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 9 December 2024
Passenger and Light Cargo Ferry Service Inishbofin 2025 - 2030
- Expired contract
GB-Swindon: UKRI-4113 The Moons Instrument packaging and Shipping to Chile.
- Expired contract
Student Group Travel Services
- Awarded contract
The Provision of Shuttle Bus Services at Ardrossan
- Closed tenderPublished 7 November 2024
NEX24/59 Ferry Servicing and Refurbishment Works
- Awarded contract
Chartered Research Ship Services
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 4 October 2024
High speed & ultra Centrifuges, rotors and services
- Closed tenderPublished 17 September 2024
DfI Strangford Lough Ferry Service – Passenger Only Ferry Substitute.
- Expired contract
Supply, Delivery, Installation & Commissioning of a Material Handler - AWARD
- Awarded contract
Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of a Material Handler
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 12 August 2024
ID 5443075 - Rathlin Island Ferry Provision - Pre-Market Engagement
- Closed tenderPublished 12 August 2024
ID 5443075 - DfI - Rathlin Island Ferry Service Provision *PME*
- Closed tenderPublished 8 August 2024
ADIS and SCDB (Approved Doctors Information System and Short Course Data Base) Support and Maintenance
- Awarded contract
A dedicated ferry service at scheduled times for OPW staff on Garinish Island/Inacullin between the Island and The Pier, Gengarriff, Co Cork
- Closed tenderPublished 30 July 2024
A dedicated ferry service at scheduled times for OPW staff on Garinish Island/Inacullin between the Island and The Pier, Gengarriff, Co Cork
- Awarded contract
SC23007 - Gravesend to Tilbury Ferry Service
- Closed tenderPublished 1 July 2024
Provision of Freight Forwarding Services
- Closed tenderPublished 1 July 2024
Provision of Freight Forwarding Services
- Closed tenderPublished 1 June 2024
RFI-Royal Marine Band Coach Hire & Freight Services
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 31 May 2024
Royal Marine Band Coach Hire & Freight 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, 2,147 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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