Social Value Ideas for Kent County Council
We have identified 50 evidence-based social value themes for Kent County Council in South East across 43 service areas. These insights are derived from the latest council meeting transcripts and can inform your social value strategy for bids and tenders.
Highways and Transport Division Total Budget 2025-26
Total budget allocation for Highways and Transport Division is £217.4 million, comprising £78.9 million revenue budget and £138.5 million capital spend. This represents the largest service delivery ex…
“the total budget for us is 217.4 million. There is a table in the paper which is on page 27 if you'd like the details. And that comprises of 78.9 mill…”
Operation Brock powers sought
Members called for additional government powers and funding to manage tourist traffic and EES-related congestion around Dover and the Channel Tunnel. This creates an opportunity for future procurement…
“What this motion does is simply says that we should be giving support to the Resilience Forum and the Kemp Manways team to ask the government for the …”
Bus service S106 delivery delayed
The cabinet member explained that a Section 106-funded bus service for Saxon Fields cannot yet be confidently planned or procured because build-out rates, demand and commercial viability remain uncert…
“The S106 obligation for Saxon Fields was negotiated in a very different economic and public transport context to that which now exists. Although the c…”
Oakwood Park Grammar expansion
The committee endorsed expansion of Oakwood Park Grammar School in Maidstone by one form of entry from September 2027. The proposal responds to rising Year 7 demand driven by population growth and hou…
“This report seeks endorsement of a proposal to expand Oakwood Park Grammar School, which is a boys grammar school, boys grammar academy in Maidstone. …”
Maidstone secondary places shortfall
Kent County Council stated it has a statutory duty to ensure sufficient school places and that Oakwood Park Grammar School is needed to provide 30 additional selective places from September 2027, incr…
“This application has been submitted following an identified need for additional, selective secondary school places in the borough of Maidstone. The Co…”
Social value procurement policy
KCC adopted its Win for Kent procurement-with-purpose policy, making social value mandatory in tender evaluations above the public sector threshold and requiring contractual delivery, monitoring and p…
“Speaker 1: Thank you, chair. Yeah. And I will take this item. So today, I'm here to share our proposed social value policy of Winning for Kent, and it…”
Commercial and procurement gains
The committee received a six-monthly commercial and procurement performance update showing £54.4m of financial benefits delivered in 2025/26 and a £33m increase in spend with Kent suppliers, taking lo…
“Speaker 20: So this paper is part of our regular six monthly reporting to the committee on the council's commercial and procurement performance. It co…”
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