Sector · CPV division 38

Laboratory & precision equipment: UK public contracts

272 UK public laboratory & precision equipment contracts in the last 12 months, worth £411m. Who is buying, who is winning, and 21% without competition.

Covers CPV division 38, “Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)”. The busiest buyers recently were UK Health Security Agency and University Of Edinburgh.

Contracts (last 12 months)
272
Published value
£411mwhere stated
Without competition
21%57 contracts
Won by SMEs
53%of 213 with size known
Contracts awarded per month 748 contracts · busiest month February 2025

Biggest buyers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

  1. UK Health Security Agency 49 contracts · £16.1m
  2. University Of Edinburgh 23 contracts · £9.37m
  3. Animal and Plant Health Agency 17 contracts · £1.3m
  4. APUC Limited 11 contracts · £101m
  5. University of Glasgow 9 contracts · £8.21m
  6. CPI (Centre for Process Innovation) 7 contracts · £528k
  7. Defra 6 contracts · £828k
  8. YTL Construction (UK) Ltd. 6 contracts · —

Top suppliers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

  1. Wolf Laboratories Limited SME 16 contracts · £1.5m
  2. Fisher Scientific UK LTD 11 contracts · £71.5m
  3. VWR International Ltd 11 contracts · £51.5m
  4. Carl Zeiss Ltd 10 contracts · £81.4m
  5. Leica Microsystems (UK) Ltd SME 9 contracts · £50.7m
  6. Bruker UK Limited SME 8 contracts · £31.4m
  7. Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd 8 contracts · £689k
  8. Nikon UK Limited 7 contracts · £80m
  9. Cairn Research Ltd SME 6 contracts · £70m

By region

Latest contracts

Date Contract Buyer Supplier Value
22 Oct 2026 Hampshire County Council Astun Technology Limited £81,358
21 Oct 2026 Animal and Plant Health Agency GT Vision Ltd SME £13,808
19 Oct 2026 Animal and Plant Health Agency Wolf Laboratories Limited SME £61,694
19 Oct 2026 Animal and Plant Health Agency Wolf Laboratories Limited SME £61,694
19 Oct 2026 Animal and Plant Health Agency Wolf Laboratories Limited SME £54,463
9 Oct 2026 University of Glasgow Hprobe SME £254k
7 Oct 2026 UK Health Security Agency Fisher Scientific U.K., Limited £324k
7 Oct 2026 UK Health Security Agency Fisher Scientific U.K., Limited £324k
30 Sep 2026 UK Health Security Agency Camlab Ltd SME £51,480
30 Sep 2026 UK Health Security Agency Roche Diagnostics Limited £294k
30 Sep 2026 Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management Ltd Wolf Laboratories Limited SME £46,835
29 Sep 2026 Liverpool City Council Meter Operator Services £340k
29 Sep 2026 UK Health Security Agency Revvity (UK) Limited £58,756
29 Sep 2026 UK Health Security Agency Don Whitley Scientific Ltd SME £48,881
28 Sep 2026 UK Health Security Agency VWR International Ltd. £18,986
25 Sep 2026 University of Glasgow BD Becton Dickinson UK Limited SME £685k
25 Sep 2026 University of Glasgow FIDA Biosystems ApS SME £274k
25 Sep 2026 UK Health Security Agency Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited t/a Thermo Fisher Scientif £34,639
24 Sep 2026 Animal and Plant Health Agency BMG Labtech Limited SME £27,863
24 Sep 2026 UK Health Security Agency Don Whitley Scientific Ltd SME £88,445
24 Sep 2026 UK Health Security Agency Life Technologies Limited £28,898
23 Sep 2026 Animal & Plant Health Agency (APHA) Bio-Rad Laboratories Limited SME £107k
22 Sep 2026 Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Thermo Fisher Scientific £21,000
22 Sep 2026 Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Thermo Fisher Scientific £21,000
22 Sep 2026 UK Health Security Agency Promega UK Limited SME £16,392
21 Sep 2026 University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Werfen Ltd , £10,595
21 Sep 2026 University Of Edinburgh G Rad Services Ltd SME, Scintacor Limited SME +2 more £3.5m
18 Sep 2026
SEC-MALS and DSC No competition
Aston University Waters Limited £271k
17 Sep 2026 UK Health Security Agency Life Technologies Limited £150k
15 Sep 2026 Nottingham City Council YESSS (B) Electrical Limited £6.69m
9 Sep 2026 University Of Edinburgh Becton Dickinson UK Limited £535k
4 Sep 2026 Historic Environment Scotland Hartech Automation Limited SME £303k
4 Sep 2026 University of Dundee Fintiede Solutions Ltd SME £60,000
4 Sep 2026 University of Dundee Fintiede Solutions Ltd SME £200k
4 Sep 2026 University of Dundee Fintiede Solutions Ltd SME £100k
27 Aug 2026 Derbyshire County Council Vaisala Ltd £400k
26 Aug 2026 UK Health Security Agency PTW-UK Limited SME £19,435
26 Aug 2026 UK Health Security Agency Don Whitley Scientific Ltd SME £16,092
26 Aug 2026 UK Health Security Agency Don Whitley Scientific Ltd SME £16,092
25 Aug 2026 CPI (Centre for Process Innovation) Global Life Science Solutions Operations UK Ltd (T/A Cytiva) £88,171
21 Aug 2026 Home Office SceneSafe SME £212k
17 Aug 2026 UK Health Security Agency Don Whitley Scientific Ltd SME £104k
11 Aug 2026 Animal and Plant Health Agency Nikon UK, Branch of Nikon Europe B.V. £12,462
10 Aug 2026 UK Health Security Agency Tecan UK Ltd SME £192k
10 Aug 2026 Home Office Planning Express Limited £51,300
7 Aug 2026 NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) Leica Microsystems (UK) Ltd £40,562
6 Aug 2026 University Of Worcester VWR International Ltd. £38,337
4 Aug 2026 Animal and Plant Health Agency Imotek International Limited SME £20,435
4 Aug 2026 APUC Limited Appleton Woods Ltd SME, Be Scientific Ltd. +13 more £10m
4 Aug 2026 APUC Limited Appleton Woods Ltd SME, Cairn Research Limited SME +13 more £20m