Freight and Logistics Government Tenders in Switzerland

How logistics contracts are awarded lane by lane

Freight is not awarded as a single contract so much as a portfolio of them. Buyers set out lanes -- an origin, a destination, a mode and a service level -- and invite rates against each, awarding lot by lot to whichever bidder is strongest on that corridor. A forwarder with excellent coverage in one region and none in another can therefore win a meaningful share, and a bidder who submits a single blended rate across all lanes is usually uncompetitive on every one of them.

The rate is only part of the price and the tender documents say so. Fuel, currency, security and congestion surcharges, terminal handling, customs entries, demurrage and detention after free time, and storage beyond a stated period are all separately chargeable, and the adjustment mechanism -- which published index, measured how often -- is part of the bid. Buyers increasingly require a full disclosure of ancillary charges precisely because a headline rate with open-ended extras is not a price.

Liability and compliance are where the qualification sits. Carrier liability under the applicable transport convention is limited by weight and is usually far below the value of the cargo, so cargo insurance is a separate and often mandatory line. Customs authorisations, dangerous goods certification, and temperature-controlled capability with monitored and auditable data are conditions rather than advantages where the cargo requires them. Track and trace with electronic proof of delivery, and the transit times a bidder commits to rather than advertises, are what the contract measures afterwards.

This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.

Who buys freight and logistics in Switzerland?

GlobalGov holds 120 freight and logistics records from 88 distinct buying organisations in Switzerland. The most frequent publishers are Bau- und Verkehrsdepartement des Kantons Basel-Stadt, Kantonale Fachstelle für öffentliche Beschaffungen (8 records); BLS AG - Finance & SCM - Strategische Beschaffung (3 records); Bundesamt für Strassen ASTRA Abteilung Strasseninfrastruktur West, Filiale Thun (3 records); Terminal Combiné Monthey SA (3 records); Agglomération Rivelac (2 records); Aéroport International de Genève (2 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 18% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.

How long do bidders get to respond to freight and logistics tenders in Switzerland?

Across the 80 Switzerland freight and logistics notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 43 days. A quarter of them allowed 40 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 48. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.

How often are freight and logistics tenders published in Switzerland?

Switzerland publishes about 4 notices a month in this category, 43 in the last twelve months. That is 87% more than the 23 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 79, spread across 44 separate months of activity since 24 June 2021. September is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 3 April 2026, 181 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.

How does Switzerland compare with other freight and logistics markets?

Among the 37 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable freight and logistics market, Switzerland ranks 21st by number of records. The largest is France (2,704 records against 120 here). Within Switzerland itself, freight and logistics is the 25th largest of the 56 procurement categories tracked here.

Where do the Switzerland freight and logistics records on this page come from?

These 120 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (120). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.

Most recent Freight and Logistics tenders in Switzerland

None of these are open for bids now — they are the most recent records GlobalGov holds for this market, kept here so the shape of a typical freight and logistics notice in Switzerland is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.

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