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APUC Limited

APUC Limited has awarded 83 UK public contracts worth £484m since 7 Aug 2017. Suppliers include Fisher Scientific UK LTD.

Scotland Official websiteFirst contract 7 Aug 2017Latest contract 24 Aug 2026

Contracts: 83
Published value: £484mwhere stated
Without competition: 7%6 contracts
Won by SMEs: 77%of 83 with size known

Contracts awarded per month, last 24 months 52 contracts · busiest month August 2026

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Suppliers used most

Fisher Scientific UK LTD 13 contracts · £90m
Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd. 11 contracts · £70m
VWR International Ltd. 11 contracts · £70m
Anderson Strathern LLP 8 contracts · £12m
Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP SME 8 contracts · £12m
Thorntons Law LLP 8 contracts · £12m
Henderson Loggie SME 8 contracts · £6.8m
Carl Zeiss Limited 7 contracts · £80m
Nikon UK Limited 7 contracts · £80m
Brodies 7 contracts · £10.8m

What they buy

Business services 17 contracts · £20m
Financial & insurance services 11 contracts · £32m
Laboratory & precision equipment 11 contracts · £101m
Agriculture & forestry products 8 contracts · £73.4m
Education & training 7 contracts · £19.1m
Office & computing equipment 5 contracts · £40m
Transport services 4 contracts · £4m
Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals 4 contracts · £63.8m

All contracts awarded by APUC Limited

Contracts awarded by APUC Limited
Date	Contract	Supplier	Value
24 Aug 2026	Executive and Senior Specialist Search and Associated Recruitment Services: Recruitment related services	Anderson Quigley SME, Creegan Talent SME +4 more	£2m
24 Aug 2026	Executive and Senior Specialist Search and Associated Recruitment Services: Executive Search – North	Anderson Quigley SME, Aspen People ltd SME +4 more	£2m
24 Aug 2026	Executive and Senior Specialist Search and Associated Recruitment Services: Executive Search - South	Anderson Quigley SME, Aspen People ltd SME +4 more	£2m
24 Aug 2026	Executive and Senior Specialist Search and Associated Recruitment Services: Senior Specialist Search – North	Aspen People ltd SME, Corus Consultancy SME +4 more	£2m
24 Aug 2026	Executive and Senior Specialist Search and Associated Recruitment Services: Senior Specialist Search – South	Aspen People ltd SME, Corus Consultancy SME +4 more	£2m
24 Aug 2026	Executive and Senior Specialist Search and Associated Recruitment Services: Chairs of Court and members of governing committees and boards	Anderson Quigley SME, Aspen People ltd SME +3 more	£2m
4 Aug 2026	Microscopy and Imaging Equipment: Optical Microscopes – Low-End (Teaching)	Appleton Woods Ltd SME, Be Scientific Ltd. +13 more	£10m
4 Aug 2026	Microscopy and Imaging Equipment: Optical Microscopes – High-End (Research)	Appleton Woods Ltd SME, Cairn Research Limited SME +13 more	£20m
4 Aug 2026	Microscopy and Imaging Equipment: High-throughput Systems	Best Scientific SME, Bruker UK Ltd +11 more	£10m
4 Aug 2026	Microscopy and Imaging Equipment: Laser-based Imaging Systems and Laser Components	Bruker UK Ltd, Cairn Research Limited SME +10 more	£10m
4 Aug 2026	Microscopy and Imaging Equipment: Super Resolution and Enhanced Resolution Microscopes	Bruker UK Ltd, Cairn Research Limited SME +9 more	£10m
4 Aug 2026	Microscopy and Imaging Equipment: Detectors (including Cameras)	Appleton Woods Ltd SME, Cairn Research Limited SME +13 more	£10m
4 Aug 2026	Microscopy and Imaging Equipment: Light Sources	Appleton Woods Ltd SME, Cairn Research Limited SME +13 more	£10m
3 Aug 2026	Student Assistance and Support Services: Full Student Support Service	Health Assured Ltd SME, HealthHero Solutions Limited (formerly Validium) +1 more	£100k
3 Aug 2026	Student Assistance and Support Services: Student Wellbeing Tool	Spectrum Life, TalkLife SME +1 more	£100k
27 Mar 2026	Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals: Glassware	Camlab Ltd SME, Dixon Glass Ltd (T/A Dixon Science) SME +4 more	£3.75m
27 Mar 2026	Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals: Filtration Plastics	Fisher Scientific UK LTD, Greiner Bio-One td SME +4 more	£3.75m
27 Mar 2026	Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals: Molecular Biology and Tissue Culture Plastics	Be Scientific Ltd., Fisher Scientific UK LTD +4 more	£3.75m
27 Mar 2026	Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals: Pipettes and Tips	Be Scientific Ltd., Camlab Ltd SME +4 more	£3.75m
27 Mar 2026	Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals: Solvents, Alcohol and Acids	Findel Education Ltd, Fisher Scientific UK LTD +4 more	£3.75m
27 Mar 2026	Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals: Fine Chemicals and Deuterated Solvents	Apollo Scientific Ltd. SME, Fisher Scientific UK LTD +4 more	£3.75m
27 Mar 2026	Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals: Bio-Chemicals	Apollo Scientific Ltd. SME, Fisher Scientific UK LTD +4 more	£3.75m
27 Mar 2026	Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals: Inorganic Chemicals and Salts	Fisher Scientific UK LTD, Fluorochem Limited SME +4 more	£3.75m
27 Mar 2026	Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals: One-Stop Shop Consumables and Chemicals	Camlab Ltd SME, Findel Education Ltd +3 more	£10m
3 Mar 2026	Library Services Platform(s) and Associated Services: Resource and Reading List Systems	Ebsco International Inc, Ex Libris (UK) Limited +2 more	£6m
7 Jan 2026	3D Printers, 3D Scanners & Associated Equipment: Stereolithography Printers	Central Scanning SME, Concurrent Design Group CDG 3D TECH SME +2 more	£8m
7 Jan 2026	3D Printers, 3D Scanners & Associated Equipment: Fused Deposition Modelling Printers	Central Scanning SME, Concurrent Design Group CDG 3D TECH SME +3 more	£8m
7 Jan 2026	3D Printers, 3D Scanners & Associated Equipment: High Value Specialist 3D Printers	Concurrent Design Group CDG 3D TECH SME, CREAT3D Ltd SME +3 more	£8m
7 Jan 2026	3D Printers, 3D Scanners & Associated Equipment: Electron Beam Melting Printers	Freemelt AB	£8m
7 Jan 2026	3D Printers, 3D Scanners & Associated Equipment: 3D Scanners	Central Scanning SME, Concurrent Design Group CDG 3D TECH SME +4 more	£8m
16 Dec 2025	Legal Services: Commercial-Business	Anderson Strathern LLP, Brodies +4 more	£1.5m
16 Dec 2025	Legal Services: Property & Estates	Anderson Strathern LLP, Brodies +3 more	£1.5m
16 Dec 2025	Legal Services: People / HR Matters	Anderson Strathern LLP, Brodies +3 more	£1.5m
16 Dec 2025	Legal Services: Charity	Anderson Strathern LLP, Brodies +2 more	£1.2m
16 Dec 2025	Legal Services: International	Anderson Strathern LLP, Brodies +3 more	£1.2m
16 Dec 2025	Legal Services: Dispute Resolution (Including Student Matters)	Anderson Strathern LLP, Brodies +4 more	£1.2m
16 Dec 2025	Legal Services: Education Law and Research	Anderson Strathern LLP, Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP SME +2 more	£1.2m
16 Dec 2025	Legal Services: One-Stop-Shop	Anderson Strathern LLP, Brodies +3 more	£2.7m
7 Aug 2025	Fresh Fish and Seafood (APUC): Lot 1 - North Highland and Western Isles	Campbells Prime Meat Ltd SME	£2.68m
7 Aug 2025	Fresh Fish and Seafood (APUC): Lot 3 - Perth, Angus, Dundee and Fife	Campbells Prime Meat Ltd SME, Individual supplier	£2.68m
7 Aug 2025	Fresh Fish and Seafood (APUC): South-East Scotland (Stirling, Edinburgh, Lothian and Borders)	Campbells Prime Meat Ltd SME, The Fish People Scotland Ltd SME +1 more	£2.68m
7 Aug 2025	Fresh Fish and Seafood (APUC): Lot 5 - West of Scotland (Greater Glasgow, Argyll, Renfrewshire, Ayrshire, and Dumfries and Galloway)	Campbells Prime Meat Ltd SME, The Fish People Scotland Ltd SME	£2.68m
7 Aug 2025	Fresh Fish and Seafood (APUC): Lot 2 - Aberdeen and Grampians	Campbells Prime Meat Ltd SME	£2.68m
27 Mar 2025	SHEDL eBook Collections - Oxford University Press (OUP) No competition	Oxford University Press	£900k
28 Feb 2025	Periodicals and Associated Services	Ebsco International Inc	£36m
25 Feb 2025	Library Services Platform(s) and Associated Services: Library Services Platform(s)	Ebsco International Inc, Education Software Solutions Limited +4 more	£21m
11 Feb 2025	SHEDL eBook Collections - Springer Nature No competition	Springer Nature Customer Service Center GmbH	£2.5m
11 Feb 2025	SHEDL eBook Collections - Springer Nature No competition	Springer Nature	£2.5m
11 Feb 2025	SHEDL eBook Collections - Oxford University Press (OUP) No competition	Oxford University Press	£9m
23 Dec 2024	Insurance, Brokerage and Associated Risk Management Framework Agreement: Insurance Services	Individual supplier	£6.67m