Kent County Council: contracts, suppliers and what is coming next.
Kent County Council is a county council in the South East. This page sets out who supplies it, which of its contracts run out next, and what its committee papers have said about procurement in the last 30 days. Everything here comes from public records: award notices the council itself published, and the papers it publishes before each committee meeting.
Data updated: 6 August 2026 (committee papers) | 12 June 2026 (award notices)
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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 |
|---|---|
| 11 Aug 2026 | Regulation Committee Appeal Panel (Transport) |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Regulation Committee Appeal Panel (Transport) |
| 19 Aug 2026 | Regulation Committee Appeal Panel (Transport) |
| 20 Aug 2026 | Regulation Committee Appeal Panel (Transport) |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Regulation Committee Appeal Panel (Transport) |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust | £163m | 8 |
| London General Transport Services Ltd | £120m | 2 |
| ABL Health Ltd | £42.9m | 3 |
| Capita Business Services Ltd | £39.2m | 9 |
| VolkerFitzpatrick Limited | £34.5m | 2 |
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
53% of Kent County Council's awarded value went through open competition and 1% was awarded directly. A further 33% 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 53% (£637m)
- Other/Unspecified 33% (£401m)
- Framework/DPS 12% (£149m)
- Direct 1% (£15.3m)
Contracts expiring within 18 months
The 5 soonest end dates on record for Kent County Council. 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.
| Ends | Contract | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Aug 2026 | SC22138 - Collection of Waste Engine Oil and Empty Engine Oil Receptacles, including th… | Slicker Recycling | £161,829 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Cranbrook CofE Primary School - 1FE Expansion - Quantity Surveyor Services | The Woodley Coles LLP | £36,190 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | Business Continuity System | CONTINUITY2 LIMITED | £82,000 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | Enterprise Business Capabilities (EBC) Implementation Partner | DE NOVO CONSULTING SERVICES LIMITED | £4.7m |
| 30 Sep 2026 | SC240031 - Recruitment Advertisement | PeopleScout Limited T/A TMP Worldwide | £676,000 |
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Procurement radar
Papers published by Kent County Council in the last 30 days that mention procurement, tendering, commissioning, market testing or frameworks.
| 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 |
| 8 Jul 2026 | 26 00037 - Suicide Prevention Services ReportActual contract values will be confirmed following completion of the procurement process and may vary depending on the outcome of competitive tendering and final agreed service delivery requirements. | 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 |
| 8 Jul 2026 | 26 00037 - Appendix A - Proposed Record of DecisionBy progressing governance and decision-making now, the council can ensure timely recommissioning and a smooth transition to new contracts, while maintaining robust financial assurance by only proceeding to contract award and mobilisation once funding is formally secured. | Adult Social Care and Public Health Cabinet Committee |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 2600030 - Revenue and Capital Budget Monitoring Report - Outturn 2025-2026A recent re-procurement of some SEN contracts has also resulted in higher savings that originally budgeted in the MTFP (estimated at £2.5m) with a further £0.3m underspend on PTBs. | Scrutiny Committee |
| 23 Jul 2026 | Counter Fraud Annual Report 2025-26A fraud culture survey and workshop has been completed with Adult Social Care, Children and Young People and Public Health Commissioners to strengthen the counter fraud culture in this key area. | Governance and Audit Committee |
| 23 Jul 2026 | Appendix 3 - Anti Fraud and Corruption Strategy…specify that employees who have a direct or indirect financial interest in a contract shall not be supplied with, or given access to any tender documents, contracts or other information relating to them, without the authority of the senior manager. | Governance and Audit Committee |
| 23 Jul 2026 | Internal Audit Annual Report 2025/2026Internal Audit did not undertake a review of Risk Management during 2025-26 as the previous review found a comprehensive and formally approved framework is in place, aligned with ISO 31000 and the Orange Book. | Governance and Audit Committee |
| 23 Jul 2026 | Internal Audit Progress ReportAudit Objective The Internal Audit and Counter Fraud service has supported Finance and Procurement in a consultancy capacity to develop and monitor this delivery plan. | Governance and Audit Committee |
| 23 Jul 2026 | Kent County Council & Kent Pension Fund - Progress Report and Sector UpdateThese fees are derived from the procurement exercise carried out by PSAA in 2022. | Governance and Audit Committee |
| 22 Jul 2026 | Minutes , 25/06/2026 CabinetIt was reported that a new, more cost-effective and simplified booking system had been launched across Household Waste Recycling Centres, which went live on 17 June following a full procurement process. | Cabinet |
| 16 Jul 2026 | CC July 2026 - Annual Report of Urgent Decisions - 2025-26…extension period was necessary to allow sufficient time for a replacement contract to be procured and there were no other alternative frameworks that could be used to ensure continuity of service for KCC and service users within the available timeframe. | County Council |
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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 12 June 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 6 August 2026.
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.