Trade
Laboratory and scientific equipment tenders
51 open tenders for laboratory equipment work in the UK from councils, the NHS, schools, housing providers and central government, soonest deadline first.
Open tenders
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- Tenders advertised
- 376
- Typical contract value
- £75k
- All trades: £95k
- Typical contract length
- 5 months
- All trades: 1 year
- Time to bid
- 30 days
- All trades: 30 days
- Bids per contract
- 3
- All trades: 5
- Advertised openly
- 35%
- All trades: 36%
- Won by small firms
- 58%
- All trades: 61%
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camera Upgrade ORE Catapult | R&D Test Systems A/S | €88k | 13 Nov 2026 |
| IPMO 2323.03 - Signal Generators - UK 7 Defence Science and Technology Laboratory | Rohde & Schwarz U.K. Limited | £99k | 13 Nov 2026 |
| Temperature and humidity sensors Met Office | Vaisala Limited | £15k | 13 Nov 2026 |
| Electronic Personal Dosemeter (EPD) calibrator Nuclear Restoration Services Limited | Gemini Technology (Reading) Limited | £349k | 15 Nov 2026 |
| APHA CapEx: Supply of Tissue Cassette Writer Animal and Plant Health Agency | pfm Medical | £22k | 16 Nov 2026 |
| Provision of an Oceanographic CO2 Coulometer National Oceanography Centre | R. & L. Slaughter Limited | £43k | 16 Nov 2026 |
| Provision of a Total Alkalinity (TA) and Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) Analytical System National Oceanography Centre | Marianda Marine Analytics and Data | $53k | 16 Nov 2026 |
| Single Channel Pipette Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Sartorius UK Ltd | £19k | 16 Nov 2026 |
116 more end in the next 90 days.
Recent laboratory equipment contract awards
More laboratory equipment awards| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flow cryometer with cell sorting capability NPL Management Limited | Becton Dickinson UK Ltd | £250k | 12 Nov 2026 |
| Laboratory equipment Leeds Trinity University | Becton Dickinson UK Ltd | — | 11 Nov 2026 |
| UKRI-6346 STA Detector Archon Controller UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | Semiconductor Technology Associates Inc | — | 11 Nov 2026 |
| AP-MALDI UHR Imaging Source University Of Edinburgh | KR Analytical Ltd | — | 11 Nov 2026 |
| MRO - Lot 5 - Hand Tools Severn Trent Water Limited | Edmundson Electrical Limited, Joseph Gleave & Son Ltd, CID Trading Limited and 1 more | £15.6m | 11 Nov 2026 |
| UKRI-7473 Phosphate glass laser rods and cooling units for Gemini Quantel Laser systems UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | Photonic Solutions Limited | £128k | 10 Nov 2026 |
| LiBRTI Diagnostics UK Atomic Energy Authority | Mirion Technologies (IST) Ltd, KC Scientific Ltd | — | 10 Nov 2026 |
| Tandem Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer NPL Management Limited | Agilent Technologies Lda UK Limited | £237k | 10 Nov 2026 |
Suppliers winning the most laboratory equipment contracts in the UK
Contracts awarded in the last 12 months. Companies only: sole traders are not listed.
| # | Supplier | Contracts | Buyers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agilent Technologies Lda UK Limited | 19 | 13 |
| 2 | Bruker UK Limited | 16 | 13 |
| 3 | Thermo Electron Manufacturing T/A Thermo Fisher Scientific | 11 | 9 |
| 4 | Waters Limited | 10 | 9 |
| 5 | RevvitySME | 9 | 9 |
| 6 | Lion Laboratories LimitedSME | 9 | 8 |
| 7 | Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd. | 9 | 7 |
| 8 | Wolf Laboratories LimitedSME | 9 | 5 |
| 9 | Leica Microsystems(UK)LtdSME | 8 | 8 |
| 10 | Life Technologies Ltd | 8 | 6 |
Biggest laboratory equipment buyers in the last 12 months
All buyers- 1UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)259 notices
- 2NPL Management Limited179 notices
- 3Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency49 notices
- 4University of Exeter31 notices
- 5UK Atomic Energy Authority30 notices
- 6National Oceanography Centre28 notices
- 7Defence Science and Technology Laboratory27 notices
- 8Sellafield Limited26 notices