Laboratory and precision equipment contracts expiring in South West England: 114 worth £23m
Public sector laboratory and precision equipment contracts held by buyers in South West 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
114 laboratory and precision equipment contracts in South West England carry a published end date, worth £23m between them. They are held across 18 buyers, and the typical one is worth £46k.
99 of them expire within twelve months, and 52 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 87% of this market back in play inside a year.
107 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 7% 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 UK Research and Innovation (40), UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) (35), Met Office (8).
The contracts here are most often held by VAISALA LIMITED (4), Photonics Solutions (2), SwissNeutronics AG (2).
| Contract | Buyer | Value | Expires | Incumbent | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 715733472 Thermal Clip-On System (TCOS) South West England | Defence Equipment and Support | £4.5m | 23 Mar 2027 | 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 |
| UKRI-6339 - Vulcan 20-20 front end seed femtosecond laser South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £304k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Array sequencing consumables South West England | UNIVERSITY OF EXETER | £3.0m | 31 Oct 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| UKRI-6277 Fast HDX System South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £283k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| UKRI-6146 LISA 2nd Facility CMM South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £552k | 29 Jan 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Pyrolyser & Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometer South West England | University of Exeter | £196k | 27 May 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| UKRI-5617 VOPPEL Refurbishment South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £193k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| UKRI-5653 BAS - Water Isotope Analyser South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £211k | 14 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| UKRI-5574 Frequency Comb South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £671k | 01 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| UKRI-5692 ISIS MUSHROOM/WISH-II Neutron Guides South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £1.7m | 31 Oct 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| UKRI-6292 High-resolution mass spectrometer system South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £464k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| UKRI-5937 MRC Harwell LEV Systems Service and Maintenance South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £28k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| UKRI-5463 Transmission Electron Microscope South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £460k | 08 Jan 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| UKRI-6173 Photomultiplier Tubes for SANDALS II South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £121k | 29 Jan 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Supply of two walk-in plant growth chambers South West England | Forestry Commission | £252k incl. VAT | 26 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| CSP26473-An annual service contract South West England | UK Research and Innovation | £22k | 30 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| UKRI-5695 STFC CLF Post Compressor Diagnostics Telescope Chamber South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £131k | 12 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| VCA0012 - Vehicle Emissions Testing 2026 South West England | Vehicle Certification Agency | £1.0m | 13 Apr 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Octet R8 System South West England | Defence Science and Technology Laboratory | £197k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| BAS - CAPS Spectrometer Repair and upgrade South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £100k | 27 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| DSTL0000071484 South West England | Defence Science and Technology Laboratory | £91k | 31 Jan 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| The provision of Ocean Bottom Seismograph (OBS) South West England | University of Plymouth | £408k | 30 Sept 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| DSTL0000071532 South West England | Defence Science and Technology Laboratory | £84k | 31 Jan 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| UKRI-7506 CTDs and temperature sensors South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £85k | 31 Jan 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Evaluation researcher activities South West England | SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £13k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| UKRI-5786 Scientific User Oscilloscopes for CLARA Users South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £79k | 16 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| UKRI-5673 Spectrum Analysers South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £79k | 22 Jan 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Replacement Long Polariser for Larmor South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £70k | 16 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| UKRI-6351 128 element MCT detector with extended hold time South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £59k | 26 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Ultrasonic Protection Draggone South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £101k | 31 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| UKRI-7542 Control Unit and Data Logger South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £76k | 31 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Profiling Floats for Ocean Data Collection South West England | Met Office | £2.2m | 26 Jan 2029 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| UKRI-6386 STFC CFL Direct in-vacuum x-ray sensor for EPAC and Gemini Operations South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £74k | 31 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Purchase of Radiology and Theatre Tools South West England | Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust | £51k | 12 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| IPMO 2323.03 - Signal Generators South West England | Defence Science and Technology Laboratory | £99k | 13 Nov 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| PO/2026/1089/CO South West England | University of Exeter | £47k | 24 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| CSP26809 - Hydrogen Moderator South West England | UK Research and Innovation | £46k | 28 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| CSP27913 - ScopeDome South West England | UK Research and Innovation | £49k | 29 Jan 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| BAS - Z & F Imager Scanner inc. Accessories South West England | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | £75k | 30 Nov 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
74 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.