Laboratory and precision equipment contracts expiring in London: 87 worth £6.5bn

87 laboratory and precision equipment contracts in London carry a published end date, worth £6.5bn between them. They are held across 23 buyers, and the typical one is worth £100k.

56 of them expire within twelve months, and 23 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 64% of this market back in play inside a year.

102 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 6% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.

8 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 Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency (25), NPL Management Limited (20), ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (11).

The contracts here are most often held by Leica Microsystems (UK) Limited (3), 20/30 Labs (2), 2BScientific Limited (2).