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 14 May 2025
Logistics Services for Accompanied Goods (Project Chaperone)
- Closed tenderPublished 13 May 2025
Travel Management Services
- Awarded contract
HOA3 - Harbour Operating Agreement
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 11 May 2025
Support to the Maritime Operations Domain
- Closed tenderPublished 9 May 2025
Infrastructure Monitoring Core Service
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 9 May 2025
Infrastructure Monitoring Core Service
- Awarded contract
Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services 3 (CHFS3) VEAT notice
- Awarded contract
NHS Supply Chain Logistics Service Provider
- Awarded contract
NHS Supply Chain Logistics Services Contract
- Closed tenderPublished 2 May 2025
Request for Tenders for the Provision of Radar Transponders/Beacons (RACONS)
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 28 April 2025
Express Freight Service
- Closed tenderPublished 17 April 2025
Request for Tenders dated 15/04/2025 for the provision of a: Heavy Cargo Ferry Service for Oileáin Chléire, Sherkin Island, Heir Island and Long Island, County Cork
- Closed tenderPublished 16 April 2025
The Procurement of Marine Shared Services
- Awarded contract
ID 5332920 - DfI - Specialist Marine Consultant 2024-29
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 15 April 2025
Northern Isles Ferry Services 4 (Preliminary Market Consultation)
- Closed tenderPublished 15 April 2025
RA350376 - Travel Management Booking Services
- Closed tenderPublished 11 April 2025
Troon Circular Bus Service
- Closed tenderPublished 11 April 2025
Request for Tenders dated 10/04/2025 for the provision of a Heavy Cargo Ferry Service for Oileán Thoraí, Co Donegal
- Closed tenderPublished 11 April 2025
Supply Chain Notice: WAT0091-03 & WAT0150-01 - Brow Replacements FY 25/26
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 10 April 2025
WAT0091-03 & WAT0150-01 - Brow Replacements FY 25/26
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, 2,147 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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