Electron microscopes contracts
UK public sector · 104 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026
Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count
- Contracts awarded
- 104
- Last 12 months
- Median contract
- £51k
- Recorded value
- Recorded value
- £25.9m
- 103 of 103 main-service contracts have a published value
- Buyers
- 36
- Suppliers
- 63
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See which ones
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What stands out
- The five suppliers that won the most electron microscopes contracts took 42% of them (44 of 104).
- Contracts awarded per quarter fell 43% from the first half of the period to the second.
- The median contract, £51k, is 51% below the median across healthcare contracts (£106k).
- South West had the most contracts: 32, or 31% of the total.
Who buys electron microscopes
By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)42 contracts£6.9m
- 2UK Health Security Agency8 contracts£1.1m
- 3CEFAS6 contracts£206k
- 4JOHN INNES CENTRE4 contracts£616k
- 5University of Edinburgh3 contracts£795k
- 6Scottish Government3 contracts£113k
- 7NPL Management Limited2 contracts£607k
- 8National Nuclear Laboratory2 contracts£334k
- 9The Christie NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts£200k
- 10University of Glasgow2 contracts£174k
Top electron microscopes contractors by contracts won
The 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Carl Zeiss17 contracts£3.0m
- 2Leica Microsystems (UK) Limited12 contracts£1.0m
- 3FEI UK Limited7 contracts£1.4m
- 4Thermo Fisher Scientific5 contracts£1.7m
- 5JEOL (UK) Ltd5 contracts£923k
- 6GT Vision Ltd5 contracts£108k
- 7Nikon4 contracts£309k
- 8Evident Europe4 contracts£230k
- 9Evident Scientific4 contracts£92k
- 10Bruker3 contracts£661k
Latest and largest awards
Each links to the official notice.
Latest
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to JEOL (UK) Ltd · Awarded 28 September 2026
NPL Management Limited to FEI UK Limited · Awarded 23 September 2026
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to CN Technical Services Limited · Awarded 22 September 2026
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to Paragraf Ltd · Awarded 11 September 2026
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to MICROPIX LIMITED · Awarded 1 September 2026
4-year service contract renewal for Carl Zeiss Gemini SEM (official notice, opens in a new tab)
£123k
JOHN INNES CENTRE to Carl Zeiss · Awarded 1 September 2026
JOHN INNES CENTRE to Leica Microsystems (UK) Limited · Awarded 1 September 2026
University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation to Carl Zeiss · Awarded 28 August 2026
UKRI-6323 Confocal Microscopes Repair and Maintenance service (official notice, opens in a new tab)
£136k
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to Leica Microsystems (UK) Limited · Awarded 27 August 2026
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to FEI UK Limited · Awarded 24 August 2026
Largest
APUC Limited to Appleton Woods Ltd, Be Scientific Ltd., Best Scientific, Bruker and Cairn Research Limited · Awarded 4 August 2026
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to Thermo Fisher Scientific · Awarded 6 February 2026
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to Carl Zeiss · Awarded 31 March 2026
University of Leicester to LUMICKS B. V. · Awarded 8 December 2025
University of Leeds to LUMICKS B. V. · Awarded 10 November 2025
Contracts awarded by quarter
Where the contracts were awarded
England 91 · Scotland 12 · Wales 1
What is included
Light, fluorescence, confocal, super-resolution, electron and atomic force microscopes for laboratory and research use, with cameras, detectors, sample preparation, upgrades, parts and servicing.
- Fluorescence and brightfield microscopes
- Stereo and dissection microscopes
- Confocal and super-resolution microscopes
- Microscope cameras, stages and upgrades
- Microscope servicing and repair
- SEM and TEM
- Cryo-EM cameras and sample vitrification
- EDX and cathodoluminescence detectors
- Atomic force microscopes
- Electron microscope maintenance
What is not included
- Raman and FTIR microscopes, X-ray diffraction and micro-CT (hlt.lab.spectroscopy-instruments)
- Slide scanners (hlt.lab.cellular-pathology-equipment)
- High-content imaging systems (hlt.lab.life-science-research-instruments)
- Surgical microscopes (hlt.equip.operating-theatre-equipment)
- Specular microscopes (hlt.equip.ophthalmic-equipment)