Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Kent County Council
Top-five suppliers hold 76% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Kent County Council buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest Kent County Council contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Road Condition Monitoring Contract
METRICELL LIMITED · 2026-11-03
£936K
UK Power Networks quotation - 8500393081 / QID 3500259460 KCC Depot St. Michaels Close AYLESFORD ME20 7BU
UK POWER NETWORKS SERVICES (COMMERCIAL) LIMITED · 2026-10-29
£86K
Crisis & Resilience Fund Disbursal
Evouchers Ltd · 2026-10-28
£12.3M
Replacement Fire Alarm
TRUSTEE FIRE AND SECURITY LIMITED · 2026-10-28
£26K
Ironport Web Filtering
CDW LIMITED · 2026-10-28
£83K
Parkside Primary School - Pipework/heating works
GRUMMANT (HEATING & PLUMBING SERVICES) LIMITED · 2026-10-27
£47K
Emergency Response - Storm Austen
DIRECT ENVIRO SERVICES LIMITED · 2026-10-21
£20K
2no. mobile roof replacement (phase 2)
DCS ROOFING LIMITED · 2026-10-20
£36K
Badsell Road
BREHENY CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED · 2026-10-20
£3.0M
VMware Cloud Foundation
PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED · 2026-10-18
£131K
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Most of it is in construction works, education & training and health & social care.
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111
contracts ending in 12 months
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35
planned procurements
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33
frameworks running
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1
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Market analysis
Bidding into Kent County Council — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
66%
Awards to SMEs
76%
Top-5 supplier share
9%
Framework call-offs
69
Awards to social enterprises
Around 66% of Kent County Council’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 69 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Kent County Council
How much does Kent County Council spend on procurement?
Kent County Council awarded 770 contracts totalling £6.4bn between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 512 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £9.3M.
Who are Kent County Council's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Kent County Council by total award value are Ringway Infrastructure Services Limited, A Better Care Home Ltd, Abbey Lodge Residential Care Home. The top five suppliers together hold 76% of contract value.
What does Kent County Council buy from suppliers?
Kent County Council's procurement is concentrated in construction work, health and social work services, education and training services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08
This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.
Source portals
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