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
- Expired contract
International Freight Services
- Expired contract
977407103 T1394 Determining tram-train platform arrangements
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 22 October 2025
Mersey Ferries Catering Concession Contract Lot 1B - Seacombe Ferry Terminal Café
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 17 October 2025
Oban 1 Linkspan, Berth and adjacent Slipway Modifications & Repairs
- Awarded contract
Courier Services
- Awarded contract
Supply and Delivery of One New Forklift
- Closed tenderPublished 15 September 2025
UKRI-5065 BAS - Gateway Agent for Cape Town
- Awarded contract
Integrated Out of Hours and Community Hospital Inpatient and Accident & Emergency Services (Argyll & Bute)
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 11 September 2025
Logistics Framework
- Closed tenderPublished 8 September 2025
ET147 - International Cold Chain Shipping Services
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 8 September 2025
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE DUNOON – INVERCLYDE FERRY SERVICE
- Closed tenderPublished 3 September 2025
977407103 T1394 Determining tram-train platform arrangements
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 3 September 2025
Fleetwood to Knott End Ferry Service
- Awarded contract
DFI - Rathlin Island Ferry Service
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 27 August 2025
International Cold Chain Shipping Services
- Closed tenderPublished 22 August 2025
Supply and Delivery of One New Forklift
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 29 July 2025
Travel Management Solutions
- Closed tenderPublished 28 July 2025
Courier, Distribution, Storage and Specialist Solutions
- Closed tenderPublished 24 July 2025
Colombia Green Ports
- Closed tenderPublished 22 July 2025
CANCELLED COMPETITION - Supply, Installation and Maintenance of engines and engine components for passenger ferry operated by Donegal Bay Waterbus
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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