PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Metering and Billing Services (Housing Communal Areas)

BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · published 26 Jan 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID87f68bdf-2d1a-4809-904c-93d3f2b34755-880717
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-15605b11-d83a-48d1-af34-5d15c5ee799d
Buyer identifierGB-LAE-BIR
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£1,604,000
award field
Tender value
£3,400,000
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure (above threshold)
Category
services
CPV
50411200
Repair and maintenance services of gas meters
Delivery
West Midlands, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

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 Valve The 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).

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release26 Jan 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published4 Apr 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published30 Sept 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published30 Sept 2030
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 26 Jan 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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