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 17 January 2024
RTÉ Freight Services for Olympics 2024
- Closed tenderPublished 16 January 2024
Provision of a Passenger Ferry Service from Craighouse, Isle of Jura to Tayvallich
- Closed tenderPublished 9 January 2024
MCA Surveyor Training: Remote Learning
- Closed tenderPublished 8 January 2024
International Freight Forwarding Services
- Awarded contract
Development of Online Ferry Booking Pages
- Closed tenderPublished 17 December 2023
Construction of Three Rail Overbridges on the Limerick to Foynes Railway Line
- Closed tenderPublished 15 December 2023
Operation of Inter-Island Ferry Service between Shetland Mainland and Foula
- Closed tenderPublished 15 December 2023
Operation of Inter-Island Ferry Service between Shetland Mainland and Foula
- Awarded contract
ASSET MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE SOLUTION (CMMS)
- Awarded contract
ASSET MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE SOLUTION (CMMS)
- Closed tenderPublished 11 December 2023
UK-Emissions Trading Scheme (UK-ETS) Digital Services Development
- Expired contract
MyMCA UK Maritime Services Portal Development
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 24 November 2023
International Freight Forwarding Services
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 24 November 2023
International Freight Forwarding Services
- Closed tenderPublished 9 November 2023
Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Vessels Dry Docking, Slipping Services, Vessel Repair & Maintenance Services including Options for Project Work (such as Refurbishments, Modifications & Upgrades) & Emergency Dockings
- Closed tenderPublished 9 November 2023
Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Vessels Dry Docking, Slipping Services, Vessel Repair & Maintenance Services including Options for Project Work (such as Refurbishments, Modifications & Upgrades) & Emergency Dockings
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 8 November 2023
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- Awarded contract
DHSC:Global Health: Express Freight Service
- Closed tenderPublished 9 October 2023
YPO - 001197 Freight Forwarding Sevices
- Closed tenderPublished 21 September 2023
Request for Tenders for the provision of a subsidised Ferry Service between Bere Island, County Cork and the Mainland from 01/11/2023 to 31/10/2028.
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, 2,146 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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