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Genome sequencing contracts

UK public sector · 86 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
86
Last 12 months
Median contract
£81k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£44.8m
84 of 86 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
26
Suppliers
22

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most genome sequencing contracts took 69% of them (59 of 86).
  • The median contract, £81k, is 23% below the median across healthcare contracts (£106k).
  • London had the most contracts: 21, or 24% of the total.

Who buys genome sequencing

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1University of Exeter13 contracts
  2. 2Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust10 contracts
  3. 3UK Health Security Agency9 contracts
  4. 4UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)8 contracts
  5. 5Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust6 contracts
  6. 6Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust5 contracts
  7. 7Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust5 contracts
  8. 8Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust4 contracts
  9. 9University of Edinburgh3 contracts
  10. 10CEFAS3 contracts

Top genome sequencing contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Illumina25 contracts
  2. 2Oxford Nanopore Technologies12 contracts
  3. 3Thermo Fisher Scientific8 contracts
  4. 410X Genomics Inc7 contracts
  5. 5Roche Diagnostics7 contracts
  6. 6Pacific Biosciences4 contracts
  7. 7Twist Bioscience3 contracts
  8. 8Nonacus Ltd3 contracts
  9. 9MC Diagnostics2 contracts
  10. 10SPT Labtech2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

31Q4 2025*25Q1 202612Q2 202617Q3 20261Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 77 · Wales 5 · Scotland 3 · Northern Ireland 1

London21South West20West Midlands11East of England8Yorkshire and The Humber7North West6Wales3Scotland3North East2East Midlands1Northern Ireland1UK-wide or not stated3

What is included

DNA sequencing instruments and their dedicated consumables: short- and long-read sequencers, library preparation systems and kits, target enrichment panels and sequencing reagents.

  • Next-generation and long-read sequencers
  • Nanopore sequencing
  • Library preparation instruments and adaptors
  • Target enrichment panels
  • Sequencing reagent kits
  • Single-cell genomics kits

What is not included

  • PCR and genotyping platforms (hlt.lab.pcr-molecular-platforms)
  • Genomic testing as a service (hlt.diag.pathology-laboratory-testing)
  • Spatial transcriptomics instruments (hlt.lab.life-science-research-instruments)
  • Bioinformatics and genomic data platforms (it.data.genomic-data-platforms-and-bioinformatics)