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Preliminary Market Engagement "PME" for the Provision of Metered District Heating Billing Solution and/or service

Descriptions

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.

Timeline

Published Date :

30th Sep 2025 16 days ago

Deadline :

29th Oct 2025 in a 13 days

Contract Start :

31st Aug 2026

Contract End :

30th Aug 2029

Tender Regions

Keywords

district heating

centralised heating

urban heat network

communal heating

software package and information systems

application software

IT systems

enterprise software

packaged applications

digital solutions

Tender Lot Details

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Workflows

Status :

Open

Procedure :

N/A

Suitable for SME :

N/A

Nationwide :

No

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Tender Progress :

0%

Details

Notice Type :

PIN

Tender Identifier :

IT-378-246-T: 2024 - 001

Tenderbase ID :

310724019

Low Value :

£100K

High Value :

£1000K

Buyer Information

Address :

Liverpool Merseyside , Merseyside , L13 0BQ

Website :

N/A

Procurement contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk

Possible Competitors

1 Possible Competitors