Public buyer
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£39.5m
186 contracts
Median contract
£90k
typical award size
Active now
26
£5.3m direct value
Suppliers used
124
distinct suppliers
Expiring ≤ 9 months
11
£2.2m up for recompete
Biggest direct award
£4.0m
1 notice name multiple suppliers, with a combined published ceiling of £500k . 1 explicitly mention a framework.
Awarded value by year — direct awards
▲ £4.5m awarded in the last 12 months, vs an average of £1.5m /year over the prior three.
Top suppliers By value By volume
ARDMAC PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING LIMITED 2× £4,800,000 MAGENTUS SOFTWARE LIMITED 1× £2,329,500 Hamilton 3× £2,161,500 BRUNTWOOD LIMITED 1× £900,000 SOUTHERN SCIENTIFIC LIMITED 3× £850,000 INTEGRA BIOSCIENCES LIMITED 5× £831,000 CARL ZEISS LTD 4× £764,000 VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD 4× £707,000 ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED 1× £700,000 BRUKER UK LIMITED 2× £679,960
Route to market
Open competition 28% £15.1m Restricted or negotiated 23% £4.8m Bought through a framework 3% £1.6m Percentages are of notices, not value. 34 notices did not state a route.
Sectors
Research & development · 3 Business services · 2 Laboratory & precision instruments · 1 Software & information systems · 1
Recompete pipeline — their active contracts approaching end date 6 mo · 9 12 mo · 11 24 mo · 18
Payroll Services Incumbent: MOOREPAY LIMITED £46,000 28 Nov 2026in ~2 mo Service and Maintenance of Mass Spectrometry Equipment £300,000 30 Nov 2026in ~2 mo Xenium Single-cell Spatial Transcriptomics/Proteomics Instrument for Medicines Discovery Catapult Incumbent: 10X GENOMICS LTD £344,000 17 Dec 2026in ~3 mo 0238-DST-High Content Screening System with Confocal and Widefield Modalities £750,000 02 Jan 2027in ~3 mo Molecubes Preclinical SPECT Imager Incumbent: SOUTHERN SCIENTIFIC LIMITED £350,000 02 Jan 2027in ~3 mo Multiplex Biomarker Discover Equipment Incumbent: MERCK LIFE SCIENCE UK LIMITED £128,634 09 Jan 2027in ~3 mo Global Market Intelligence Platform Incumbent: CB Information Services £45,394.28 30 Jan 2027in ~4 mo Market Research Report Services Incumbent: MarketsandMarkets Research Private Limited £45,000 04 Mar 2027in ~5 mo Medicines Discovery Catapult - VAST Warranty & Licence Incumbent: PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED £74,368.71 27 Mar 2027in ~6 mo Lean SIx SIgma Consultancy for Medicines Discovery Catapult Incumbent: REINVIGORATION LTD £101,250 18 Apr 2027in ~7 mo Health & Safety Consultant Services Incumbent: GMBSC LTD £40,095 31 May 2027in ~8 mo
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Built from published procurement notices (Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales), matched by buyer name. Values are award values as published, not payments.