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 23 May 2024
Expression of Interest Ferry and Coastal Shipping
- Closed tenderPublished 16 May 2024
Provision of Freight and Passenger Ferry Services in the Channel Islands
- Closed tenderPublished 13 May 2024
Provision of Freight and Passenger Ferry Services in the Channel Islands
- Closed tenderPublished 10 May 2024
Expressions of Interest and PQQ: Coastal Shipping and Ferry Provision
- Awarded contract
Operation of Inter-Island Ferry Service between Shetland Mainland and Foula
- Awarded contract
MCA Surveyor Training: Remote Learning
- Closed tenderPublished 5 April 2024
Supply of Second Hand Vessel
- Awarded contract
Agreement for the supply of security seals
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 5 March 2024
Port Ellen Terminal Development
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 5 March 2024
Port Ellen Terminal Development
- Expired contract
UKRI-3717 Cargo Transportation From Antarctica to Cape Town for 2023-2024 Season
- Expired contract
Supply of Business Travel Management Services for MHRA
- Closed tenderPublished 22 February 2024
Network Rail Western & Wales Regional CP7 Period Telecoms Renewals Framework
- Closed tenderPublished 22 February 2024
Provision of Time Charter Passenger Ferry Services
- Awarded contract
YPO - 001197 Freight Forwarding Services
- Awarded contract
YPO - 001197 Freight Forwarding Sevices
- Closed tenderPublished 2 February 2024
Provision of Commercial Sea Transport Data
- Closed tenderPublished 1 February 2024
International Freight Forwarding Services
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 19 January 2024
Courier, Distribution, Storage and Specialist Solutions
- Closed tenderPublished 18 January 2024
MCA Surveyor Training: Remote Learning
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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