01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Department for Transport
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 11 June 2026
Description
This contract is to collect data on seafarers in the UK shipping industry. This data will form the basis of published statistics on UK seafarers active at sea, which are a core part of the Department for Transport’s (DfT) seafarer statistics. These are used internally by our policy teams in decision making, promoting the UK maritime sector and also by a wide range of external customers including maritime trade unions, industry bodies such as the UK CoS, academics, researchers and members of the general public with a specialist interest. This contract is for one year of data collection (for 2026), with an option to extend on an annual basis for an additional 3 years in 1 year increments; collecting data for 2027, 2028, and 2029 (1 + 1 + 1).
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
Provision of Seafarers Data Collection
- Awarded
- Not supplied
- Award value
- Not supplied
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 19 July 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Department for Transport
Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London, UKI32, SW1P 4DR, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PLTC-5358-LTWZThe Chamber of Shipping Ltd
30 Park Street, London, UKI44, SE1 9EQ, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PJYD-3532-XWNJCompanies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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