Laboratory Tenders and Contracts
See open laboratory tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.
Laboratory procurement covers equipment such as analysers and plate readers with their installation and servicing, and reagents and consumables for diagnostic and research laboratories. Managed service contracts that supply analysers with reagents and maintenance also come up. Outsourced testing includes water sampling and analysis, food safety microbiology and toxicology testing.
Equipment is often called off the Northwestern and London Universities Purchasing Consortium laboratory equipment frameworks, while testing is let as multi-supplier frameworks split into lots by region or sample type. NHS trusts and public health bodies, government agencies, universities and water utilities are the main buyers.
4,073 results
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 14 May 2015
Provision of Cervical Cytology Laboratory Service (including HPV) for NHS England Midlands and East (Central Midlands) hereafter referred to as “Lincolnshire Cervical Cytology Laboratory procurement”
£1,970,000
- Closed tenderPublished 13 May 2015
Herefordshire Integrated Community-based Sexual Health Services
£5,912,800
- Closed tenderPublished 8 May 2015
Environment Agency - Laboratory Analytical Equipment Repair & Maintenance Services
£4,500,000
- Closed tenderPublished 1 May 2015
The Provision of Chemical Engineering Laboratory Equipment for the University of Wolverhampton
£100,000
- Expired contractPublished 30 April 2015
Laboratory Benching & Storage, Tender for the Supply, Delivery and Installation of ERDF X03120PR
£40,000
- Closed tenderPublished 23 April 2015
Supply and Installation of a Laboratory Equipment Monitoring System (ERDF)
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 22 April 2015
SS14 108 Coring & Materials Testing
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 22 April 2015
179/LF Small Angle X Ray Scattering Equipment
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 22 April 2015
Sexual Health Office including Screening and Outreach
£899,636
- Expired contractPublished 17 April 2015
Coordinator role for Virtual Food Authenticity Network
£50,000
- Expired contractPublished 17 April 2015
Supply of Biogas Monitoring Units
£50,000
- Awarded contractPublished 15 April 2015
Site Investigation Contract
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 14 April 2015
131/JO- Structures Laboratory Equipment (9 Lots)
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 13 April 2015
E/2090 - Electronics Teaching Laboratory Test Equipment
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 2 April 2015
15/11 The provision of Automotive Engineering Laboratory Equipment
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 30 March 2015
Supply of Biogas Monitoring Units
£45,000
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 20 March 2015
NHS England: North – Cervical Cytology Screening (including HPV testing) Laboratory Provision - Request for Information
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 18 March 2015
RA174451 - Laboratory Equipment
Value not stated
- Awarded contractPublished 26 February 2015
Framework Agreement for the provision of Laboratory Equipment
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 10 February 2015
United Kingdom-London: Health and social work services
£3,250,000
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about laboratory equipment, laboratory services, laboratory supplies, laboratory consumables, laboratory chemicals, laboratory testing, laboratory analyser, laboratory instrument, pathology laboratory, microbiology services, forensic laboratory in the UK public sector.
What kind of laboratory work appears in these tenders?
Equipment supply such as analysers, incubators and pipettes, ongoing consumables and chemicals contracts, and outsourced testing services such as water and drinking water sampling, microbiology managed services and forensic laboratory work for police forces. Universities, NHS trusts, environmental agencies and nuclear sites are regular buyers.
Are these mostly equipment purchases or ongoing services?
Both appear in volume. Equipment purchases are often mini-competitions run through a wider laboratory equipment framework, while testing and consumables contracts tend to run for several years as standing arrangements.
What CPV codes cover laboratory tenders?
The main codes observed are 38000000 (Laboratory, optical and precision equipments) and 85145000 (Services provided by medical laboratories).
Which frameworks are used to buy laboratory equipment and consumables in the UK public sector?
University purchasing consortia run the laboratory equipment frameworks. The Northwestern Universities Purchasing Consortium high value laboratory equipment framework covers instruments such as electron microscopes, spectrometers, MRI scanners and X-ray diffractometers, together with servicing. Universities, UK Research and Innovation and museums call off from it by further competition and direct award.
The London Universities Purchasing Consortium laboratory equipment (general) and associated services framework covers everyday items such as incubators and microtomes, split into lots by equipment type.
Consumables and chemicals are called off from a separate laboratory consumables and chemicals framework, used by a university and the National Nuclear Laboratory.
How do I find laboratory contracts before they are formally tendered?
Read equipment replacement plans, asset registers, framework renewal dates and expiry dates for existing supply contracts, which show laboratory work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.
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