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Laboratory supplies contracts

UK public sector · 120 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
120
Last 12 months
Median contract
£78k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£35.6m
116 of 120 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
44
Suppliers
73

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most laboratory supplies contracts took 25% of them (30 of 120).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter fell 37% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £78k, is 26% below the median across healthcare contracts (£106k).
  • London had the most contracts: 38, or 32% of the total.

Who buys laboratory supplies

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

  1. 1UK Health Security Agency31 contracts
  2. 2UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)15 contracts
  3. 3Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust8 contracts
  4. 4NHS Blood and Transplant4 contracts
  5. 5University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust4 contracts
  6. 6NHS England3 contracts
  7. 7National Nuclear Laboratory3 contracts
  8. 8University of Exeter3 contracts
  9. 9Cardiff & Vale University Lhb3 contracts
  10. 10Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts

Top laboratory supplies contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Thermo Fisher Scientific15 contracts
  2. 2Scientific Laboratory Supplies5 contracts
  3. 3Qiagen4 contracts
  4. 4DIASORIN LIMITED3 contracts
  5. 5VWR International3 contracts
  6. 6Hamilton Sales and Service UK Ltd3 contracts
  7. 7ImmunoIVD2 contracts
  8. 8Abbott2 contracts
  9. 9Takara Bio Europe2 contracts
  10. 10Vitrolife2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

24Q4 2025*41Q1 202629Q2 202626Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 104 · Wales 8 · Scotland 6 · Northern Ireland 2

London38South West16West Midlands12Wales8North East6North West4East of England4East Midlands3South East3Scotland3Northern Ireland2Yorkshire and The Humber1UK-wide or not stated20

What is included

Catalogue laboratory supplies and reagents not tied to one analyser: plasticware, glassware, pipette tips, tubes and filtration, lab protective supplies, chemicals and solvents, antibodies, cell culture media and cell lines, molecular biology reagents, ELISA and IVD assay kits, stains and quality control material.

  • Plastic and glass labware
  • Pipette tips
  • PCR plate seals and foils
  • Sample tubes, vials and containers
  • Filtration consumables
  • Lab gloves and protective supplies
  • General chemicals, solvents and buffers
  • EQA sample packaging
  • Antibodies and cell isolation kits
  • Cell lines and cell culture media
  • Cytokines and growth factors
  • ELISA, ELISpot and proteome array kits
  • PCR and Western blot reagents
  • Dyes and stains
  • IVD assay kits such as Fungitell and CRE
  • Internal quality control material

What is not included

  • Analyser or platform-specific reagents (with that platform's service, e.g. hlt.lab.blood-sciences-analysers, hlt.lab.pcr-molecular-platforms)
  • Blood grouping reagents (hlt.lab.blood-transfusion-laboratory)
  • Point-of-care and rapid tests (hlt.lab.point-of-care-testing)
  • Clinical gloves and PPE (hlt.cons.clinical-ppe-gloves)
  • Specimen collection tubes and containers for patients (hlt.cons.specimen-collection-consumables)
  • EQA and proficiency testing schemes (hlt.lab.external-quality-assessment-schemes)
  • Janitorial chemicals (cln.supply.janitorial-cleaning-products)