Fleetwood to Knott End Ferry Service
The procurement contact named on the official notice.
This is a large award for Transport Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 20,160 valued Transport Services tenders in our corpus.
Wyre Borough Council has published 38 notices across all categories, and 24% of its awards go to a supplier it has used before.
Which is the argument for getting on the list rather than winning this one. The incumbent is rarely the last winner — it is the roster. See the retention odds by category →
To provide an annual passenger ferry service between Fleetwood and Knott End with reduced hours in the Winter months.
Operator is required to provide the ferry vessel, staff and be responsible for day to day operation.
The anticipated vessel size would carry twelve passengers per journey with an estimate of 30,000 - 40,000 passengers per annum.
The council own the ferry dock and slipway which will be used to facilitate the service.
The operator will retain all fares including slipway launch fees and currently a contribution is provided by Wyre Borough Council and Lancashire County Council for the day to day running costs.
What the notice asks for
To provide an annual passenger ferry service
To provide an annual passenger ferry service between Fleetwood and Knott End with reduced hours in the Winter months.
Operator is required to provide the ferry
Operator is required to provide the ferry vessel, staff and be responsible for day to day operation.
Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.
Make the case to bid
Reveal who to approach at Wyre Borough Council, and generate a go-to-market strategy from their news, accounts and people.
Free to start. Named contacts come from published notices; the strategy is generated from the buyer’s news, accounts and people.
The full intelligence dossier
Our agent reads Wyre Borough Council’s accounts, hunts live signals, finds the people who decide — and hands you a bid strategy plus a go-to-market influence plan, including what your team should post this week. You approve every paid step.
Five included while we’re in beta, and the agent asks before it spends on any paid step.
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05932e
- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Buyer ref
- 053544-2025
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.
Who wins this kind of work
The suppliers and buyers around this opportunity — drawn from official award data. Drag to orbit; click a node to explore.
Top suppliers & buyers in Transport Services
Wyre Borough Council’s tender network