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Spectrometers contracts

UK public sector · 131 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
131
Last 12 months
Median contract
£63k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£39.0m
125 of 130 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
48
Suppliers
69

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most spectrometers contracts took 28% of them (37 of 131).
  • The median contract, £63k, is 40% below the median across healthcare contracts (£106k).
  • South West had the most contracts: 26, or 20% of the total.

Who buys spectrometers

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

  1. 1UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)30 contracts
  2. 2Aston University6 contracts
  3. 3NPL Management Limited5 contracts
  4. 4National Oceanography Centre5 contracts
  5. 5Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew4 contracts
  6. 6Sheffield Hallam University4 contracts
  7. 7University of Edinburgh4 contracts
  8. 8CEFAS4 contracts
  9. 9Northumbria University4 contracts
  10. 10The Open University4 contracts

Top spectrometers contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Bruker16 contracts
  2. 2BMG Labtech6 contracts
  3. 3Agilent Technologies6 contracts
  4. 4Waters5 contracts
  5. 5BlueScientific Ltd4 contracts
  6. 6Thermo Fisher Scientific4 contracts
  7. 7Northstar Scientific Ltd4 contracts
  8. 8Instron - Division of ITW Ltd3 contracts
  9. 9ZwickRoell Ltd3 contracts
  10. 10Quantum Design Oxford3 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

46Q4 2025*44Q1 202617Q2 202623Q3 20261Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 113 · Scotland 11 · Wales 4 · Northern Ireland 3

South West26South East18London13North East9Scotland9North West7Yorkshire and The Humber6West Midlands6East of England6East Midlands5Wales4Northern Ireland3UK-wide or not stated19

What is included

Optical and atomic spectroscopy instruments (FTIR, Raman, UV-Vis, fluorescence, ICP-OES), NMR spectrometers, and instruments that characterise solid materials such as X-ray diffraction, micro-CT, surface area and porosity analysers and mechanical, thermal and physical testing equipment.

  • FTIR spectrometers and FTIR microscopes
  • Raman microscopes
  • Spectrophotometers
  • ICP-OES
  • Fluorescence spectrometer accessories
  • Supercontinuum light sources
  • High-field NMR spectrometers
  • Benchtop NMR
  • NMR probes
  • Magnetic resonance research equipment
  • X-ray diffraction
  • X-ray micro-CT
  • Chemisorption and physisorption analysers
  • Micro-reactor packages
  • Acoustic microscopes
  • Mechanical, thermal and physical testing equipment
  • Automated colorimetric, discrete and continuous-flow chemistry analysers for nutrients, cyanide and similar determinands
  • Total organic carbon and ion-selective analysers for water, environmental and food laboratories

What is not included

  • Mass spectrometry and chromatography (hlt.lab.mass-spectrometry-chromatography)
  • Electron and light microscopes (hlt.lab.microscopes)
  • FNIRS brain imaging (hlt.lab.life-science-research-instruments)
  • Clinical MRI, CT and DXA scanners (hlt.equip.diagnostic-imaging-equipment)
  • Baggage X-ray (sec.screen.xray-baggage-and-parcel-screening)