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 26 March 2025
Craignure Passenger Access System Design & Build
- Closed tenderPublished 14 March 2025
Project 4693 - Provision of domestic and overseas research participant recruitment
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 12 March 2025
Craignure Pier & Ferry Terminal Works
- Expired contract
GSS25148 - Shipping Services
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 12 March 2025
Craignure Pier & Ferry Terminal Works
- Awarded contract
Supply of Second Hand Vessel
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 6 March 2025
Travel Management Services
- Closed tenderPublished 28 February 2025
Scattery Island passenger Ferry Service
- Closed tenderPublished 27 February 2025
Provision of Commercial Diving Services
- Closed tenderPublished 27 February 2025
Provision of Commercial Diving Services
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 14 February 2025
NEX24/83 Small Works Framework Agreement
- Closed tenderPublished 31 January 2025
Provision of Consultancy and Technical Services for the Orkney Ferry Replacement Programme and Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 2
- Closed tenderPublished 30 January 2025
ID 5332920 - DfI - Specialist Marine Consultant 2024-29
- Closed tenderPublished 30 January 2025
ID 5332920 - DfI - Specialist Marine Consultant 2024-29
- Awarded contract
Network Rail Western & Wales Regional CP7 Period Telecoms Renewals Framework
- Closed tenderPublished 14 January 2025
Framework Agreement - Courier Services for Oversized and Specialist Shipments
- Closed tenderPublished 14 January 2025
Framework Agreement - Courier Services for Oversized and Specialist Shipments
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 10 January 2025
Bus Shelter Infrastructure Framework
- Awarded contract
713287450 - Navy Digital - Sustainment of Architecture Services (ND-SAS)
- Closed tenderPublished 17 December 2024
713287450 - Navy Digital - Sustainment of Architecture Services (ND-SAS)
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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