# Metering and Billing Services \(Housing Communal Areas\)

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL](/buyers/birmingham-city-council/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Sycous Limited](/suppliers/sycous/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £1,604,000
- Tender value: £3,400,000
- Award date: 18 July 2025
- Published: 26 January 2026
- Contract start: 1 October 2025
- Contract end: 30 September 2030
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 87f68bdf-2d1a-4809-904c-93d3f2b34755-880717
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-15605b11-d83a-48d1-af34-5d15c5ee799d

## 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 \(kit and installation\)\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/87f68bdf-2d1a-4809-904c-93d3f2b34755-880717)