Social Value Ideas for Kent County Council
We have identified 50 evidence-based social value themes for Kent County Council in South East across 46 service areas. These insights are derived from the latest council meeting transcripts and can inform your social value strategy for bids and tenders.
Countywide 20mph target rejected
A Green motion sought to expand 20mph limits across most residential roads, but after extensive debate the council rejected it. Members cited cost, enforceability, emergency-service impacts, and prefe…
“The priority is to identify those many urban residential restricted roads and adavisions where it is technically feasible to introduce 20 mile an hour…”
£22.5m verge maintenance tender
Members considered a new five-year highways contract for urban grass, shrubs and hedges maintenance, with an optional three-year extension. The contract will be advertised at £22.5 million and is inte…
“This report asks members to support new contracts for maintaining urban grass shrubs hedges on our highways. The current contract ends on the 28th of …”
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…”
Minerals plan advances
Kent County Council moved forward an updated Minerals Sites Plan for examination, including a proposed new hard rock allocation at Hermitage Quarry. Officers said the site is the only one promoted aft…
“Before I start, I will make a point of sound. I'm very grateful for Sharon Thompson, our lead officer on this, who will be answering just about all th…”
Kent Minerals Site Plan approved
Council approved the draft Kent Minerals Site Plan for submission to government for independent examination. The plan centres on the proposed extension to Hermitage Quarry/Oakwood to address a hard ro…
“Speaker 29: Thank you, chair and fellow members, for the opportunity to present this report on the Kent Minerals site plan. This is an important decis…”
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