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 25 August 2022
EC0906 Life Sciences Freight Forwarding and Logistics Agency Services
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 18 August 2022
UK Shipping Data
- Awarded contract
TimberLINK Services
- Closed tenderPublished 29 July 2022
The Purchase of an On-Track Machine (OTM) Tamper
- Awarded contract
ESF Skills for Growth: Logistics Skills
- Expired contract
My MCA - Online, Role Based Access, Customer Portal (Discovery and Alpha)
- Closed tenderPublished 12 July 2022
ASSET MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE SOLUTION (CMMS)
- Closed tenderPublished 12 July 2022
ASSET MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE SOLUTION (CMMS)
- Closed tenderPublished 9 July 2022
Provision of a Fast Passenger Ferry Service for Toraigh island Co. Donegal, Ireland 2022 – 2023
- Closed tenderPublished 8 July 2022
Provision of a Fast Passenger Ferry Service for Toraigh island Co. Donegal, Ireland 2022 – 2023
- Awarded contract
Lochmaddy Pier Improvement Programme Main Works
- Awarded contract
ESF Skills for Growth: Logistics Skills
- Expired contract
Legal Services: Express Freight Services
- Closed tenderPublished 29 June 2022
RFT Heir Island Passenger Ferry 2022 - 2027
- Closed tenderPublished 29 June 2022
RFT Heir Island Passenger Ferry 2022 - 2027
- Awarded contract
The Operation of a Roll On/Roll Off Ferry Service Between the Harbours of Rathmullan and Buncrana, Co Donegal.
- Closed tenderPublished 28 June 2022
Solent Transport - Future Transport Zone Dynamic Purchasing System Lot 7 - Drones - Supply & Operation, Operating Infrastructure & Associated Equipment, Goods & Services
- Awarded contract
Multiple Supplier Framework Agreement for Maritime Consultancy Services
- Closed tenderPublished 14 June 2022
Concession Contract for the Operation of Northumberland Energy Park Dock
- Closed tenderPublished 8 June 2022
Defence Marine Services - Inshore Support to Military Training, Testing and Evaluation
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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