Planning

Metal Recycling Services

  • Kent County Council

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-007081

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04e799

Published 24 February 2025, 2:10pm



Scope

Reference

CN250351

Description

The Kent County Council (KCC) wishes to engage with suppliers regarding capacity in the market to provide metal recycling services.

Information relating to these services is sought from suitably qualified waste management organisations which must be able to dispose of all non-hazardous metals.

The supplier's processing facility must be fully permitted, and organisations must be able to deliver the highest standards of Health and Safety and Environmental compliance to deliver a highly organised and efficient waste processing services, to use expertise and innovation to ensure best value for money for KCC.

The supplier must have the capacity to process up to 10,000 tonnes of metal across 19 Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) in Kent per annum, although this tonnage may split across multiple contracts where appropriate.

If your organisation is interested in processing any of KCC's metal waste and has capacity to take some of this material in the future, please 'Register and interest' in this opportunity.

Organisations which 'Register and interest' in this opportunity will be invited to complete a 'Market Engagement Questionnaire', which will be accessible via the Kent Business Portal.

Responses to this questionnaire will be used to inform KCC's strategy for commissioning these services; KCC may contact organisations directly to discuss/clarify their response to this questionnaire where necessary for this purpose.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2027
  • Possible extension to 31 August 2030
  • 5 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services

Contract locations

  • UKJ4 - Kent

Engagement

Engagement deadline

14 March 2025

Engagement process description

If your organisation is interested in processing any of KCC's metal waste and has capacity to take some of this material in the future, please 'Register and interest' in this opportunity on the Kent Business Portal.


Procedure

Special regime

Concession


Contracting authority

Kent County Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PLDL-8938-YGYW

County Hall

Maidstone

ME14 1XQ

United Kingdom

Region: UKJ45 - Mid Kent

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government