Laboratory and precision equipment contracts expiring in East of England: 21 worth £3.0m
Public sector laboratory and precision equipment contracts held by buyers in East of England that have a published end date. Approach the buyer while the incumbent still holds it, rather than meeting the work for the first time when it goes out to tender.
Expiring next
- Hire of EZ2 automated extraction systemCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTEnds 10 Nov 2026, £23k
- SMCL Illumina MiSeq i100 SystemCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTEnds 10 Nov 2026, £17k
What this market looks like
21 laboratory and precision equipment contracts in East of England carry a published end date, worth £3.0m between them. They are held across 10 buyers, and the typical one is worth £52k.
17 of them expire within twelve months, and 6 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 81% of this market back in play inside a year.
20 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 19% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.
The most active buyers are CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (11), CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE (2), Southend-on-Sea City Council (1).
The contracts here are most often held by UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (2), Hamilton Sales & Services UK Ltd (1), Hamilton Sales & Service UK Ltd (1).
| Contract | Buyer | Value | Expires | Incumbent | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supply, Installation, Validation and Verification of Liquid Handler for Aliquot of Biological Samples and DNA Quantification East of England | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £426k | 30 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Supply, Installation, Validation and Verification of Liquid Handler for Aliquot of Biological Samples and DNA Quantification East of England | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £426k | 30 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Supply, Installation, Validation and Verification of Tandem Mass Spectrometer – Liquid Chromatography System East of England | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £416k | 30 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| CEFAS25-115 Contract for liquid scintillation counter for Cefas laboratory East of England | CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE | £228k | 30 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Supply, Installation, Validation, Verification and Post-Warranty Maintenance of Ultramicrotome East of England | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £159k | 30 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Parking Estate with Our Maintenance Services East of England | Southend-on-Sea City Council | £73k | 25 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Microscope East of England | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £52k | 04 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| SMCL Illumina Miseq i100 system East of England | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £33k | 04 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Water Hygiene Testing & Remedial Works East of England | Havebury Homes | £510k | 31 May 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| CEFAS25-138 Supply of a High-Precision Microbalance East of England | CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE | £17k | 12 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Specular Microscope East of England | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £22k | 29 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Hire of EZ2 automated extraction system East of England | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £23k | 10 Nov 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Spectrophotometer System East of England | UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX | £243k | 08 Sept 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Single Channel Pipette East of England | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £19k | 16 Nov 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Evidential Breath Alcohol Instruments East of England | The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire | £82k | 30 Jun 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| ISO Certified Made to Order Media East of England | QUADRAM INSTITUTE BIOSCIENCE | £48k | 30 Jul 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Temperature control. East of England | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £23k | 25 May 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| 3-year service contract for 3 Gatan/Ametek items East of England | JOHN INNES CENTRE | £91k | 01 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| SMCL Illumina MiSeq i100 System East of England | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £17k | 10 Nov 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Digimap Premium Bundle Site Licence East of England | UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA | £31k incl. VAT | 31 Jul 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Purchase of specialist document scanners East of England | The Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk | £42k incl. VAT | 31 Mar 2029 | Subscribers | Horizon |
Laboratory and precision equipment in other regions
Other sectors in East of England
Regions come from the buyer's published NUTS code, which is the location of the buying authority rather than always the place the work happens. Contract end dates are published by buyers on contract details notices. Re-tender windows are computed estimates, not announcements.