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title: "SC20048 - Paper and Card Processing Services"
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# SC20048 - Paper and Card Processing Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sc20048-paper-and-card-processing-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02d856). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Kent County Council: "SC20048 - Paper and Card Processing Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,500,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Kent County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/kent-county-council-ons-e10000016)
- **Published Value:** £3,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 September 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure with prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Refuse and waste related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0023
- **Awarded Value:** £3,500,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sc20048-paper-and-card-processing-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02d856#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02d856`

## 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/sc20048-paper-and-card-processing-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02d856#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%3FadvertId%3D6c965527-ebf8-eb11-810d-005056b64545%26p%3D8691483f-2f3d-e711-80e1-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sc20048-paper-and-card-processing-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02d856#participate

## Description
Concession Contract to receive and process mixed paper and card arising from both Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) and kerbside household waste collections in Kent. Paper and Card is processed at the Concessionaire's paper mill in Snodland, Kent (ME6 5AX). Assumed tonnage per annum (at point of Contract Award Date): c.30,000 tonnes.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Lot A (West Kent)
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 90500000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** See above.

### Lot 2: Lot B (East Kent)
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 90500000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** At least 20,000 tonnes per annum.

### Lot 3: Lot C (All Kent, i.e. Lot A + Lot B)
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 90500000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** At least 35,000 tonnes per annum.

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** West Kent & East Kent (active)
  - Award id: `007922-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Smurfit Kappa Uk Ltd (trading as Smurfit Kappa Recycling UK)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-147966`
  - Value: £3,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** West Kent & East Kent (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,500,000
  - Signed Date: 23/11/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007933-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-03-23T17:16:49.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T19:46:07.003Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02d856