# Support services for water transport (CPV 63720000) · UK Public Procurement Sector Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/support-services-for-water-transport-63720000). UK public procurement sector intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Sector Summary:** Support services for water transport (CPV 63720000) covers UK public procurement for Support services for water transport. Tracked across 145 published procedures (61 in the last 12 months) across 49 contracting authorities, with 8 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Sector Information

- **Sector:** Support services for water transport

- **CPV Code:** `63720000`

- **Classification Level:** CPV Class (4-digit sub-sector)

- **Parent Division:** [Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services (CPV 63000000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/supporting-and-auxiliary-transport-services-travel-agencies--63000000)

- **Live Open Tenders:** 8

- **Notices in Last 12 Months:** 61

- **Total Catalogue Procedures:** 145

- **Active Contracting Authorities (12m):** 20 (49 lifetime)

- **Typical Tender Window:** 34 days (median, notice publication to submission deadline)

- **Tenderline Sector Dossier:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/support-services-for-water-transport-63720000

- **Sector RSS Feed:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/support-services-for-water-transport-63720000/feed.xml

## Market Competition & Pricing Benchmarks

- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 3 bids (middle half 3–4) (median of 5 procedures, 36 months, contracts)

- **Typical Contract Value (Net):** £50k (median net contract award; interquartile range £32k–£97k)

- **Deadline to Award Decision:** 20 days (median)

- **SME Win Rate:** 61% of declared awards won by small & medium enterprises

- **Local Win Rate:** 70% of awards won by suppliers registered in the delivery region

## Other Classes in Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

1. [Support services for land transport (CPV 63710000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/support-services-for-land-transport-63710000): 162 notices/12m

2. [Storage and warehousing services (CPV 63120000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/storage-and-warehousing-services-63120000): 82 notices/12m

3. [Travel agency and similar services (CPV 63510000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/travel-agency-and-similar-services-63510000): 80 notices/12m

4. [Transport agency services (CPV 63520000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/transport-agency-services-63520000): 18 notices/12m

5. [Travel agency, tour operator and tourist assistance services (CPV 63500000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/travel-agency-tour-operator-and-tourist-assistance-services-63500000): 12 notices/12m

6. [Support services for air transport (CPV 63730000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/support-services-for-air-transport-63730000): 6 notices/12m

## Leading Contracting Authorities in this Sector

Top public sector buyers procuring Support services for water transport work:

1. [Corporation of Trinity House](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-corporation-of-trinity-house-of-deptford-strond-coh-rc000622): 34 notices (27 in last 12m)

2. [Cefas](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cefas-gov-ea53): 14 notices (6 in last 12m)

3. [Ministry of Defence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-defence-gov-d17): 10 notices (0 in last 12m)

4. [UK Research and Innovation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-gov-pb1221): 8 notices (1 in last 12m)

5. [Maritime and Coastguard Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/maritime-and-coastguard-agency-gov-ea78): 7 notices (5 in last 12m)

6. [Associated British Ports](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/associated-british-ports-coh-zc000195): 6 notices (1 in last 12m)

7. [Department for Science, Innovation & Technology](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-science-innovation-technology-gov-d1381): 6 notices (6 in last 12m)

8. [International Nuclear Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/international-nuclear-services-limited-coh-01144352): 4 notices (0 in last 12m)

## Delivery Geography (ITL-1 Regions)

Distribution of published procurement notices by UK delivery region:

1. [South East England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-east): 12 notices (27%)

2. [Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/regions/scotland): 11 notices (24%)

3. [East of England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/east-of-england): 6 notices (13%)

4. [North East England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/north-east): 6 notices (13%)

5. [Yorkshire and the Humber](https://tenderline.uk/regions/yorkshire-and-the-humber): 5 notices (11%)

6. [South West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-west): 5 notices (11%)

## Leading Awarded Suppliers in this Sector

Top suppliers by distinct contract procedures won in Support services for water transport:

1. [ASCO](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/asco-coh-sc029934): 13 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

2. [KPI OCEAN CONNECT](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/kpi-ocean-connect-GB-FTS-157066): 6 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

3. [LINDSAY BLEE & CO LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/lindsay-blee-co-ltd-coh-00631446): 6 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

4. [Briggs Marine Contractors Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/briggs-marine-contractors-limited-coh-sc114978): 5 procedures across 2 contracting authorities

5. [FRANK ARMITT & SONS LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/frank-armitt-sons-ltd-coh-00745573): 4 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

6. [Royal Institute of Navigation](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/royal-institute-of-navigation-coh-rc000816): 4 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

7. [Keynvor Morlift Ltd.](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/keynvor-morlift-ltd-coh-06758978): 2 procedures across 2 contracting authorities

8. [Biodock Biobank](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/biodock-biobank-GB-FTS-153461): 2 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

## Interactive Intelligence & Provenance

> **Complete Sector Analytics:** In-depth competition distributions, tender value histograms, procurement routes, and historical tender registers are available on Tenderline:

> [Explore interactive Support services for water transport intelligence on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/support-services-for-water-transport-63720000)

## Provenance and Open Data

- **Data Source:** Compiled from official UK public notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

- **Canonical Sector URL:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/support-services-for-water-transport-63720000

- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt