Published date: 28 August 2025

Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.


Closing: 29 September 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Refuse and waste related services - 90500000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£0 to £8,000,000

Procurement reference

CN250351

Published date

28 August 2025

Closing date

29 September 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

2 March 2026

Contract end date

29 February 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Kent County Council wishes (KCC) wishes to enter into a contract or contracts for the provision of Metal Recycling Services.

The contract(s) will require the processing of all metal arising from the 19 Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC) in Kent.

The concessionaire must be able to meet the below requirements:
- The capability and capacity to receive and process, at a minimum, the estimated annual tonnage of metal for each Lot they are bidding for.
- Process both Ferrous and Non-Ferrous metals.

The concessionaire will also be required to have in place:
- A waste processing facility with appropriate permitting and planning permissions.
- An electronic weighbridge for the weighing-in of material delivered to their facility to provide KCC with the appropriate management information (including weigh-loader transaction listings).
- Policies and procedures that recovers materials in accordance with the waste hierarchy to maximise reuse and recycling and to avoid sending any waste to landfill.
- Robust service contingency plan to ensure continuity of services in the event of plant failure, etc.

The overall estimated volume for this contract is up to 7,000 tonnes per annum.

This contract is split into 'operational' lots based on regional requirements:
Lot A - West Kent: circa. 2.000 tonnes per annum.
Lot B - Mid Kent: circa. 2,500 tonnes per annum.
Lot C - East Kent: circa. 2,500 tonnes per annum.

Tenderers can bid for one or all Lots as well as any combination of Lots.

More information

Links

Additional text

Please register on the Kent Business Portal to register an interest.

All tender documents are available on the portal.

How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

About the buyer

Address

Sessions House, County Road
MAIDSTONE
ME141XQ
England

Email

Adam.Fletcher@kent.gov.uk