Planning

Device Recycling Scheme - Market Engagement

  • Kent County Council

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

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-031499

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05469e

Published 11 June 2025, 12:16pm



Scope

Reference

CN250150

Description

The Kent County Council (KCC) wishes to engage with suppliers regarding capacity in the market to provide a Device Recycling Scheme.

Suppliers are welcome to 'Register an interest' in this opportunity on the Kent Business Portal (https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/) and will be invited to complete a 'Market Engagement Questionnaire', which will be immediately accessible via the Kent Business Portal. Questionnaires are due back no later than 2nd July 2025.

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 and/or run an engagement event where necessary.

This market engagement notice is not a call for competition nor part of a formal procurement process.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 2 January 2026 to 1 January 2027
  • 1 year

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
  • 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services

Engagement

Engagement deadline

2 July 2025

Engagement process description

The Kent County Council (KCC) wishes to engage with suppliers regarding capacity in the market to provide a Device Recycling Scheme.

Suppliers are welcome to 'Register an interest' in this opportunity on the Kent Business Portal and will be invited to complete a 'Market Engagement Questionnaire', which will be immediately accessible via the Kent Business Portal. Questionnaires are due back no later than 2nd July 2025.

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 and/or run an engagement event where necessary.

This market engagement notice is not a call for competition nor part of a formal procurement process.


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