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
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 4 March 2026
Northern Isles Ferry Services 4 (NIFS4)
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 4 March 2026
Northern Isles Ferry Services 4 (NIFS4)
- Closed tenderPublished 9 February 2026
Passenger Ferry Service between Whiddy Island, Co. Cork and the mainland
- Closed tenderPublished 7 February 2026
Travel Management Solutions
- Closed tenderPublished 4 February 2026
Provision of Cromarty-Nigg Ferry Service
- Closed tenderPublished 4 February 2026
Provision of Cromarty-Nigg Ferry Service
- Awarded contract
Strategic Digital Partner for Website and Mobile Applications
- Closed tenderPublished 30 January 2026
Strategic Digital Partner for Website and Mobile Applications
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 30 January 2026
Provision of UK Shipping Data
- Awarded contract
Courier, Distribution, Storage and Specialist Solutions
- Closed tenderPublished 16 January 2026
Passenger Ferry Service between Long Island, Co. Cork and the mainland 2026-2031
- Closed tenderPublished 31 December 2025
Provision of customs clearance and freight forwarding services - BHC Lusaka
- Closed tenderPublished 23 December 2025
Logistics Services for Accompanied Goods (Project Chaperone)
- Awarded contract
ET147 - International Cold Chain Shipping Services
- Awarded contract
Cumbrae Slipway Reconstruction
- Closed tenderPublished 1 December 2025
Fleetwood to Knott End Ferry Service
- Awarded contract
Community Needs Assessment for Coll, Colonsay, Iona, Kerrera, Lismore, Mull and Tiree
- Closed tenderPublished 27 November 2025
Mersey Ferries Catering Concession Contract Lot 1B - Seacombe Ferry Terminal Café
- Closed tenderPublished 27 November 2025
Air Ferry Service
- Awarded contract
DHSC: Global and Public Health: Express Freight Service (FY26-28)
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, 2,171 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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