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Highway Weed Control

Forecast · PlanningNo open deadline

Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.

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01/ The notice

Key facts

Value: £3,000,000Estimated value stated in the notice
Deadline (UK time): No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
Published: 21 Aug 2026
Region: Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

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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

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

77312000
77312100

04/ History

Releases of this notice

One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

21 Aug 2026
Planning notice
Planning notice published 21 August 2026.
Release 079942-2026
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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

Only one release is held, so there is no change history.

06/ Questions

About this notice

Kent County Council published this notice.

Estimated value stated in the notice: £3,000,000.

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08/ Related

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Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-06e9a8
Source: Find a Tender
Stage: planning · Planning
Last verified: Fri 28 Aug 2026, 08:11 BST
Read at: Fri 23 Oct 2026, 01:06 BST

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