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 14 July 2025
DHSC: Global and Public Health: Express Freight Service (FY26-28)
- Closed tenderPublished 14 July 2025
DHSC: Global and Public Health: Express Freight Service (FY 25-26)
- Awarded contract
Provision of Consultancy and Technical Services for the Orkney Ferry Replacement Programme and Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 2
- Awarded contract
Courier Services Lot 3 Freight Forwarding
- Awarded contract
Spare and Replacement Parts including Provision of Support for Cummins Engines
- Awarded contract
Contract Award
- Awarded contract
Defence Marine Services - Next Generation: Contract 2 - Inshore Support to Military Training, Testing and Evaluation
- Closed tenderPublished 19 June 2025
Design, Supply, Installation, Commissioning, and Maintenance of Shore Power Infrastructure at London Gateway and DP World Southampton
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 18 June 2025
Mainland Ferries – Option Appraisal and Business Case
- Closed tenderPublished 17 June 2025
Logistics and Freight Forwarding
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 17 June 2025
Logistics and Freight Forwarding
- Closed tenderPublished 12 June 2025
Provision of Freight Forwarding Services and Courier Services to Gov of Jersey - Framework
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 12 June 2025
Courier, Distribution, Storage and Specialist Solutions
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 12 June 2025
Courier, Distribution, Storage and Specialist Solutions
- Closed tenderPublished 4 June 2025
Shipyard Detailed Design and Build Contract “Freight Flex” Ro-Pax Vessels
- Closed tenderPublished 28 May 2025
Cumbrae Slipway Reconstruction
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 23 May 2025
Managed Travel
- Closed tenderPublished 23 May 2025
Request for Tenders dated 22/05/2025 for the provision of a Roll On/Roll Off Passenger Ferry Service between Árainn Mhór, Co. Donegal and the mainland
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 20 May 2025
DHSC: Global and Public Health: Express Freight Service (FY26-28)
- Closed tenderPublished 16 May 2025
Ferry Service Provision
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, 2,163 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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