# Water transport services (CPV 60600000) · UK Public Procurement Sector Dossier Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/water-transport-services-60600000) — UK public procurement sector intelligence compiled from official Find a Tender notices. > **Tenderline Sector Summary:** Water transport services (CPV 60600000) covers UK public procurement for Water transport services. Tracked across 29 published procedures (6 in the last 12 months) across 18 contracting authorities, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now. ## Key Sector Information - **Sector:** Water transport services - **CPV Code:** `60600000` - **Classification Level:** CPV Class (4-digit sub-sector) - **Parent Division:** [Transport & Passenger Services (CPV 60000000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/transport-passenger-services-60000000) - **Live Open Tenders:** 0 - **Notices in Last 12 Months:** 6 - **Total Catalogue Procedures:** 29 - **Active Contracting Authorities (12m):** 6 (18 lifetime) - **Typical Tender Window:** 22 days (median, notice publication to submission deadline) - **Tenderline Sector Dossier:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/water-transport-services-60600000 - **Sector RSS Feed:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/water-transport-services-60600000/feed.xml ## Market Competition & Pricing Benchmarks - **Typical Bids per Lot:** 1 bids (middle half 1–2) (median of 3 procedures, 36 months, contracts) - **Typical Contract Value (Net):** £1.13m (median net contract award; interquartile range £219k–£2.35m) - **Deadline to Award Decision:** 62 days (median) ## Other Classes in Transport & Passenger Services 1. [Public road transport services (CPV 60110000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/public-road-transport-services-60110000) — 312 notices/12m 2. [Road transport services (CPV 60100000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/road-transport-services-60100000) — 138 notices/12m 3. [Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver (CPV 60170000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/hire-of-passenger-transport-vehicles-with-driver-60170000) — 127 notices/12m 4. [Taxi services (CPV 60120000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/taxi-services-60120000) — 110 notices/12m 5. [Special-purpose road passenger-transport services (CPV 60130000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/special-purpose-road-passenger-transport-services-60130000) — 100 notices/12m 6. [Non-scheduled passenger transport (CPV 60140000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/non-scheduled-passenger-transport-60140000) — 54 notices/12m ## Leading Contracting Authorities in this Sector Top public sector buyers procuring Water transport services work: 1. [Department of Health & Social Care](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-of-health-social-care-gov-d12) — 4 notices (1 in last 12m) 2. [Transport for London](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/transport-for-london-GB-PPON-PHMT-6197-NWNZ) — 4 notices (0 in last 12m) 3. [The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-minister-for-the-cabinet-office-acting-through-crown-com-GB-FTS-3608) — 3 notices (0 in last 12m) 4. [NI Water and its subsidiaries](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ni-water-and-its-subsidiaries-GB-FTS-94) — 2 notices (0 in last 12m) 5. [Scotland Excel](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scotland-excel-GB-FTS-186) — 2 notices (0 in last 12m) 6. [United Utilities Water Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/united-utilities-water-limited-GB-PPON-PVVB-5589-BWHX) — 2 notices (0 in last 12m) 7. [Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/centre-for-environment-fisheries-and-aquaculture-science-GB-PPON-PPGW-5299-JGTN) — 1 notices (1 in last 12m) 8. [Crown Commercial Service](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/crown-commercial-service-gov-ea1474) — 1 notices (0 in last 12m) ## Delivery Geography (ITL-1 Regions) Distribution of published procurement notices by UK delivery region: 1. [Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/regions/scotland): 3 notices (20%) 2. [Greater London](https://tenderline.uk/regions/london): 3 notices (20%) 3. [Northern Ireland](https://tenderline.uk/regions/northern-ireland): 3 notices (20%) 4. [North West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/north-west): 2 notices (13%) 5. [South East England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-east): 2 notices (13%) 6. [North East England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/north-east): 1 notices (7%) ## Leading Awarded Suppliers in this Sector Top suppliers by distinct contract procedures won in Water transport services: 1. [See Contracts Finder Notice for full supplier list](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/see-contracts-finder-notice-for-full-supplier-list-GB-FTS-38566) — 3 procedures across 2 contracting authorities 2. [Kuehne + Nagel Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/kuehne-nagel-limited-coh-01722216) — 2 procedures (3 awards) across 1 contracting authorities 3. [CEVA Logistics](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ceva-logistics-coh-01146292) — 1 procedures (2 awards) across 1 contracting authorities 4. [Clarity Travel Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/clarity-travel-limited-coh-07413801) — 1 procedures (2 awards) across 1 contracting authorities 5. [Donald MacNeil](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/donald-macneil-GB-FTS-82752) — 1 procedures (2 awards) across 1 contracting authorities 6. [Castle Water Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/castle-water-limited-coh-sc475583) — 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities 7. [Crown River Cruises Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/crown-river-cruises-limited-coh-01980680) — 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities 8. [Houlder Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/houlder-limited-coh-04400298) — 1 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 Water transport services intelligence on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/water-transport-services-60600000) ## Provenance and Open Data - **Data Source:** Compiled from official UK public notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0 on Find a Tender. - **Canonical Sector URL:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/water-transport-services-60600000 - **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt