Shipping Tenders
See open shipping tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.
Shipping and freight procurement covers freight forwarding, maritime and ferry services, and cargo handling, bought by central government, ports, defence and councils moving goods rather than mail or parcels.
Stotles has tracked 870 shipping and freight notices to date, including 408 awarded contracts and 113 at pre-tender stage. Freight transport agency services (CPV 63521000) and water transport services (CPV 60600000) are the two codes that show up most in the sample.
861 results
- Closed tenderPublished 17 February 2023
Marine Cleaning Chemicals
- Closed tenderPublished 17 February 2023
Marine Cleaning Chemicals
- Expired contract
UK Maritime Business Development - Clarkson's Research Services
- Awarded contract
DAC 128/22 DFI - Rathlin Island Ferry Service
- Awarded contract
Outer Harbour Upgrade at the Port of Lowestoft
- Expired contract
PB2023-00910 - Freight Services for the Head Of Steam Museum
- Closed tenderPublished 17 January 2023
Kisimul Ferry and Castle Minor Maintenance Services
- Awarded contract
The Purchase of an On-Track Machine (OTM) Tamper
- Closed tenderPublished 6 December 2022
DfI Roads and Rivers - Provision of Marine Mechanical Maintenance Services for Strangford Lough Ferry Service
- Awarded contract
EC0906 Life Sciences Freight Forwarding and Logistics Agency Services
- Closed tenderPublished 6 December 2022
DfI Roads and Rivers - Provision of Marine Mechanical Maintenance Services for Strangford Lough Ferry Service
- Awarded contract
EC0906 Life Sciences Freight Forwarding and Logistics Agency Services
- Closed tenderPublished 23 November 2022
The Provision of Shuttle Bus Services at Ardrossan
- Closed tenderPublished 23 November 2022
The Provision of Shuttle Bus Services at Ardrossan
- Closed tenderPublished 22 November 2022
DRD TNI - Strangford Ferry - Provision of Marine Hydraulic Maintenance Services
- Closed tenderPublished 22 November 2022
Lough Foyle Ferry Service
- Closed tenderPublished 22 November 2022
Lough Swilly Ferry Service
- Closed tenderPublished 22 November 2022
DRD TNI - Strangford Ferry -Provision of Marine Structural Maintenance Service
- Closed tenderPublished 22 November 2022
Swilly Ferry Service 2014
- Closed tenderPublished 22 November 2022
DRD Provision of Specialist Marine Consultancy Services
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about freight forwarding, freight services, shipping services, maritime services, cargo handling, ferry services in the UK public sector.
How do I find shipping tenders in the UK?
Search live portals for freight, maritime and ferry service tenders, or work earlier by tracking the buyers who publish them. On Stotles you can filter by buyer, stage and CPV code, and read the documents behind a live procurement before it closes. Platform-wide, 2,137 tenders are open right now across every category Stotles tracks.
What counts as shipping and freight procurement?
This covers moving goods rather than mail or parcels: freight forwarding, maritime and ferry services, cargo handling, and the shipping side of import and export logistics. Postal and courier contracts, which move mail and parcels rather than freight, sit on Stotles' separate postal tenders page. All of this page's scope sits inside the 870 notices Stotles has tracked to date.
Which CPV codes cover shipping and freight?
Freight transport agency services sits under CPV 63521000, which matches 194 notices alongside the keyword filter. Water transport services is CPV 60600000, matching 45. Cargo handling and air-charter services also turn up regularly in the sample.
Do shipping contracts run through frameworks?
Often. National freight and logistics framework agreements sit alongside individual ferry, port and freight contracts from councils, defence and government departments in the sample, and 44% of suppliers nationally say frameworks are their main route into public sector work.
How many shipping tenders has Stotles tracked?
870 shipping and freight notices to date, made up of 408 awarded contracts, 113 at pre-tender or early market-engagement stage, and the rest open or closed for bids. New notices are added continuously as buyers publish, so return to this page rather than relying on a single search.
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