Laboratory and precision equipment contracts expiring in the UK: 411 worth £6.6bn
Every laboratory and precision equipment contract held by a UK public body that has a published end date. The re-tender window is computed from the end date and the buyer's own lead times, so you can approach them while the incumbent still holds it.
Expiring next
- Provision of Aerodynamic particle sizer (APS)Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security AgencyEnds 07 Nov 2026, £67k
What this market looks like
411 laboratory and precision equipment contracts across the UK carry a published end date, worth £6.6bn between them. They are held across 126 buyers, and the typical one is worth £83k.
290 of them expire within twelve months, and 114 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 71% of this market back in play inside a year.
401 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 3% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.
22 are frameworks rather than a single contract, so part of this market is reached by getting onto a supplier list first and competing for call-offs afterwards.
The most active buyers are UK Research and Innovation (40), UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) (35), Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency (25).
The contracts here are most often held by AMETEK (GB) LIMITED (5), Leica Microsystems (UK) Limited (4), Kyma S.p.A. (4).
| Contract | Buyer | Value | Expires | Incumbent | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UKHSA Diagnostics and Research Open Framework - Lot 2 London | Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency | £1.1bn | 27 Sept 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| UKHSA Diagnostics and Research Open Framework - Lot 1 London | Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency | £5.2bn | 27 Sept 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Lot 1 - Theatre Microscopes and Related Accessories and Services London | SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED | £61m | 06 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| 512_25 Utility Metering and Data Services East Midlands | Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO | £17m | 09 Feb 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| 715733472 Thermal Clip-On System (TCOS) South West England | Defence Equipment and Support | £4.5m | 23 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Lot 2 – Thermometer Devices and Related Consumables London | SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED | £37m | 03 Aug 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Integrated Screening Outcomes Surveillance Service (ISOSS) London | NHS England | £204k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Lot 2 - Outpatient Microscopes and Related Accessories and Services London | SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED | £20m | 06 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| CN250573 KSS Instrument Maintenance South East England | Kent County Council | £105k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Lot 1 – Blood Pressure Monitoring with Blood Pressure Cuffs London | SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED | £16m | 03 Aug 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| SmartComb-ULN Compact Optical Frequency Comb London | NPL Management Limited | £18m | 31 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Thermometers and Associated Products (5966304) Northern Ireland | Regional Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service | £4.5m | 18 Feb 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Supply of Actively Q-Switched Erbium Fibre-Pumped Er:YAG Laser Systems London | NPL Management Limited | £14m | 06 Jan 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Supply, Installation and Commissioning of a 320kV Industrial X-Ray System London | NPL Management Limited | £9.6m | 07 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Supply of a 67 GHz RF Signal Generator System for Advanced Metrology, Research and Calibration Applications London | NPL Management Limited | £9.9m | 30 Nov 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| DHSC:GH: Lab Reagents and Consumables London | Department of Health & Social Care | £1.2m | 21 May 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Supply of High Purity Germanium (HPGe) Gamma-Ray Detector and Cryogenic Cooling System for Gamma Spectroscopy Applications London | NPL Management Limited | £6.6m | 31 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| UKRI-6090 R5560 ADCs for the WISH Instrument at ISIS South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £450k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| 9003983 - Supply of the APPLE-II Undulator for I08 South East England | DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED | £1.1m | 06 Sept 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Procurement of Testing Campaign Using a Packed Bed Flow Reactor – PP-UKIFS - 458 South East England | UK Fusion Energy Ltd | £99k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Supply of Broadband Seismic Sensors and Associated Monitoring Equipment London | NPL Management Limited | £5.0m | 30 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Lot 3 – Patient Weighing Scales and Measuring Devices London | SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED | £7.2m | 03 Aug 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| LUV01495 Procurement of Quad Systems C4 NMR Spectrometer and associated peripherals East Midlands | University of Leicester | £990k incl. VAT | 02 Aug 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Purchase of Criticality Lockets North West England | Sellafield Limited | £354k incl. VAT | 28 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Array sequencing consumables South West England | UNIVERSITY OF EXETER | £3.0m | 31 Oct 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| UKRI-6339 - Vulcan 20-20 front end seed femtosecond laser South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £304k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| UKRI-6277 Fast HDX System South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £283k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Lot 1 Primary Surveillance Radar with Secondary Surveillance Radar Yorkshire and the Humber | City of Doncaster Council | £7.7m | 31 Dec 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| CO2,NO2 & NOX Analyser Maintenance North West England | Sellafield Limited | £70k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| UKHSA Provision for Two Spectral Flow Cytometers London | Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency | £259k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Portable Multi-Gas Analyser, Maintenance Kit and Delivery London | NPL Management Limited | £3.0m | 20 Nov 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| 9003203 - Supply of K14 SWIFT Beamline M1 and M2 Mirror Systems South East England | DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED | £736k | 12 Jul 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| UKRI-6146 LISA 2nd Facility CMM South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £552k | 29 Jan 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Develop an Inland Rock and Scree GIS layer London | Natural England | £22k | 28 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| AV Methane Survey Wales | Natural Resources Wales | £61k | 04 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Supply, Installation & Maintenance of Fire Components (Swansea University & Ty Beck) Wales | Codi Group Ltd | £59k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Block and slide tracker combination at RSCH & SRH South East England | University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust | £214k | 30 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Supply of Nd: YAG Lasers South East England | UK Atomic Energy Authority | £206k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Pyrolyser & Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometer South West England | University of Exeter | £196k | 27 May 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Single-molecule counting and digital quantification of RNA molecules instrument London | Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency | £111k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
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