Quick answer — Kent County Council (t/a KCS)Last refreshed 27 Feb 2023

At a glance

Kent County Council (t/a KCS) has awarded £48.2bn across 311 suppliers, with 628 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 4% · 35 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 75% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration4%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share75%
Pipeline · open now35
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Kent County Council (t/a KCS) is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 127 published notices and 646 awards on PublicSupply.

127
Notices published
646
Awards
311
Suppliers engaged
2019
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£8.3m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Kent County Council (t/a KCS) — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

35

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified47 · £1.4bn
goods48 · £1.1bn
services30 · £1.1bn
works2 · £50.0m

Instrument type

contract96 · £2.2bn
call off31 · £1.4bn
Source:Find a Tender: 80Contracts Finder: 47

Awarded contracts · 628 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Kent County Council (t/a KCS) is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Supply of Insurance Services Y2201866510000cancelled
Supply of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and Safety Workwear Y23033Healthy Bean Ltd33100000£50.0mest.active
Supply of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and Safety Workwear Y23033Sunbelt Rentals Ltd33100000£50.0mest.active
Supply of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and Safety Workwear Y23033Warrington33100000£50.0mest.active
Supply of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and Safety Workwear Y23033Reliance Medical Ltd33100000£50.0mest.active
Supply of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and Safety Workwear Y23033Global Health and Safety Ltd33100000£50.0mest.active
Supply of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and Safety Workwear Y23033Healthy Bean Ltd33100000£50.0mest.active
Supply of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and Safety Workwear Y23033Sunbelt Rentals Ltd33100000£50.0mest.active
Supply of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and Safety Workwear Y23033Rexel UK Ltd33100000£50.0mest.active
Supply of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and Safety Workwear Y23033Healthy Bean Ltd33100000£50.0mest.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
SP
4 contracts
£2.0bnest.
4% of total
2
CI
£2.0bnest.
4% of total
3
ID
5 contracts · 23 Nov
£1.6bnest.
3% of total
4
TS
£1.6bnest.
3% of total
5
SC
4 contracts · 23 Nov
£1.5bnest.
3% of total
6
CD
3 contracts
£1.5bnest.
3% of total
7
EE
3 contracts · SME
£1.5bnest.
3% of total
8
AC
3 contracts · SME
£1.5bnest.
3% of total
9311
···
303 other suppliers
long tail · 236 SMEs
£34.3bn
71% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Office equipment, IT
239 contracts
£34.4bn
72%
Construction materials
45 contracts
£8.8bn
18%
Business, legal, advisory
11 contracts
£1.3bn
3%
Security, emergency equipment
67 contracts
£900.0m
2%
Radio, TV, communications
25 contracts
£700.0m
1%
Medical, pharmaceutical
35 contracts
£672.0m
1%
Health & social work
12 contracts
£600.0m
1%
Postal, telecoms
5 contracts
£400.0m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Office equipment, IT
Construction materials
Business, legal, advisory
Security, emergency equipment
Radio, TV, communications
Medical, pharmaceutical
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

Kent County Council (t/a KCS) has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

75%
SME supplier share
target 33%
523
SME award rows
45
VCSE award rows
311
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UK
Contact
Miss Tamara Stevens
Email
csgprocurement@csltd.org.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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