Ships and boats: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 34500000·Supplies · class·in Transport Equipment & Vehicles
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 5 lots from 5 competitions run by 4 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 1 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 4 from older notices (bids received, middle 3.5).
Newest open tenders
1 of 3 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Corran Ferry New Electric Vessel (CFNEV) | The Highland Council | 10 Nov 2026 | 14d | — |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
34500000 Ships and boats37 notices · 100%- Road equipment 245 · 12m
- Motor vehicles 168 · 12m
- Heavy-duty motor vehicles 150 · 12m
- Passenger cars 105 · 12m
- Motor vehicles for the transport of goods 47 · 12m
- Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts 46 · 12m
- Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons 40 · 12m
- Ships 36 · 12m
- Traffic-monitoring equipment 34 · 12m
- Horse or hand-drawn carts, other non-mechanically-propelled vehicles, baggage carts and miscellaneous spare parts 34 · 12m
- All of Transport Equipment & Vehicles →
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Central government22%(8 notices)
8 of 37 notices are Central government (22%).Local authorities16%(6 notices)
6 of 37 notices are Local authorities (16%).Other public bodies11%(4 notices)
4 of 37 notices are Other public bodies (11%).Education & universities11%(4 notices)
4 of 37 notices are Education & universities (11%).Police, fire & emergency3%(1 notice)
1 of 37 notices is Police, fire & emergency (3%).Not classified38%(14 notices)
14 of 37 notices are Not classified (38%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (Utility) | not classified | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| The Cornwall College Group | Education & universities | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| The Corporation of Trinity House | not classified | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Northern Lighthouse Board | Central government | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Port of Aberdeen | not classified | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Shetland Islands Council | Local authorities | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| The Highland Council | Local authorities | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| BLUELIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITED | Other public bodies | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CalMac Ferries Limited | not classified | 1 | 0 | 0 |
24 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 25 of 37 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract92%(34 notices)
34 of 37 notices are Contract (92%).Framework5%(2 notices)
2 of 37 notices are Framework (5%).Dynamic purchasing system3%(1 notice)
1 of 37 notices is Dynamic purchasing system (3%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open41%(15 notices)
15 of 37 notices are Open (41%).Route not published35%(13 notices)
13 of 37 notices are Route not published (35%).Selective24%(9 notices)
9 of 37 notices are Selective (24%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold60%(3 notices)
3 of 5 notices are Above threshold (60%).Below threshold40%(2 notices)
2 of 5 notices are Below threshold (40%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (13) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 5 lots from 5 competitions run by 4 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 1 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 4 from older notices (bids received, middle 3.5).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
13 of 13 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 13 awards to 12 suppliers
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| navalue GmbH | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Astilleros Gondan S.A. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Astilleros Gondan SA. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cemre Marin Endustri A.S | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cheetah Marine International Ltd | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Damen Workboats BV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Guangzhou Shipyard International Co., Ltd. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Malin Group | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 21 of 37 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in ships and boats
3 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Corran Ferry New Electric Vessel (CFNEV) | The Highland Council | 10 Nov 2026 | 14d | — |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 3450. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 23 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.