Laboratory, optical & precision equipment tenders in East of England

We track 190 awarded laboratory, optical & precision equipment contracts (CPV 38*) in East of England. 10 of them have a published end date between 7 Jan 2027 and 7 Apr 2028. The median published award value is £31k, and half of awards fall between £17k and £176k (178 awards with a value). 41 award notices in this category did not publish an end date.

Ending in 3-18 months10

Open tenders0

Median award£31k

Contracts tracked190

Contracts ending soonest (10 of 10)

Contract	Buyer	Incumbent supplier(s)	Value	Ends
Instrument for Purification of Protein Nucleic Acid Conjugates Contracts Finder · CPV 38000000	Atamis Ltd	toyn	£65k	1 Mar 2027 re-tender may already be under way
CEFAS25-128 The Supply of a Light Stereo Microscope for Blue Belt St Helena call-off Contracts Finder · CPV 38000000	Cefas	Evident Europe GmbH – UK Branch	£10k	19 Mar 2027 re-tender may already be under way
UKRI-6292 High-resolution mass spectrometer system Find a Tender · CPV 38433100	UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)	AB SCIEX UK Limited	£464k	31 Mar 2027 re-tender may already be under way
Supply, Installation, Validation and Verification of Liquid Handlers for NGS/WGS Library Preparation Find a Tender · CPV 38000000	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	HAMILTON SALES & SERVICE UK LTD	£426k	30 Apr 2027 re-tender likely from ~30 Oct 2026
Supply, Installation, Validation and Verification of Liquid Handler for Aliquot of Biological Samples and DNA Quantification Find a Tender · CPV 38000000	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	HAMILTON SALES & SERVICE UK LTD	£426k	30 Apr 2027 re-tender likely from ~30 Oct 2026
Temperature control. Find a Tender · CPV 38126300	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	GREENWORKS CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS LIMITED	£23k	25 May 2027 re-tender likely from ~25 Nov 2026
The Provision of a Nanodrop Eight Spectrophotometer call-off Contracts Finder · CPV 38000000	Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency	Thermo Fisher Scientific	£21k	22 Sep 2027 re-tender likely from ~22 Mar 2027
Genetic Analyser Contracts Finder · CPV 38000000	MHRA Buyer Organisation	LIFE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED	£400k	23 Sep 2027 re-tender likely from ~23 Mar 2027
UKRI-4869 MRC LMB Gas Cluster Ion Beam System Find a Tender · CPV 38000000	UK Research & Innovation	Ionoptika	£441k	30 Sep 2027 re-tender likely from ~30 Mar 2027
UKRI-6301 MRC LMB Robotic Single-Cell Microinjection Platform Find a Tender · CPV 38000000	UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)	Yokogawa	£100k	30 Sep 2027 re-tender likely from ~30 Mar 2027

See all 10 in the renewal radar

Top buyers

Buyer	Contracts	Value
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED	63	£1.3m
UK Research & Innovation	40	£8.6m
Defra Network eTendering Portal	25	£1.4m
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	8	£2.1m
MHRA/ NIBSC	8	£950k
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust	6	£1.3m
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)	4	£642k
ATAMIS LTD	3	£1.2m
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA	3	£629k
Cefas	3	£506k

Most frequent incumbents

Supplier	Contracts	Value
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED	6	£2.3m
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES LDA UK LTD	4	£263k
Cairn Research Limited	3	£477k
Sartorius UK Limited	3	£265k
Waters Ltd	3	£146k
HAMILTON SALES & SERVICE UK LTD	2	£852k
LECO Instruments UK	2	£560k
ECHOMASTER MARINE LTD	2	£432k
AVS Added Value Industrial Engineering Solutions S.L.U	2	£400k
ACCELONIX	2	£353k

Sub-categories

Instruments for checking physical characteristics (567)Checking and testing apparatus (365)Optical instruments (300)Measuring instruments (110)Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments (97)Navigational and meteorological instruments (84)Geological and geophysical instruments (78)Industrial process control equipment and remote-control equipment (30)Time registers and the like; parking meters (22)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder; updated every 2 hours. Where a notice doesn't publish a contract end date we show "end date not published" - we never guess.