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 Greece?
GlobalGov holds 115 freight and logistics records from 68 distinct buying organisations in Greece. The most frequent publishers are Fraport Regional Airports of Greece A S.A. (6 records); International buyer (5 records); International buyer (4 records); International buyer (4 records); Athens International Airport S.A. (3 records); Fraport Regional Airports of Greece B S.A. (3 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 22% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fraport Regional Airports of Greece A S.A. | 6 | 5.2% |
| International buyer | 5 | 4.3% |
| International buyer | 4 | 3.5% |
| International buyer | 4 | 3.5% |
| Athens International Airport S.A. | 3 | 2.6% |
| Fraport Regional Airports of Greece B S.A. | 3 | 2.6% |
What are freight and logistics contracts worth in Greece?
75 of the 115 records publish a contract value. The median is $537,039 and the largest single published value is $794.6M. By size, 1 under $100k, 51 between $100k and $1M, 16 between $1M and $10M, 7 above $10M. The remaining 40 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 1 | 1.3% |
| between $100k and $1M | 51 | 68% |
| between $1M and $10M | 16 | 21% |
| above $10M | 7 | 9.3% |
How long do bidders get to respond to freight and logistics tenders in Greece?
Across the 41 Greece freight and logistics notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 38 days. A quarter of them allowed 34 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 42. 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 Greece?
Greece publishes about 4 notices a month in this category, 43 in the last twelve months. That is 153% more than the 17 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 73, spread across 44 separate months of activity since 2 April 2021. March is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 26 May 2026, 128 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
How does Greece compare with other freight and logistics markets?
Among the 37 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable freight and logistics market, Greece ranks 22nd by number of records. The largest is France (2,704 records against 115 here). Within Greece itself, freight and logistics is the 31st largest of the 56 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Greece freight and logistics records on this page come from?
These 115 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (115). 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.
Open Freight and Logistics tenders in Greece
Showing 1 of the 1 notices open in this category today. Openness uses the same definition as the Greece market page: active, not marked awarded, cancelled, closed or expired, and either closing in the future or published within the last 90 days with no stated closing date.
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