Supplier · Large organisation

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific has won 28 UK public contracts worth £1.61bn since 25 Jan 2021. See its competitors in laboratory & precision equipment.

Company 00441506Companies House record Based in East of EnglandFirst contract 25 Jan 2021Latest contract 22 Sep 2026

Also published as Thermo Electron Manufacturing Ltd t/a Thermo Fisher Scientific. These are the same company (00441506), so their contracts are counted together.

Contracts: 28
Published value: £1.61bnwhere stated
Without competition: 32%9 contracts
Won by SMEs: 26%of 19 with size known

Contracts won per month, last 24 months 24 contracts · busiest month January 2025

Dec 24
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Mar 25
Jun 25
Sep 25
Dec 25
Mar 26
Jun 26
Sep 26

Biggest customers

UK Research & Innovation 6 contracts · £3.42m
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) 2 contracts · £236k
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") 2 contracts · £170k
Natural Resources Wales 2 contracts · £155k
Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 2 contracts · £136k
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency 2 contracts · £42,000
NHS Supply Chain 1 contract · £1.6bn
University of Glasgow 1 contract · £927k
University of St Andrews 1 contract · £586k
Cardiff University 1 contract · £450k

What they supply

Laboratory & precision equipment 13 contracts · £2.08m
Repair & maintenance 7 contracts · £3.03m
Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals 5 contracts · £1.6bn
Research & development 2 contracts · £236k
Telecoms equipment 1 contract · £450k

Competitors in laboratory & precision equipment

Sector overview

Wolf Laboratories Limited SME 27 contracts · £2bn
VWR International Ltd 22 contracts · £1.85bn
Fisher Scientific UK LTD 22 contracts · £1.67bn
Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd 21 contracts · £2.05bn
Bruker UK Limited SME 17 contracts · £34m
Appleton Woods Ltd SME 15 contracts · £1.85bn

These are the suppliers with the most laboratory & precision equipment contracts in the last two years, which is where Thermo Fisher Scientific wins most of its work. They are not necessarily bidding for the same contracts. See the whole sector.

All contracts won by Thermo Fisher Scientific

Contracts won by Thermo Fisher Scientific
Date	Contract	Buyer	Value
22 Sep 2026	The Provision of a Nanodrop Eight Spectrophotometer	Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency	£21,000
22 Sep 2026	The Provision of a Nanodrop Eight Spectrophotometer	Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency	£21,000
25 Jun 2026	Provision of an ICP-OES Instrument	National Oceanography Centre	£69,309
4 Jun 2026	TCAT - Liver Ductal Project No competition	The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)	£118k
4 Jun 2026	TCAT - Liver Ductal Project No competition	The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)	£118k
18 May 2026	CA17850 - MAINT7156-GOSH- Unity Essential Support No competition	Partners Procurement Service (PPS)	£10,866
19 Mar 2026	UKRI-5940 MRC LMS Liquid Chromatrography	UK Research & Innovation	£76,725
1 Mar 2026	RBGKEW1504 - Maintenance of Orbitrap LCMS systems No competition	Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew	£120k
9 Feb 2026	CEFAS25-134 Request for Quotation for Acquisition of an ICP-OES	Cefas	£51,453
6 Feb 2026	UKRI- 5596 MRC LMB Maintenance contract for Electron Microscopes	UK Research & Innovation	£1.55m
23 Dec 2025	UKRI-5591 MRC LMS Mass Spectrometer	UK Research & Innovation	£672k
3 Oct 2025	CA16214 - Provision of Food Science Laboratory Equipment (Four Lots)	DN Colleges Group	£42,962
26 Sep 2025	Sector Field HR-ICP-MS and ICP-OES No competition	Cardiff University	£450k
9 Sep 2025	School of Earth & Environmental Science: Collision Cell Multi Collector Inductively Coupled Mass Spectrometer	University of St Andrews	£586k
2 Jun 2025	TCAT – Maple Project No competition	The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")	£85,210
22 May 2025	TCAT – Maple Project No competition	The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")	£85,210
7 Apr 2025	GB-London: UKRI-4896 MRC LMS Spectrometer's Repair and Maintenance Service	UK Research & Innovation	£522k
26 Mar 2025	GB-Cambridge: UKRI-4867 BAS - Laboratory Ion Chromatography System	UK Research & Innovation	£56,715
10 Mar 2025	Specialised Clinical Chemistry HPLC Instrument Replacement No competition	Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	£92,784
3 Mar 2025	PURCH2511 Provision of an Ultra-Performance, High Resolution, Accurate Mass, Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry System	University of Glasgow	£927k
30 Jan 2025	GSS25096 - Specialist instrument service No competition	UK Shared Business Services Limited	£14,994
29 Jan 2025	Supply and Maintenance of New Centrifuges	NHS Blood and Transplant	£320k
15 Jan 2025	RBGKEW1391 Geno/Grinder Automated Tissue Homogenizer and Cell Lyser	Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew	£16,252
15 Jan 2025	GB-Cambridge: UKRI-4451 Service contract for Mass Spectrometers for three years	UK Research & Innovation	£537k
23 Dec 2023	NRWAS Metals Instrumentation: A Collision/Reaction Cell ICPMS System to be used for the analysis of Aqueous, Sediment and Biota Samples	Natural Resources Wales	£97,755
23 Dec 2023	NRWAS Metals Instrumentation: An ICPOES System to be used for the analysis of Aqueous and Sediment Samples.	Natural Resources Wales	£57,477
7 Aug 2023	Laboratory Diagnostics, Point of Care Testing and Pathology Managed Service: Laboratory Equipment and Consumables	NHS Supply Chain	£1.6bn
25 Jan 2021	Liquid Chromatography High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Instrumentation	University of Ulster	£266k

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