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Spatial biology contracts

UK public sector · 74 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
74
Last 12 months
Median contract
£121k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£29.3m
68 of 73 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
29
Suppliers
78

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most spatial biology contracts took 20% of them (15 of 74).
  • The median contract, £121k, is 15% above the median across healthcare contracts (£106k).
  • Scotland had the most contracts: 16, or 22% of the total.

Who buys spatial biology

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

  1. 1University of Edinburgh13 contracts
  2. 2UK Health Security Agency9 contracts
  3. 3UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)8 contracts
  4. 4Aston University5 contracts
  5. 5Centre for Process Innovation4 contracts
  6. 6Queen's University Belfast4 contracts
  7. 7NHS Blood and Transplant3 contracts
  8. 8University of Exeter3 contracts
  9. 9Public Services Delivery Scotland2 contracts
  10. 10University of Huddersfield2 contracts

Top spatial biology contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Sartorius UK Limited3 contracts
  2. 2Revvity3 contracts
  3. 3Miltenyi Biotec3 contracts
  4. 4Scientifica Ltd3 contracts
  5. 5Mabtech AB3 contracts
  6. 6Delsys Europe Ltd3 contracts
  7. 7Sable Systems Europe GmbH2 contracts
  8. 810X Genomics Inc2 contracts
  9. 9Nikon2 contracts
  10. 10Cytiva2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

18Q4 2025*22Q1 202615Q2 202619Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 51 · Scotland 18 · Northern Ireland 4 · Wales 1

Scotland16South West14London8West Midlands6North East5Northern Ireland4South East3North West2Yorkshire and The Humber2East of England2Wales1UK-wide or not stated11

What is included

Research instruments for cell, tissue and physiological research: live-cell and high-content imaging, spatial biology, digital immunoassay, cell processing, crystallisation imaging, cell irradiators, preclinical imaging, and patch-clamp, EMG and fNIRS recording systems.

  • Live-cell analysis systems
  • High-content screening and imaging
  • Spatial biology and spatial transcriptomics platforms and reagents
  • Digital immunoassay (Simoa)
  • Automated cell processing
  • Crystallisation plate imagers
  • Cell irradiators
  • Preclinical photoacoustic imaging
  • Patch-clamp amplifiers and rigs
  • Automated patch-clamp
  • High-density EMG research systems
  • FNIRS systems
  • Bioprocessing and cell and gene therapy manufacturing equipment: bioreactors, process chromatography and viral inactivation systems

What is not included

  • Flow cytometers (hlt.lab.flow-cytometry)
  • Microscopes (hlt.lab.microscopes)
  • Sequencers (hlt.lab.genomic-sequencing)
  • Clinical neurophysiology and ECG equipment (hlt.equip.physiological-measurement-equipment)
  • Optical spectroscopy (hlt.lab.spectroscopy-instruments)