Kent County Council: which contracts run out next, and who holds them.
Kent County Council is a county council in the South East. We hold 3,167 of its award notices, 91 contracts due to end within 18 months, and 9 committee papers from the last 120 days that talk about buying. Everything here comes from public records: award notices the council itself published, and the papers it publishes before each committee meeting.
Data updated: 20 September 2026 (committee papers) | 18 September 2026 (award notices)
GovLeads reads Kent County Council's papers every weeknight. A value is published on 1,242 of those 3,167 award notices, so the total is a floor, not the council's spend.
Next committee meetings
The next 5 scheduled meetings at Kent County Council, taken from the council's own calendar. Papers usually appear five clear working days beforehand, and we read them the night they land.
| Date | Committee |
|---|---|
| 22 Sep 2026 | Policy and Resources Cabinet Committee |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Scrutiny Committee |
| 24 Sep 2026 | Adult Social Care and Public Health Cabinet Committee |
| 24 Sep 2026 | Regulation Committee Appeal Panel (Transport) |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Pension Fund Committee |
Biggest suppliers
Ranked by total awarded value across every Kent County Council award notice we hold. Values on multi-supplier frameworks are shared across the suppliers named on them, so a place on a large framework does not inflate a single firm.
| Supplier | Awarded value | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| Skanska Construction UK Ltd t/a Facilities | £220m | 5 |
| Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust | £163m | 8 |
| G W Highways Ltd | £160m | 2 |
| London General Transport Services Ltd | £120m | 2 |
| Wonde Limited | £105m | 7 |
Largest awards of the last 12 months
The biggest awards Kent County Council has notified in the last year. Awards sharing a title and end date are collapsed into a single row, so a framework or dynamic purchasing system appears once rather than once per supplier.
| Award | Supplier | Value | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kent Health Visiting Service | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust | £141m | Other |
| Adult lifestyle Stop Smoking Smoking, Weight Management and Healthy Lifestyle Service | ABL Health Ltd | £42.9m | Restricted |
| CN250184 School Health | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust | £21.9m | Other |
| Contact Centre Services | Capita Business Services Ltd | £9.1m | Competitive |
| KCC-CPFW-0023 | WW Martin | £7.7m | Framework call-off |
How the money is awarded
68% of Kent County Council's awarded value went through open competition and 1% was awarded directly. A further 25% sits on notices that do not state a route at all. Directly awarded work is the part of the market that never reaches a competitive notice, so it is the part you have to see coming upstream.
- Competed 68% (£2.1bn)
- Other/Unspecified 25% (£780m)
- Framework/DPS 5% (£165m)
- Direct 1% (£42.9m)
Contracts expiring within 18 months
The 5 largest by value on record for Kent County Council, of those with an end date inside 18 months. A re-procurement decision normally reaches a committee months before the contract itself runs out, which is the point at which scope is still moveable, so the months-left column matters as much as the value.
| Ends | Months left | Contract | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jun 2027 | 9 | Supply of Cleaning Services Y2300515 award notices, shown once | framework, 15 suppliers | £200m |
| 28 Feb 2027 | 5 | Supply Winter Maintenance and Associated Services Y230273 award notices, shown once | framework, 3 suppliers | £50.0m |
| 11 Jul 2027 | 9 | SC22220152 - E-Voucher Distribution Provider | Wonde Limited | £50.0m |
| 31 Jul 2027 | 10 | SC22331 - Drainage Works Framework6 award notices, shown once | framework, 3 suppliers | £35.0m |
| 31 Dec 2026 | 3 | SC21065 Sturry Link Road | VolkerFitzpatrick Ltd | £34.5m |
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Procurement radar
Committee papers Kent County Council published in the last four months whose title uses the language of buying: a tender, an award, an extension, a gateway report, a waiver, or a procurement strategy, policy or performance report. It is a title match, so the odd paper lands here on a word rather than a decision.
| Meeting | Paper | Committee |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul 2026 | 26-00038-Procurement and Award of Contracts for Soft Landscapes- ReportA competitive procurement process will be undertaken, with the contract(s) awarded to the Most Advantageous Tender. | Growth, Environment & Transport Cabinet Committee |
| 2 Jul 2026 | Commercial and Procurement Performance Update Report…£2.5 million benefits have been secured through effective negotiation and commercial strategy, including the Non-Maintained and Independent Special Schools DPS and the Construction Consultancy Framework, demonstrating CPD’s ability to drive financial value through both upfront savings and longer-term cost control. | Policy and Resources Cabinet Committee |
| 2 Jul 2026 | KCC Winning for Kent - Procurement with Purpose Policy 2026-2028 ReportCompliance with the Policy will be monitored through proportionate assurance mechanisms, including reviews of procurement documentation, contract performance and supplier Social Value commitments. | Policy and Resources Cabinet Committee |
| 2 Jul 2026 | Extension of Domestic Abuse Act Framework ReportDelegating authority to the Director of Public Health, in consultation with relevant Corporate Directors, to approve contract variations to KIDAS and SASS, for additional funded activity, subject to compliance with procurement legislation and no impact on the council’s base budget. | Policy and Resources Cabinet Committee |
| 8 Jul 2026 | 26 00041 - EDLA Contract Extension ReportAn Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) was completed as part of the original tender exercise. | Adult Social Care and Public Health Cabinet Committee |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Care Quality Commission Improvement Plan ReportProvider engagement continues across major recommissioning programmes to help shape future tender specifications. | Adult Social Care and Public Health Cabinet Committee |
| 2 Sep 2026 | Joint HASC HOSC - Bedgebury Unit Proposed DecommissioningThe annual commissioned value of Bedgebury Unit is approximately £1.73 million. | Kent and Medway NHS Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee |
| 2 Jul 2026 | Local Outcomes Framework ReportOnce the digital tool is published, it is proposed that the Chief Analyst will bring a further paper to this Committee detailing the progress KCC is making against the priority outcomes within the Framework, according to the tool. | Policy and Resources Cabinet Committee |
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Nearby councils
Suppliers rarely sell to one council alone. These are the authorities next door, and the ones covering the same ground at a different tier.
Councils it borders
Covering the same ground
Where Kent County Council spends most
The service areas taking the largest share of awarded value here. Each one has its own page explaining what we watch for.
Where this comes from
Awards, suppliers and expiry dates come from award notices published to Contracts Finder and Find a Tender by Kent. The award data set was last refreshed on 18 September 2026, so notices published since then are not yet counted here. Values are as notified; where a notice names several suppliers, the value is shared across them.
Committee papers and meeting dates come from Kent County Council's own published papers, at https://democracy.kent.gov.uk. Every paper linked above is on the council's own site. Committee-paper figures were extracted on 20 September 2026.
What we leave out. A notice naming more than one buying authority is excluded, because it does not say how the value splits between them. So are notices from bodies that share this council's name but are separate organisations, such as the local college or NHS trust. Both would otherwise be counted here as Kent's.
Nothing on this page is modelled, estimated or inferred. Every number is a count or a sum over those two public sources. Where a figure would be a guess, it is left out.