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
- Awarded contract
Anti-pollution ship services
- Awarded contract
Printed matter and related products
- Awarded contract
Repair, maintenance and associated services related to marine and other equipment
- Expired contract
Provision of a Launch Service
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 24 February 2016
Anti-pollution ship services
- Closed tenderPublished 8 February 2016
Security Services Framework - Portsmouth
- Closed tenderPublished 5 February 2016
Security services
- Closed tenderPublished 3 February 2016
Consultancy Services for the Development of the Design of a Customs and Container Handling Facility, Rupert’s Wharf, Saint Helena Island
- Awarded contract
Licence to operate Ferry Service between Rathmullan & Buncrana Harbours, Co Donegal
- Awarded contract
Whiddy Passenger Ferry Service
- Closed tenderPublished 13 October 2015
Provision of a Launch Service
- Closed tenderPublished 29 May 2015
Expressions of Interest for Consultancy Services for provision of St Helena Sea Port Cargo Handling and Logistics Facility in Ruperts Valley
- Closed tenderPublished 28 May 2015
GB-Lowestoft: Seafarer Liaison Officer and Guardship Services
- Closed tenderPublished 15 April 2015
Agreement for a Simulation Suite for Maritime Engineering and Training
- Closed tenderPublished 7 April 2015
Crown Travel and Venue Services
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 24 February 2015
Crown Travel and Venue Service
- Closed tenderPublished 10 February 2015
United Kingdom-Belfast: Repair, maintenance and associated services related to marine and other equipment
- Closed tenderPublished 4 August 2008
DRD Maritime Consultant
- Expired contract
DRD Maritime Consultant
- Expired contract
International Shipping Services
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, 2,148 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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