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title: "Device Recycling Scheme - Market Engagement"
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# Device Recycling Scheme - Market Engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/device-recycling-scheme-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-05469e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Kent County Council: "Device Recycling Scheme - Market Engagement". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Kent County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/kent-county-council-ons-e10000016)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Refuse and waste related services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/device-recycling-scheme-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-05469e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05469e`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/device-recycling-scheme-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-05469e#tl-md)

## 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 72000000, 90500000

- **Contract Period:** 02/01/2026 to 01/01/2027

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031499-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-06-11T11:16:58.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T07:41:52.544Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05469e