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Kent County Council

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Kent County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the county of Kent in South East England, headquartered in Maidstone and serving a population of around 1.6 million residents. It procures across adult and children's social care, highways and transport, libraries, school transport and waste disposal for one of England's largest county councils.

Live contracts

944

7 awarded last 90d

Total awarded

£11.7bn

£71.4m last 90d

Active suppliers

869

812 SME (64%)

Notices published

1000

922 awards

Activity range

25 Sept → 29 Mar

First award 2017

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Kent County Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£111m£221m£332m£442mJunSeptDecMarJunSeptDecMar

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

113

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

100

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

7

£71.4m

Modified (90d)

3

Amendment notices

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services322 · £12.3bn
Unspecified632 · £4.9bn
works31 · £115.9m
goods15 · £0

Instrument type

contract904 · £13.3bn
call off96 · £4.0bn
Source:Contracts Finder: 554Find a Tender: 446

Awarded contracts · 944 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Kent County Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Engineering & Design SupportAmey OW Limited71300000£840k18 Mar 2026active
Local Government Reorganisation Preparedness———closed
Contracts for the Provision of Mortuary Services—33900000£7.0m31 Mar 2024active
Valence School- Fire Alarm Replacement - Ground FloorTRUSTEE FIRE AND SECURITY LIMITED——active
KCC-CPFW-0023WW Martin45000000£7.7m29 Dec 2025active
Local Government Reorganisation PreparednessPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP66171000£528k29 Mar 2026active
Local Highway Maintenance Support ContractElm Surfacing Ltd45000000——active
Local Highway Maintenance Support ContractG & J STEELE PLANT HIRE LIMITED45000000——active
Local Highway Maintenance Support ContractHenderson & Taylor (Public Works) Limited45000000——active
Local Highway Maintenance Support ContractHENDERSON & TAYLOR PUBLIC WORKS LIMITED45000000——active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
AS
Adams Street Partners LLC
1 contract
£2.0bnest.
17% of total
—
2
HP
HarbourVest Partners (U.K.) Limited
1 contract
£2.0bnest.
17% of total
—
3
SE
Social Enterprise Kent CIC
5 contracts · SME · 08 Jan
£550.0mest.
5% of total
—
4
IK
Involve Kent
6 contracts · SME · 08 Jan – 12 May
£548.1m
5% of total
—
5
KA
Kent Association for the Blind
2 contracts · SME · 08 Jan
£547.1m
5% of total
—
6
HR
HYMANS ROBERTSON LLP
7 contracts · 18 Nov
£477.8mest.
4% of total
▼ 100%
7
ML
MERCER LIMITED
6 contracts · 16 Dec
£475.8mest.
4% of total
—
8
BW
BARNETT WADDINGHAM LLP
6 contracts · 13 Jan
£475.5mest.
4% of total
—

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
457 contracts
£21.3bn
65%
Health & social work
234 contracts
£6.7bn
20%
Other community services
62 contracts
£1.8bn
5%
Construction works
173 contracts
£1.6bn
5%
Education, training
204 contracts
£981.1m
3%
Business, legal, advisory
43 contracts
£225.0m
1%
Sewage, waste, environment
44 contracts
£205.3m
1%
Architecture, engineering
51 contracts
£151.2m
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Other
1
93
70
Health & social work
141
Other community services
Construction works
3
8
Education, training
Business, legal, advisory
LessMore (£m awarded)