Boats: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 34520000·Supplies · class·in Transport Equipment & Vehicles
i
Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.
i
Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
i
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 11 lots from 11 competitions, last 36 months. All 11 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.
i
What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 14 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
34520000 Boats39 notices · 44%34521000 Specialised boats37 notices · 42%34521300 Police patrol boats14 notices · 16%34521100 Surveillance boats10 notices · 11%34521200 Customs patrol boats7 notices · 8%34521400 Lifeboats6 notices · 7%34522450 Inflatable craft4 notices · 4%34522300 Small craft3 notices · 3%- Road equipment 440 · 12m
- Heavy-duty motor vehicles 198 · 12m
- Passenger cars 150 · 12m
- Motor vehicles 141 · 12m
- Control, safety, signalling and light equipment 91 · 12m
- Ships 70 · 12m
- Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons 67 · 12m
- Motor vehicles for the transport of goods 66 · 12m
- Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts 50 · 12m
- Trailers, semi-trailers and mobile containers 46 · 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.
i
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
i
What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
- Central government 35% (31 notices)
- Local authorities 11% (10 notices)
- Other public bodies 11% (10 notices)
- Police, fire & emergency 9% (8 notices)
- Education & universities 8% (7 notices)
- Not classified 26% (23 notices)
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| Home Office | Central government | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS | Other public bodies | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Defra Network eTendering Portal | not classified | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Education Authority NI | Education & universities | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Plymouth | Education & universities | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Defence Equipment and Support | Central government | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd | not classified | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority | not classified | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Orkney Islands Council | Local authorities | 2 | 0 | 0 |
56 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where this supplier has delivered.
Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.
Where the work was, not where the company is based.
i
Where this supplier has delivered.
Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.
Where the work was, not where the company is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 52 of 89 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| East of England | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — |
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.
i
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
i
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
- Contract 89% (79 notices)
- Framework 11% (10 notices)
i
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.
- Open 57% (51 notices)
- Route not published 22% (20 notices)
- Selective 15% (13 notices)
- Limited / restricted 6% (5 notices)
i
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 threshold 35% (7 notices)
- Below threshold 65% (13 notices)
i
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 (42) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
i
How the number of bidders is spread across lots.
Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.
- 1 bid 27% (3)
- 2–3 64% (7)
- 4–6 9% (1)
- 7 or more 0% (0)
i
The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
i
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 11 lots from 11 competitions, last 36 months. All 11 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.
i
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.
30 of 33 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 9 more give no procedure and are left out.
i
How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
2 of 42 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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.
i
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 · 44 awards to 37 suppliers
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mainstay Marine Solutions | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Northern Marine Power Ltd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| SERCO LIMITED | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Zodiac Milpro International | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| "withheld for security reasons" | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| ANNARD LTD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ARCH HENDERSON LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| BAE Surface Ships | 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.
i
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 · 32 of 89 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in boats
2 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hovercraft for Home Office International Operations | Home Office | 5 Oct 2026 | 13d | £82,000 |
| Ground Care, Agricultural and Plant Equipment for Defra Group Fleet Services | Environment Agency | 22 Oct 2026 | 30d | £69,876,145 |
Method
What the numbers on this page are and are not
Which notices count?
Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 3452. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 21 Sept 2026.
Competition figures
Lot-grain contest statistics over the last 36 months: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 3452; contracts and frameworks / DPS are kept apart. Each figure’s own method — grain, window, exclusions and this page’s sample — is behind its ; the long form is on Methodology.
Why no total value or month-by-month chart?
Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.