collect data from our existing fleet of
AMR meters.
Over the next 10 years, the need for AMR meter
data reads will decline significantly in line with the
increasing roll out of smart meters.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Aug 2026, 07:58 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Aug 2026, 08:10 BST
- Authority reference
C-03624- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-082011- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ee29Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
No supply market.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
28 Aug 2026 → 9 Sept 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published55 days ago28 Aug 2026, 08:10 BST
- Standstill ends42 days ago9 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Aug 2026- Transparency notice published28 Aug 2026, 07:58 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published28 Aug 2026, 08:10 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected23 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £3,075,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| M Group Energy (Metering) Limited23 Sept 2026 – 31 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2032Extensions: Optional 2 year extension. | £3,075,000 | 28 Aug 2026standstill to 9 Sept 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- M Group Energy (Metering) LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender