CPV 38000000
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) — UK government contracts
95
Contracts indexed
£179.8m
Known total value
What UK government contracts fall under CPV 38000000?
Division 38 covers laboratory, optical and precision equipment — microscopes, analysers, sensors, survey instruments and weather stations. Consumables often ride along in the same notices; lab services (testing, analysis) are division 71 or 73.
Universities and research institutes are the heaviest buyers (research-grant-funded equipment), followed by NHS pathology networks, the Environment Agency (monitoring instruments), and Defra agencies. UKRI-funded equipment tenders cluster around financial year-end.
Tendarix indexes 95 contracts in this category from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, the devolved-nation portals and 400+ council procurement sites, each with a plain-English AI summary.
Procurement activity over the last 12 months
91 contracts worth £167.3m in disclosed value were published for Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (CPV 38000000) in the last year. Bars show monthly contract volume; the line tracks known award value.
Recent contracts
ID 6396032 - AFBI – Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of an Imaging Flow-Cytometry System for Automated Shipboard Phytoplankton Analysis to Support the SEUPB PEACEPLUS-Funded ACCLIMATISE Project
Hot Cells integration
Museum Consumables for Collection Storage Framework
IR Camera
MAST-U Diagnostic IR Cameras
MAST-U Diagnostic IR Cameras
£170kMALDI-TOF System
Purchase of Class II Biosafety Cabinet
Supply of Sewer Level Monitoring Devices
UWQ357 -Microtome and Ancillary Equipment - AWARD
£17kSupply, Delivery and Installation of Matrix Plasma Asher
Supply, Delivery and Installation of Inductively Coupled Plasma Chemical Vapour Deposition System
Supply, Delivery and Installation of High Accuracy Motion Control and Imaging System
Supply, Delivery and Installation of Wafer-Level Optical Tester
£788kProcurement of Bioreactors for Carbon Loop
£200kSupply, Delivery and Installation of Automated Laser Chip Burn-in Tester
Digital Temperature and Humidity Data Loggers
Supply, Delivery and Installation of Laser Waveguide Writing Equipment
Supply, Delivery and Installation of Optical Alignment & Packaging System
Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of Submicron Flip-Chip Die Bonder
How to win laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) tenders
University tenders are usually specification-led with named comparator instruments — if you cannot match the headline spec, bid the service wrapper: installation, validation (IQ/OQ), training, extended warranty and uptime guarantees are where evaluations are won. Grant deadlines make delivery lead-time a scored criterion; guaranteed pre-year-end delivery is a genuine differentiator.
Frequently asked questions
What does CPV code 38000000 cover?
Division 38 covers laboratory, optical and precision equipment — microscopes, analysers, sensors, survey instruments and weather stations. Consumables often ride along in the same notices; lab services (testing, analysis) are division 71 or 73.
How many Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) contracts are published in the UK?
Tendarix has indexed 95 UK public-sector contracts in this category from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, the devolved-nation portals and 400+ council websites, with a combined known value of £179.8m. New notices are added daily as buyers publish them.
Who buys Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) in the public sector?
Recent buyers on Tendarix include University of Strathclyde, University of Glasgow, UK Atomic Energy Authority. Universities and research institutes are the heaviest buyers (research-grant-funded equipment), followed by NHS pathology networks, the Environment Agency (monitoring instruments), and Defra agencies. UKRI-funded equipment tenders cluster around financial year-end.
How do I win Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) tenders?
University tenders are usually specification-led with named comparator instruments — if you cannot match the headline spec, bid the service wrapper: installation, validation (IQ/OQ), training, extended warranty and uptime guarantees are where evaluations are won. Grant deadlines make delivery lead-time a scored criterion; guaranteed pre-year-end delivery is a genuine differentiator.