Laboratory, optical & precision equipment tenders in London

We track 206 awarded laboratory, optical & precision equipment contracts (CPV 38*) in London. 20 of them have a published end date between 7 Jan 2027 and 7 Apr 2028. The median published award value is £83k, and half of awards fall between £26k and £209k (200 awards with a value). 27 award notices in this category did not publish an end date.

Ending in 3-18 months20
Open tenders1
Median award£83k
Contracts tracked206

Contracts ending soonest (10 of 20)

ContractBuyerIncumbent supplier(s)ValueEnds
TruNarc S5
Contracts Finder · CPV 38544000
British Transport Police HAZMATLINK LIMITED £25k 30 Jan 2027
re-tender may already be under way
Purchase of custom racks and software for an existing platform
Find a Tender · CPV 38000000
MHRA HTZ Ltd £28k 5 Feb 2027
re-tender may already be under way
RBGKEW944 Critical Point Dryer call-off
Contracts Finder · CPV 38000000
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew LEICA MICROSYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED £34k 18 Feb 2027
re-tender may already be under way
RE21561 Universal Testing Machine
Contracts Finder · CPV 38540000
UK Shared Business Services Limited Instron - a Division of ITW Ltd £111k 24 Feb 2027
re-tender may already be under way
RIPL - IFA Platform & Microscope call-off
Contracts Finder · CPV 38000000
UK Health Security Agency Euroimmun UK Limited £416k 31 Mar 2027
re-tender may already be under way
GB-London: UKRI-1963 LMS FACSymphony A3
Contracts Finder · CPV 38434000
Bip Solutions Limited Becton Dickinson UK Ltd £369k 31 Mar 2027
re-tender may already be under way
Integrated Screening Outcomes Surveillance Service (ISOSS)
Find a Tender · CPV 38970000
NHS England UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON £204k 31 Mar 2027
re-tender may already be under way
RE21531 - Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry System call-off
Contracts Finder · CPV 38000000
UK Shared Business Services Limited SHIMADZU UK LIMITED £162k 31 Mar 2027
re-tender may already be under way
UKRI-1950 LMS Incucyte S3
Contracts Finder · CPV 38434000
Bip Solutions Limited Sartorius UK Limited £145k 31 Mar 2027
re-tender may already be under way
Virachip system (RIPL Lab 01/150) call-off
Contracts Finder · CPV 38430000
UK Health Security Agency Camlab Limited £51k 31 Mar 2027
re-tender may already be under way

See all 20 in the renewal radar

Open tenders (1 of 1)

OpportunityBuyerValueDeadlineRegion
NSpOC: Sovereign Sensor - Active RF Radar Capability
Find a Tender · CPV 38115100
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £25.0m 15 Oct 2026, 12:00 UK time
expression of interest
London

All open tenders in this category

Top buyers

BuyerContractsValue
UK Health Security Agency67£14.9m
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED26£916k
National Physical Laboratory12£1.5m
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency10£1.1m
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew9£625k
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY8£748k
Natural History Museum7£2.6m
UK Research & Innovation6£1.8m
BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED6£1.8m
Defra Network eTendering Portal5£1.5m

Most frequent incumbents

SupplierContractsValue
WOLF LABORATORIES LIMITED6£523k
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED6£337k
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED5£583k
LI-COR BIOSCIENCES UK LIMITED5£364k
SPT LABTECH LIMITED4£1.3m
BECKMAN COULTER UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED4£1.2m
Agilent Technologies Lda UK Limited4£370k
Luminex Corporation4£135k
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED3£426k
SciQuip Ltd3£97k

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.