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Laboratory equipment calibration contracts

UK public sector · 111 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
111
Last 12 months
Median contract
£35k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£12.7m
110 of 111 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
47
Suppliers
76

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most laboratory equipment calibration contracts took 21% of them (23 of 111).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter held steady across the period.
  • The median contract, £35k, is 67% below the median across healthcare contracts (£106k).
  • South West had the most contracts: 21, or 19% of the total.

Who buys laboratory equipment calibration

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

  1. 1UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)29 contracts
  2. 2CEFAS7 contracts
  3. 3Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust6 contracts
  4. 4University of Edinburgh5 contracts
  5. 5UK Health Security Agency5 contracts
  6. 6Nuclear Restoration Services4 contracts
  7. 7Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)3 contracts
  8. 8University of Exeter3 contracts
  9. 9Centre for Process Innovation3 contracts
  10. 10Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)3 contracts

Top laboratory equipment calibration contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Agilent Technologies7 contracts
  2. 2Thermo Fisher Scientific7 contracts
  3. 3Becton Dickinson U.K. Limited3 contracts
  4. 4GEOTEK LIMITED3 contracts
  5. 5Gilson3 contracts
  6. 6Bio-Rad3 contracts
  7. 7Freeze Drying Services Limited2 contracts
  8. 8TECAN UK LIMITED2 contracts
  9. 9PerkinElmer2 contracts
  10. 10Leica Microsystems (UK) Limited2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

22Q4 2025*34Q1 202623Q2 202632Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 93 · Scotland 13 · Wales 4 · Northern Ireland 1

South West21East of England15London12Scotland11North West10North East7South East5Yorkshire and The Humber4Wales4West Midlands1Northern Ireland1UK-wide or not stated20

What is included

Maintenance, repair and calibration of laboratory equipment across many instrument types, including pipette servicing.

  • Multi-vendor lab equipment servicing
  • OEM service across a lab's mixed instrument fleet
  • Pipette servicing and calibration

What is not included

  • Maintenance of a single instrument class (with that class's service)
  • Medical equipment maintenance (another family: equip)