Southern Water has gone out to tender with an AMP7 contract for meter reading and associated services – with potential extension options to AMP8 – worth an estimated £12 million.

The contract is primarily based on the following requirement;

• to provide meter readings from both visual read devices (water meters) by a field labour force
• to operate a drive/walk by meter reading data collection service from automated read devices, undertake meter exchanges
• providing a front and back office service to manage customer enquiries, appointments, scheduling and exceptions processing.

The contract is being tendered in three separate Lots:

Lot 1 - Meter Reading Field Service

Lot 2 - Front and Back Office Services to support the metering contract

Lot 3 - Combined Meter Reading and Front and Back Office Services

The initial contract term is five years with options to extend by a further 3 years.

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 21st August 2020 – click here to access the tender documentation.

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