Closed tender

SC240096 - Textiles and Shoes Processing Services

Details

Buyer: Kent County Council
Published: 1 July 2024
Submission: 15 July 2024
Source: uk:procontracts

Tender description

Kent County Council (the Authority) wishes to engage with suppliers regarding capacity in the market to provide future collection and processing services for Textiles and Shoes across all 19 Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRCs) across Kent. A new contract is required to be in place for commencement on 18th December 2024 to ensure service continuity, whereby KCC take title of all material to meet the statutory obligations of the Waste Disposal Authority. The Concessions Contract will involve the collection, sorting, storage, transporting, processing, recycling reuse, recovery and resale of all Textiles obtained from all 19 of KCC’s HWRCs. Organisations which ‘Register an interest’ in this opportunity will be invited to complete a ‘Market Engagement Questionnaire’, which will be immediately accessible via the Kent Business Portal (https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/). Responses to this questionnaire will be used to inform the Authority’s strategy for commissioning these services; the Authority may contact organisations directly to discuss/clarify their response to this questionnaire where necessary. Keywords: Textiles

Timeline

Completed: Tender published1 July 2024
Current notice
Completed: Submission date15 July 2024

About the buyer

Kent County Council is the local authority for Kent, and advertises its tenders through the Kent Business Portal. Opportunities above a set value threshold appear there, and each listing carries a summary, key dates and the contract period. Suppliers register on the portal before expressing interest in an opportunity. The council follows a fully auditable process that complies with public procurement legislation. Unsuccessful bidders can request feedback on their submission once a decision is made. The Commercial Strategy for 2026 to 2028 aims to simplify procurement processes and engage Kent-based businesses, SMEs and VCSEs early.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Kent County Council's contract awards have been in construction work, health and social work and business services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kent-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kent-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kent-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kent-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kent-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@kent-county-council.gov