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                "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",
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        "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",
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