Laboratory and precision equipment contracts expiring in North East England: 8 worth £3.0m
Public sector laboratory and precision equipment contracts held by buyers in North East 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
- Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system upgradeNorthumbria UniversityEnds 19 Feb 2027, £40k incl. VAT
- Framework for the Supply of Probes and TransmittersCENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITEDEnds 30 Jun 2027, £60k incl. VAT
What this market looks like
8 laboratory and precision equipment contracts in North East England carry a published end date, worth £3.0m between them. They are held across 3 buyers, and the typical one is worth £60k.
6 of them expire within twelve months, and 1 is already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 75% of this market back in play inside a year.
8 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 38% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.
1 is a framework 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 CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED (5), Northumbria University (2), Police And Crime Commissioner For Durham (1).
The contracts here are most often held by Mettler Toledo LTD (1), DANTEC DYNAMICS LTD (1), GENSONIC TECHNOLOGY (1).
| Contract | Buyer | Value | Expires | Incumbent | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Framework for the Supply of Probes and Transmitters North East England | CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED | £60k incl. VAT | 30 Jun 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system upgrade North East England | Northumbria University | £40k incl. VAT | 19 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Low-pressure Fischer-Tropsch reactor North East England | Northumbria University | £39k incl. VAT | 05 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Biofoundry - DNA Script SYNTAX equipment (and Hamilton liquid handler) North East England | CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED | £2.5m incl. VAT | 30 Sept 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Supply/Installation of Freeze Dryer for Pilot scale operations (NIBF1). North East England | CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED | £160k incl. VAT | 11 Sept 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| QRO ANPR Cameras Capital Replacement North East England | Police And Crime Commissioner For Durham | £53k | 31 Aug 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Freezers -20 and -80 degrees North East England | CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED | £37k | 24 Sept 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Granulator North East England | CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED | £66k incl. VAT | 30 Mar 2029 | Subscribers | Horizon |
Laboratory and precision equipment in other regions
Other sectors in North East 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.