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Quick answer — Kent County Council (t/a KCS Procurement Services)Last refreshed 01 Jun 2023

At a glance

Kent County Council (t/a KCS Procurement Services) has awarded £27.9bn across 139 suppliers, with 238 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 4% · 14 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 57% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration4%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share57%
Pipeline · open now14
Awards · 90 d0
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Kent County Council (t/a KCS Procurement Services) is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 49 published notices and 203 awards on PublicSupply.

49
Notices published
203
Awards
139
Suppliers engaged
2021
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
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YoY change
£20.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Kent County Council (t/a KCS Procurement Services) — 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)

14

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

services18 · £1.6bn
Unspecified14 · £1.0bn
goods17 · £62.0m

Instrument type

contract41 · £1.6bn
call off8 · £1.0bn
Source:Find a Tender: 35Contracts Finder: 14

Awarded contracts · 238 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Extension of Electrical Vehicle Charging Points and Associated Services Y21002Bouygues E&S Solutions Ltd34000000——active
Extension of Electrical Vehicle Charging Points and Associated Services Y21002EDF Energy Customers Ltd34000000——active
Extension of Electrical Vehicle Charging Points and Associated Services Y21002Brite Technical Services34000000——active
Extension of Electrical Vehicle Charging Points and Associated Services Y21002Swarco UK Ltd34000000——active
Extension of Electrical Vehicle Charging Points and Associated Services Y21002JPS Renewable Energy Ltd34000000——active
Extension of Electrical Vehicle Charging Points and Associated Services Y21002Gronn Kontakt UK Ltd34000000——active
Extension of Electrical Vehicle Charging Points and Associated Services Y21002Engie EV Solutions34000000——active
Extension of Electrical Vehicle Charging Points and Associated Services Y21002EB Charging Ltd34000000——active
Extension of Electrical Vehicle Charging Points and Associated Services Y21002Gemserv Ltd34000000——active
Extension of Electrical Vehicle Charging Points and Associated Services Y21002Connected Kerb Ltd34000000——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
BS
Bytes Software Services
2 contracts
£1.0bnest.
4% of total
—
2
CL
CDW Limited
2 contracts
£1.0bnest.
4% of total
—
3
TS
Trustmarque Solutions Limited
2 contracts
£1.0bnest.
4% of total
—
4
ID
Insight Direct UK Limited
2 contracts
£1.0bnest.
4% of total
—
5
PS
Phoenix Software Ltd
2 contracts
£1.0bnest.
4% of total
—
6
CB
Cantium Business Solutions
2 contracts
£1.0bnest.
4% of total
—
7
IG
iomart Group Plc
2 contracts
£1.0bnest.
4% of total
—
8
SG
Stone Group
2 contracts
£1.0bnest.
4% of total
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9–139
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131 other suppliers
long tail · 91 SMEs
£19.3bn
69% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

IT services, software
31 contracts
£14.5bn
51%
Business, legal, advisory
85 contracts
£6.6bn
23%
Sewage, waste, environment
28 contracts
£5.6bn
20%
Financial, insurance
4 contracts
£500.0m
2%
Office equipment, IT
12 contracts
£500.0m
2%
Transport equipment, vehicles
63 contracts
£380.0m
1%
Architecture, engineering
18 contracts
£180.0m
1%
Medical, pharmaceutical
6 contracts
£120.0m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
IT services, software
Business, legal, advisory
Sewage, waste, environment
Financial, insurance
Office equipment, IT
Transport equipment, vehicles
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

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

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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.

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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 Procurement Services) 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.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

57%
SME supplier share
target 33%
139
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
139
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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