Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Birmingham City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Sycous Limited SME
- Value
- £1,604,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Sector
- Repair & maintenance · Repair and maintenance services of gas meters (CPV 50411200)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Jul 2025
- Published26 Jan 2026Published 192 days after the contract date
Description
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).
About the supplier
Sycous Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08836039).