Thames Water has awarded a 16 year Fixed Network meter reading contract to Hampshire-based firm Arquiva Ltd.
Over the next 20 years Thames Water is expecting to install up to 3 million water meters on customer connections. The contract is for the supply of a Fixed Network System and associated water meters that enables the collection, management and transfer of meter data without a visit to or near a meter.
Arquiva will be required to provide a system which is capable of providing fixed network data collection for defined geographic areas, meters capable of providing walk-by / drive-by data collection in Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) mode and Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) mode, and separately a fixed network capability for individual customers (large users) outside of the defined geographic areas.
The system will also need to be capable of reliably collecting accurate billing information and sufficient data to enable a range of customer facing and business benefits to be delivered, including provision of consumption information to customers, meter consumption data to enable advanced tariffs and data for leakage identification.
The procurement of the Fixed Network System covered three key components:
A. Fixed Network Infrastructure
B. Local Communication Equipment
C. AMR / AMI Smart Water Meters
Arquiva were one of five suppliers in the bidding for the work. Value of the contract has not been made available.
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