Ships Tenders and Contracts

See open ships tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.

Ship procurement covers vessel hire and chartering, ship repair and dry-docking, new ferry and research vessel design and build, and ship operating and maintenance support, including planned maintenance on patrol vessels. Much of the Royal Navy work is spares and technical services for warships. Dry-docking and repair of ferries by port and shipyard operators also come up.

Naval buying runs through multi-supplier frameworks, with each order placed as a call-off. Demand comes from central government defence and maritime safety bodies, councils running ferry services, research agencies, port operators and shipyards.

1,327 results

  • Awarded contractPublished 29 November 2021

    Tender for the supply of a purpose built Commercial Work Boat Training Vessel (Fast Work Boat)

    Promaritime LtdReconditioning services of ships or boatsAwarded 29 November 2021

    Value not stated

  • Closed tenderPublished 29 November 2021

    Tender for the supply of a purpose built Commercial Work Boat Training Vessel (Fast Work Boat)

    €270,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 24 November 2021

    701534376 - Batch 2 Offshore Patrol Vessels Future Support (OPV FS)

    Ministry of DefenceRepair and maintenance services of warships

    £321,000,000

  • Awarded contractPublished 24 November 2021

    Future In Service Support Offshore Patrol Vessels (FISS OPV)

    Ministry of DefenceAwarded 1 July 2023

    Value not stated

  • Closed tenderPublished 24 November 2021

    701534376 - Batch 2 Off-Shore Patrol Vessels Future Support (OPV FS)

    Ministry of DefenceRepair and maintenance services of ships

    £375,000,000

  • Closed tenderPublished 19 November 2021

    CPV Eagle - MSER

    Home OfficeShips and boats

    £122,976

  • Expired contractPublished 16 November 2021

    Shipping Market Commercial Data

    Maritime and Coastguard AgencySupplier(s) Clarksons Research PLCShipping operationsAwarded 1 November 2021

    £14,600

  • Closed tenderPublished 12 November 2021

    Tender for the supply of a purpose built Commercial Work Boat Training Vessel

    Promaritime LtdSpecialised boats

    Value not stated

  • Closed tenderPublished 12 November 2021

    CPV Hunter - Maintenance and Safety Equipment Recertification

    Home OfficeShips and boats

    £122,976

  • Closed tenderPublished 12 November 2021

    Negative Collection Digitisation

    Royal Museums GreenwichScanning services

    £165,000

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  • Stale Pre-tenderPublished 11 November 2021

    PIN - Revenue Customs Cutter (patrol vessel)

    Value not stated

  • Closed tenderPublished 9 November 2021

    PIN - Revenue Customs Cutter (patrol vessel)

    Value not stated

  • Expired contractPublished 5 November 2021

    The Supply of 6- and 8-person capacity Valise Liferafts

    Home OfficeSupplier(s) Ocean Safety LimitedShips and boatsAwarded 30 October 2021

    £35,711.62

  • Expired contractPublished 5 November 2021

    CPV ALERT - MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT RECERTIFICATION

    Home OfficeSupplier(s) AMBREY INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDShips and boatsAwarded 8 November 2021

    £22,020.43

  • Stale Pre-tenderPublished 3 November 2021

    Border Force CPV Active - MSER - and visit to vessel

    Home OfficeShips and boats

    £122,976

  • Stale Pre-tenderPublished 3 November 2021

    Border Force CPV - MSER

    Home OfficeShips and boats

    £122,976

  • Stale Pre-tenderPublished 3 November 2021

    Border Force CPV - MSER

    Home OfficeShips and boats

    £122,976

  • Stale Pre-tenderPublished 3 November 2021

    Border Force CPV - MSER

    Home OfficeShips and boats

    £122,976

  • Closed tenderPublished 21 October 2021

    The Supply of 6- and 8-person capacity Valise Liferafts

    Home OfficeShips and boats

    £43,000

  • Awarded contractPublished 20 October 2021

    Marine Institute - RFT for the Supply of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon & Total Alkalinity Analysers

    Education Procurement Service (EPS)Supplier(s) Apollo SciTech, LLCMarine research servicesAwarded 20 October 2021

    Value not stated

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Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions about vessel hire, vessel charter, shipbuilding, shipyard, dry dock, research vessel, patrol vessel, workboat, vessel maintenance in the UK public sector.

  • How do I find ship contracts before they are formally tendered?

    Read fleet replacement and refit programmes, ferry service strategies, dry-docking schedules and prior information notices for vessel replacement, which show work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

  • What kinds of ship contracts appear?

    Ship notices include chartering a vessel with crew for a specific operation, dry-docking and repair work at a shipyard, design and build of ferries and research vessels, and ongoing operating and maintenance support for a naval fleet. Much of the operating and support work runs through a framework rather than a single open tender.

  • Who buys vessel hire, ship repair and ship operating services?

    Central government defence and maritime safety bodies are frequent buyers, alongside state-backed shipyards and ferry operators. Some contracts respond to a specific incident, such as a vessel needed at short notice for pollution response.

  • Are ship repair and ship operating contracts open competitions?

    Some ship repair and operating contracts are open competitions, but a lot of this work moves through long-running frameworks and call-off orders rather than a single advertised competition.

  • What CPV codes cover ship tenders?

    Ship notices carry 34510000 (Ships), 34512100 (Ferry boats), 34511100 (Marine patrol vessels) and 50241000 (Repair and maintenance services of ships).

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