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# Highway Weed Control

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/highway-weed-control-ocds-h6vhtk-06e9a8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Kent County Council: "Highway Weed Control". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £3,000,000. 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:** £3,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Weed-clearance services, Weed-killing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/highway-weed-control-ocds-h6vhtk-06e9a8#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06e9a8`

## 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/highway-weed-control-ocds-h6vhtk-06e9a8#tl-md)

## Description
Kent County Council is seeking responses from the commercial market to help shape the new contract for the Highway Weed Control contract.
The Council shall look to identify a supplier that can carry out the following main activities that are required under this contract:
•Weed control on kerbs and channels, modular paving, roundabouts, traffic islands and rear of footways. The frequency of treatment shall be twice a year. 
•Treatment of Noxious Weeds on the highway including Japanese Knotweed and Giant Hogweed.
•Treatment of ballast within identified highway escape lanes.
The contract is currently structured into six lots, which are as follows:
•Lot 1: Dartford and Gravesham
•Lot 2: Sevenoaks and Tonbridge & Malling
•Lot 3: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells
•Lot 4: Ashford and Swale
•Lot 5: Canterbury and Thanet
•Lot 6: Dover, Folkestone and Hythe
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: 
https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Maidstone:-Weed-clearance-services./547E754M7W
To respond to this opportunity, please click here: 
https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/547E754M7W

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 77312000, 77312100
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2028 to 31/03/2031
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F079942-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-21T12:54:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T10:07:59.523Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06e9a8