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 Sweden?
GlobalGov holds 339 freight and logistics records from 206 distinct buying organisations in Sweden. The most frequent publishers are Trafikverket Myndighet (11 records); Försvarsmakten (6 records); Österåkers kommun (6 records); General Public Services, Urban Transit Services (5 records); Telge Inköp AB (5 records); Länstrafiken i Norrbotten Aktiebolag (4 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 11% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Trafikverket Myndighet | 11 | 3.2% |
| Försvarsmakten | 6 | 1.8% |
| Österåkers kommun | 6 | 1.8% |
| General Public Services, Urban Transit Services | 5 | 1.5% |
| Telge Inköp AB | 5 | 1.5% |
| Länstrafiken i Norrbotten Aktiebolag | 4 | 1.2% |
What are freight and logistics contracts worth in Sweden?
220 of the 339 records publish a contract value. The median is $912,000 and the largest single published value is $960.0M. By size, 4 under $100k, 111 between $100k and $1M, 77 between $1M and $10M, 28 above $10M. The remaining 119 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 | 4 | 1.8% |
| between $100k and $1M | 111 | 50% |
| between $1M and $10M | 77 | 35% |
| above $10M | 28 | 13% |
How long do bidders get to respond to freight and logistics tenders in Sweden?
Across the 134 Sweden freight and logistics notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 33 days. A quarter of them allowed 30 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 40. 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 Sweden?
Sweden publishes about 10 notices a month in this category, 122 in the last twelve months. That is 139% more than the 51 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 220, spread across 57 separate months of activity since 20 April 2018. May 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 Sweden compare with other freight and logistics markets?
Among the 37 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable freight and logistics market, Sweden ranks 9th by number of records. The largest is France (2,704 records against 339 here). Within Sweden itself, freight and logistics is the 38th largest of the 65 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Sweden freight and logistics records on this page come from?
These 339 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (339). 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 Sweden
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 Sweden is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
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