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Published 30 Sept 2025, 14:48 BST

Official UK procurement notice

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

Official notice

Authority: Leicester City Council (Local council)

GoodsAbove threshold
Sectors: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy (09)Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF21)
Planned pipeline value£200,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 May 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Aug 2029 · up to 30 Aug 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

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.

CPV: District heating · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrs
Contract period: 1 Sept 2026 – 30 Aug 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 30 Aug 2031 with extensions
Delivery: East Midlands
Extensions: Extension options published
09323000 District heating48000000 Software package and information systems

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
30 Sept 2025, 14:48 BST
Last source update
30 Sept 2025, 14:48 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060931
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
District heatingSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF21)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a506 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

30 Sept 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published393 days ago
    30 Sept 2025, 14:48 BST
  2. Market engagement364 days ago
    29 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT

    The council have published a PME document that includes a questionnaire we need completing by any prospective supplier in advance or no later than the deadline.

  3. Tender notice expected180 days ago
    1 May 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts58 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Sept 2025, 14:48 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Leicester City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXRT-5737-VBQD City Hall, Leicester, East Midlands, LE1 1FZContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure