Laboratory and precision equipment contracts expiring in South East England: 58 worth £17m
Public sector laboratory and precision equipment contracts held by buyers in South 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.
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What this market looks like
58 laboratory and precision equipment contracts in South East England carry a published end date, worth £17m between them. They are held across 17 buyers, and the typical one is worth £125k.
40 of them expire within twelve months, and 9 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 69% of this market back in play inside a year.
54 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 17% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.
2 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 National Oceanography Centre (16), DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED (14), THE OPEN UNIVERSITY (7).
The contracts here are most often held by Kyma S.p.A. (4), INSTRUMENT DESIGN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (4), XDS OXFORD LIMITED (4).
| Contract | Buyer | Value | Expires | Incumbent | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN250573 KSS Instrument Maintenance South East England | Kent County Council | £105k | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Procurement of Testing Campaign Using a Packed Bed Flow Reactor – PP-UKIFS- 458 South East England | UK Industrial Fusion Energy Ltd | £80k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Supply of Nd: YAG Lasers South East England | UK Atomic Energy Authority | £206k | 31 Jan 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Habitable Worlds Observatory Detector South East England | THE OPEN UNIVERSITY | £585k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Provision of Seabird Microcat CT(D) South East England | National Oceanography Centre | £197k | 03 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Radiation Protection Services South East England | Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) / Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) | £1.2m | 31 Mar 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Provision of Oceano R5 Acoustic Release Capital Instruments South East England | National Oceanography Centre | £125k | 18 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Evolution 2 Mass Spectrometer South East England | UK Atomic Energy Authority | £998k | 31 Oct 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| 9002998 - Supply of Standard PEBPM Bellows Assembly South East England | DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED | £620k | 15 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Provision of a Kongsberg EK-80 Echo Sounder System South East England | National Oceanography Centre | £106k | 01 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| 9005026 - Supply of APPLE-II Undulator for Beamline K07 South East England | DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED | £797k | 21 Oct 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| 9005026 - Supply of APPLE-II Undulator for Beamline K07 for Diamond Light Source South East England | DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED | £797k | 21 Oct 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Materials Testing Framework for STEP South East England | UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd | £583k | 30 Nov 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Materials Testing Framework for STEP South East England | UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd | £583k | 30 Oct 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Provision of OEM Glider Battery Modules South East England | National Oceanography Centre | £83k incl. VAT | 05 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| 9003984 - Supply of the APPLE-II Undulators for I06 and I10 South East England | DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED | £1.4m | 10 Nov 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Legionella Planned Preventative Maintenance South East England | Milton Keynes City Council | £624k | 30 Nov 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Provision of a Low-Frequency Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler South East England | National Oceanography Centre | £76k | 09 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Provision of DeepWater Buoyancy ADCP buoyancy spheres South East England | National Oceanography Centre | £69k | 08 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Microplate Reader for medical research South East England | University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation | £89k | 16 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Tube Heating Element 'moon heater' South East England | THE OPEN UNIVERSITY | £53k | 17 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Provision of Sediment Trap Replacement Parts South East England | National Oceanography Centre | £47k | 16 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Provision of Pressure Vessels for AESA South East England | National Oceanography Centre | £43k incl. VAT | 19 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Provision of Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler South East England | National Oceanography Centre | £41k | 03 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Provision of OEM Glider Hull Upgrades South East England | National Oceanography Centre | £32k incl. VAT | 19 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| 9006125 - Supply of I14 Beamline M1 and M2 Mirror Systems for Diamond Light Source South East England | DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED | £618k | 20 Mar 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| QIAcuity One, 5plex Platform Device South East England | THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE | £50k | 30 Nov 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Purchase of Xeos Apollo X7 Beacons South East England | National Oceanography Centre | £26k | 22 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Becton Dickinson Equipment Maintenance South East England | University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation | £35k | 12 May 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| 9003532 - Supply of KB Mirror System for K21 South East England | DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED | £465k | 30 Jul 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| 9005401 - Supply of K14 SWIFT Beamline KB Mirror System South East England | DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED | £355k | 09 Jan 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Supply of Platinum Crucibles to KAMC-QMS-QP-0002 South East England | THE OPEN UNIVERSITY | £28k | 10 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| 9004476 - Supply of B23 Mirror System for Diamond Light Source South East England | DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED | £312k | 11 Jan 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| 9003543 - Supply of Double Toroidal Focussing Mirror System (M2) for Beamline K18 South East England | DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED | £434k | 30 Sept 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Spectrometry components - HRS300 monochromators South East England | THE OPEN UNIVERSITY | £27k | 19 Nov 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
18 more in this view
The full list, the named incumbent on every line and the computed re-tender window are on the expiry radar.
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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.