Meter reading service: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 65500000·Services · class·in Public utilities
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 10 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Newest open tenders
1 of 4 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Tender for the Provision of Electricity & Gas Meter Operator Provider (MOP) Services and Data Collector/Aggregator (DCDA) Services | Dundee City Council | 20 Nov 2026 | 25d | £300,000 |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
65500000 Meter reading service36 notices · 78%- Water distribution and related services 33 · 12m
- Electricity distribution and related services 15 · 12m
- Operation of water supplies 8 · 12m
- Water distribution 7 · 12m
- Electricity distribution 4 · 12m
- Gas distribution and related services 4 · 12m
- Operation of electrical installations 3 · 12m
- Operation of a water-purification plant 3 · 12m
- Gas distribution 1 · 12m
- Other sources of energy supplies and distribution 1 · 12m
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Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Other public bodies28%(13 notices)
13 of 46 notices are Other public bodies (28%).Local authorities24%(11 notices)
11 of 46 notices are Local authorities (24%).Housing associations15%(7 notices)
7 of 46 notices are Housing associations (15%).Central government13%(6 notices)
6 of 46 notices are Central government (13%).Education & universities4%(2 notices)
2 of 46 notices are Education & universities (4%).Not classified15%(7 notices)
7 of 46 notices are Not classified (15%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| AFFINITY WATER LIMITED | Other public bodies | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Clarion Housing Group | Housing associations | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Low Carbon Contracts Company Ltd | Central government | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dundee City Council | Local authorities | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Anglian Water Services | Other public bodies | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Associated British Ports | not classified | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Castles and Coasts Housing Association | Housing associations | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Coventry University | Education & universities | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Defra Network eTendering Portal | not classified | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig | Other public bodies | 1 | 0 | 0 |
35 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 32 of 46 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| East of England | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract74%(34 notices)
34 of 46 notices are Contract (74%).Framework17%(8 notices)
8 of 46 notices are Framework (17%).Dynamic purchasing system9%(4 notices)
4 of 46 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (9%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open28%(13 notices)
13 of 46 notices are Open (28%).Selective24%(11 notices)
11 of 46 notices are Selective (24%).Route not published22%(10 notices)
10 of 46 notices are Route not published (22%).Direct award17%(8 notices)
8 of 46 notices are Direct award (17%).Limited / restricted9%(4 notices)
4 of 46 notices are Limited / restricted (9%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold63%(5 notices)
5 of 8 notices are Above threshold (63%).Below threshold38%(3 notices)
3 of 8 notices are Below threshold (38%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (20) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
8 of 17 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 3 more give no procedure and are left out.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
1 of 20 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 21 awards to 13 suppliers
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Stark Software International Limited | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| EDF Energy Customers Limited | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Insite Energy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Sycous Limited | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| ITRON METERING SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| ENERGY BILLING LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Enica Ltd | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| M Group Energy (Metering) Limited | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 9 of 46 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in meter reading service
4 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Tender for the Provision of Electricity & Gas Meter Operator Provider (MOP) Services and Data Collector/Aggregator (DCDA) Services | Dundee City Council | 20 Nov 2026 | 25d | £300,000 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 6550. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 22 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.