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 8 March 2022
The provision of a passenger ferry service to Scattery Island, Co. Clare
- Closed tenderPublished 1 March 2022
The Operation of a Roll On/Roll Off Ferry Service Between the Harbours of Rathmullan and Buncrana, Co Donegal.
- Closed tenderPublished 14 February 2022
The Supply and Delivery Of Corporate Uniforms & PPE
- Closed tenderPublished 14 February 2022
The Supply and Delivery Of Corporate Uniforms & PPE
- Awarded contract
Supply and Delivery of Spare and Replacement Parts and Specialist Engineering Services for Voith Schneider Propulsion Systems
- Closed tenderPublished 28 January 2022
A discovery to develop a system for reporting and analysing carbon emissions data on UK shipping.
- Awarded contract
Vessel Modification Works
- Expired contract
NU/1597 Travel Agency Services
- Closed tenderPublished 5 January 2022
My MCA - Online, Role Based Access, Customer Portal
- Expired contract
AWARD - Call off agreements of DPS Data SaSiE
- Awarded contract
Freight Services for Olympics 2020 (in 2021)
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 8 November 2021
Ardrossan Upgrades Shuttlebus Service
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 8 November 2021
Ardrossan Upgrades Shuttlebus Service
- Awarded contract
Express Freight Service
- Awarded contract
DHSC International Freight and Logistics Solutions
- Expired contract
DHSC International Freight and Logistics Solutions
- Closed tenderPublished 31 October 2021
Storage, Distribution, Kitting and Associated Services
- Closed tenderPublished 27 October 2021
TimberLINK Services
- Closed tenderPublished 8 October 2021
Temporary Terminal Building, Troon
- Awarded contract
Linkspan Inspection and Maintenance Service
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, 2,135 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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