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Project_5066- Provision of Bill of Lading Shipping Data

Department for Business & Trade

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Department for Business & Trade

Buyer Address: Old Admiralty Building, London, UKI32, SW1A 2DY, United Kingdom

Contact Email: commercialddat@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
520000.0 GBP
Published
20 Nov 2025, 16:18
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
01 Dec 2025, 00:00
Contract End
30 Nov 2026, 23:59
Category
n/a
CPV
72300000 - Data services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
THINKDATA WORKS LIMITED
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

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, and it is also desirable that Maritime Mobile Service Identity ‘MMSI’). Information on both IMO and, ideally, MMSI designations are required to allow government to match data with UN Global Platform automated identification system (AIS) data. 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).

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Lot 1 SME Suitable: Yes

Documents

Document Description: Not published

Awards

Award Title: Provision of Bill of Lading Shipping Data

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