Laboratory and precision equipment contracts expiring in West Midlands: 19 worth £1.8m
Public sector laboratory and precision equipment contracts held by buyers in West Midlands 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
- ITEP1088 - Landmark Geodata Licence Renewal 2025 - 2026National Highways LimitedEnds 03 Dec 2026, £15k
- Enforcement of temporary (TASCAR) Speed Limits – M5 J26National Highways LimitedEnds 31 Dec 2026, £73k
What this market looks like
19 laboratory and precision equipment contracts in West Midlands carry a published end date, worth £1.8m between them. They are held across 8 buyers, and the typical one is worth £72k.
15 of them expire within twelve months, and 5 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 79% of this market back in play inside a year.
18 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.
The most active buyers are National Highways Limited (7), ASTON UNIVERSITY (6), Stoke on Trent City Council (1).
The contracts here are most often held by LEEC LIMITED (1), Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (1), The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire (1).
| Contract | Buyer | Value | Expires | Incumbent | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory, Forensic & Pathology Equipement West Midlands | Stoke on Trent City Council | £42k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Coherent transmitter and coherent receiver West Midlands | ASTON UNIVERSITY | £210k incl. VAT | 30 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| A1 water Newton TASCAR The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire West Midlands | National Highways Limited | £89k | 30 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Hydrogen Pipe Mapping West Midlands | NATIONAL GAS TRANSMISSION PLC | £500k incl. VAT | 31 Mar 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| ESRI ArcGIS Subscription and Maintenance Renewal 2026 West Midlands | National Highways Limited | £100k | 25 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Enforcement of temporary (TASCAR) Speed Limits – M5 J26 West Midlands | National Highways Limited | £73k | 31 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Evidential Intoxilyzer devices West Midlands | Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire | £72k | 01 Jan 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Continuous Flow Cell Disruptor West Midlands | ASTON UNIVERSITY | £50k incl. VAT | 27 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| ITEP1087 - Groundsure – Insight Map GIS Licence Renewal 2025 - 2027 West Midlands | National Highways Limited | £31k | 23 Jan 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Additional Tree Mapping Data - Epping Forest 2026 West Midlands | National Highways Limited | £1k | 14 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| ITEP1088 - Landmark Geodata Licence Renewal 2025 - 2026 West Midlands | National Highways Limited | £15k | 03 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Replacement Scientific Laser Equipment for AiPT West Midlands | ASTON UNIVERSITY | £99k | 30 Jun 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Instron accessories West Midlands | ASTON UNIVERSITY | £178k incl. VAT | 31 Oct 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| ITEP1091 - FME Database licences 2026 West Midlands | National Highways Limited | £4k | 31 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| 2025 - 1071 Radon Monitoring Services West Midlands | Citizen Housing Group Ltd | £75k incl. VAT | 31 Mar 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Autonomous vehicle platforms and Self-Driving Car Studio West Midlands | HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY | £62k incl. VAT | 31 Jul 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Plate Reader West Midlands | ASTON UNIVERSITY | £57k | 30 Sept 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Tunable Lasers x 2 West Midlands | ASTON UNIVERSITY | £72k incl. VAT | 30 Apr 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| HAV and Dust Monitoring Equipment West Midlands | GREENSQUAREACCORD LIMITED | £74k | 01 Feb 2029 | Subscribers | Horizon |
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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.