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CPV 48444100

Billing system

A billing system is the software that turns what a customer owes into invoices and tracks the money coming back: it rates usage or charges, generates bills, records payments, and handles the dunning and adjustments around them. Under CPV code 48444100, a contracting authority is buying that invoicing-and-receivables engine as a software package, not a wider finance suite.

The code sits one level down from Accounting system (48444000). The split is about scope: accounting records the whole ledger, while a billing system is the front end that prices and issues charges, often for utilities, public services, or membership and discount schemes. Many real awards are utility and consumption billing, where meter readings or service usage drive the invoice.

The code is used but not crowded: 51 awards carry it (TED 2009-2026), 28 of them with disclosed values, at a mean of about €488k. Sweden, the United Kingdom and France place the most. Search interest in the bare term "billing system" is modest and the keyword is easy to rank for, which fits a code most contracting authorities reach through a parent category or an existing framework rather than by searching for it directly.

When to use this code

For buyers contracting authority

Choose 48444100 when the package's main job is producing invoices and tracking what is owed, not keeping the general ledger. A consumption-based utility bill, a service-charge run, or a membership and discounts scheme points here; a full accounting back office points to the parent Accounting system (48444000).

The boundary that trips authorities is exactly that parent split. If the contract centres on the ledger, reconciliation and statutory reporting, code it as accounting; reserve the billing code for the rating-and-invoicing layer even when it feeds into the accounts. Where a single procurement bundles both, set the primary CPV code by the dominant deliverable, not the whole package.

Watch the ERP overlap too. When billing arrives as one module inside a broader enterprise resource planning rollout, the contract often gets a wider software code instead, so check whether billing is the purpose or just a part.

For suppliers bidding

Winners here split into two camps: niche billing-engine specialists, often sector-specific in utilities or healthcare, and generalist software houses that fold billing into a larger build. If you bid as a specialist, your edge is domain fit, support for the meters, tariffs or charging rules the contracting authority actually runs, and a clean migration off the legacy system.

With a mean award near €488k across disclosed values (TED 2009-2026) these are mid-sized engagements, not headline programmes, and the strongest pitch usually rests on a working reference in the same sector rather than on price alone. Switching cost is real: billing data and rating rules are messy to migrate, so the incumbent holds an edge and the challenger has to make the cutover look low-risk.

Expect competition from accounting-suite suppliers bidding down from 48444000 and from ERP integrators arriving from broader software codes. The opinionated read: a tight, sector-proven billing engine beats a generalist suite that lists invoicing as one feature among many, because the rating logic is where these contracts live or die.

Industries and typical projects

Public finance IT Public sector IT Custom software SaaS System integration E-government

Commonly confused with

48444000
The parent accounting system covers the whole ledger; the billing code is scoped to the invoicing and receivables layer that sits in front of it.
48440000
Financial analysis and accounting software is the broader family; pick 48444100 only when the package's core job is rating and issuing bills.
48451000
Enterprise resource planning software bundles many back-office functions; choose the billing code when invoicing is the main purpose, not one ERP module.

Example award titles

  • Invoicing systems/payment systems
  • Modyfikacja systemu bilingowego ELEKTRA. (PL)
  • Kopi af: Forbrugsafregningssystem til KompetenceCenter Sjælland (DK)
  • Fourniture d’un logiciel de tarification des prestations paramédicales au CHwapi (BE)
  • Einführung der energiewirtschaftlichen Module sowie Integration in die bestehende ERP Umgebung. (DE)
  • Gestion financière électronique des projets en marchés publics (FR)

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Hierarchy

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48444000
Documented June 2026 · AI-augmented body, human-reviewed before publication. Editorial policy.