Laboratory, optical & precision equipment tenders in Yorkshire and the Humber

We track 92 awarded laboratory, optical & precision equipment contracts (CPV 38*) in Yorkshire and the Humber. 8 of them have a published end date between 7 Jan 2027 and 7 Apr 2028. The median published award value is £165k, and half of awards fall between £54k and £470k (90 awards with a value). 47 award notices in this category did not publish an end date.

Ending in 3-18 months8

Open tenders0

Median award£165k

Contracts tracked92

Contracts ending soonest (8 of 8)

Contract	Buyer	Incumbent supplier(s)	Value	Ends
HEY/21/253/SM - SERVICE MAINTENANCE OF PORTABLE APC 9310-02 6 CHANNELS Contracts Finder · CPV 38000000	Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	PMT (GB) LTD	£3,540	3 Mar 2027 re-tender may already be under way
Automated Droplet Generator and Droplet Reader Equipment for the use in the manufacture of gene therapy drugs/treatments for research and development, education/teaching and training Contracts Finder · CPV 38434540	University of Sheffield	Bio-Rad Laboratories Ltd	£126k	8 Mar 2027 re-tender may already be under way
Continuous Flow Reaction System Find a Tender · CPV 38000000	University of York	VAPOURTEC LTD	£155k	31 Mar 2027 re-tender may already be under way
LYP 157 2025_26 Find a Tender · CPV 38434570	Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	Katalyst Diagnostics Ltd	£110k	14 Apr 2027 re-tender likely from ~14 Oct 2026
Equipment including Liquid Chromatography and protein/vector purification systems for the use in the manufacture of gene therapy drugs/treatments for research and development, education/teaching and training Contracts Finder · CPV 38434540	University of Sheffield	Global Life Sciences Solutions Operations UK Ltd (Cytiva)	£122k	17 Apr 2027 re-tender likely from ~17 Oct 2026
LYP 157 2025_2026 Find a Tender · CPV 38434570	Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	Katalyst Diagnostics Ltd	£110k	22 Apr 2027 re-tender likely from ~22 Oct 2026
5112.SH.JN - High Yield Electrospinning System Find a Tender · CPV 38000000	University of Sheffield	Individual / sole trader (name not shown)	£119k	10 Dec 2027 re-tender likely from ~10 Jun 2027
4998/AM/GM - Digital Product Passport Cell R3 Find a Tender · CPV 38970000	University of Sheffield	LOOP TECHNOLOGY LIMITED	£399k	31 Mar 2028 re-tender likely from ~30 Sep 2027

See all 8 in the renewal radar

Top buyers

Buyer	Contracts	Value
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD	36	£6.4m
University of Leeds	9	£4.2m
YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED	7	£59.4m
UNIVERSITY OF YORK	7	£1.8m
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	4	£1.3m
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	3	£328k
Kirklees Council	2	£542k
Sheffield Hallam University	2	£317k
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	2	£220k
South Yorkshire Police Headquarters	2	£151k

Most frequent incumbents

Supplier	Contracts	Value
Anton Paar Ltd	5	£439k
Integrated Scientific Ltd	4	£445k
Photonic Solutions Ltd	3	£1.2m
Metrohm UK Ltd	3	£373k
Technolog Ltd	2	£14.5m
Global Life Sciences Solutions Operations UK Ltd (Cytiva)	2	£1.1m
Hitachi High-Tech Europe GmbH	2	£940k
CARL ZEISS LTD	2	£910k
D.Tec International Ltd	2	£898k
SciMed Ltd	2	£401k

Sub-categories

Instruments for checking physical characteristics (332)Checking and testing apparatus (214)Optical instruments (174)Measuring instruments (69)Navigational and meteorological instruments (58)Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments (53)Geological and geophysical instruments (48)Industrial process control equipment and remote-control equipment (18)Time registers and the like; parking meters (14)

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.