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title: "Project_5066- Provision of Bill of Lading Shipping Data"
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# Project_5066- Provision of Bill of Lading Shipping Data

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/project-5066-provision-of-bill-of-lading-shipping-data-ocds-h6vhtk-05e5d5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Business & Trade: "Project_5066- Provision of Bill of Lading Shipping Data". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Business & Trade](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-business-trade-gov-d1382)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £520,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/project-5066-provision-of-bill-of-lading-shipping-data-ocds-h6vhtk-05e5d5#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05e5d5`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/project-5066-provision-of-bill-of-lading-shipping-data-ocds-h6vhtk-05e5d5#tl-md)

## Description
Bill of Lading data is used by DBT to monitor container trade to and from the UK. DBT have been receiving Bill of Lading data for exports from the UK (where a container leaves from a UK port) and imports to the UK (where the container lands at a UK port or the container lands at a foreign port but with a final destination of the UK) since 2021.
The Data DBT requires includes:
a. Container events including port departure time and port arrival time.
b. Information on which ship the good was transported on. This must include International Maritime Organization (‘IMO’ number’) and vessel name. 
c. Carrier, shipper, forwarder, and container details. These details are required to identify the movements of the specific cargo containers that goods are shipped in. We also require the address data for the carrier, shipper and forwarder.
d. Port of load, port of destination, place of receipt, and place of destination details. The data must allow us to identify where goods are shipped via intermediate ports. 
e. The types and details of goods being shipped. This should be the name/type of product using HS classification codes and the volume/weight of the product.
f. Allocated container count (i.e. unit of measurement used to determine the cargo capacity relative to the total container capacity).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72300000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Provision of Bill of Lading Shipping Data (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **THINKDATA WORKS LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-101412`
  - Value: £520,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 19/11/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £260,000
  - Signed Date: 21/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005903-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-22T16:01:56.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T07:18:43.689Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05e5d5