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Public sector contracts from Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory
91 of its contracts end in the next 18 months. Get its new tenders, and see who holds the work now.
- 117
- Awards, last 12 months
- 1,547
- Awards since 2021
- 776
- Distinct suppliers
- £85k
- Median contract value
- 91
- Ending in 18 months
Hatched quarters fall only partly inside the next 18 months. Busiest whole quarter: Q1 2027.
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- Most of its current contracts end in the next 12 months
- Has awarded contracts every year since 2021
- Took on 45 new suppliers in the last 12 months
117 contract awards published in the last 12 months, down from 159 the year before, and 1,547 since 2021 from 776 suppliers.
this buyer at a glance
Its most active procurement category is research and development.
QINETIQ Limited appears most frequently, holding 58 awards.
The median published contract value is £85k (1,544 contracts state a value).
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91 contracts expiring in the next 18 months
Contract end dates are published in the original award notices. A contract approaching its end date is a re-tender with a date on it, and the point at which a buyer is most open to a conversation.
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Latest contract awards
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Latest activity
What this buyer has published recently
Open tenders, and the awards from the last 12 months that the table above does not list, newest first.An award is dated by its award date, or by its publication date where the award date is missing or later.
4 Nov 2026 (4 days ago)
12 Oct 2026 (3 weeks ago)
Contract award
Awarded to Baader Planetarium GmbH
6 Aug 2026 (3 months ago)
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17 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
Contract award
Supply and delivery of Short Wave Infra-Red (SWIR) Laser
Awarded to Photonic Solutions Limited
14 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
2 Jul 2026 (4 months ago)
30 Jun 2026 (4 months ago)
Contract award
Infrastructure Upgrades RIBA 2-4
Awarded to MORGAN SINDALL CONSTRUCTION & INFRASTRUCTURE LTD
29 Jun 2026 (4 months ago)
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Most frequent suppliers
- QINETIQ Limited58 awards
- BAE SYSTEMS (FARNBOROUGH 3) LIMITED36 awards
- Frazer-Nash Consultancy Limited30 awards
- Perfect Circle JV LTD25 awards
- Roke Manor Research Limited21 awards
- University Of StrathclydeCharity20 awards
- ROHDE & SCHWARZ U.K. LIMITED17 awards
- University Of Southampton16 awards
- Agilent Technologies LDA UK LTD16 awards
- BAE SYSTEMS (Operations) Limited15 awards
How much goes to small firms and the voluntary sector
213 of 489 awards
3 of 487 awards
Awards since November 2023 where Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory recorded on the notice whether the winner was an SME or voluntary sector organisation. The badges next to each supplier are stricter: a supplier is only badged when every buyer's notices agree.
Every supplier to Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory with a profile219
- 6 Point 6 Limited2
- Actica Consulting Limited2
- ADT Fire Security1
- Agilent Technologies LDA UK LTD16
- AI Recruitment Technologies Limited2
- Akhter Computers PLC3
- AMETEK (GB) Limited1
- APC Technology Group PLC2
- Arnold Clark Finance Limited1
- ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions UK Ltd1
- Aston University1
- ATKINSREALIS UK Limited2
- Atlantas Marine Limited4
- Avidity Science Limited1
- Avison Young (UK) Limited2
- BAE SYSTEMS (FARNBOROUGH 3) LIMITED36
- BAE SYSTEMS (Operations) Limited15
- BAE SYSTEMS APPLIED INTELLIGENCE Ltd7
- Beard Construction3
- BECKMAN COULTER UK Ltd1
- Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited1
- Behavioural Insights Limited1
- BMG LABTECH Ltd3
- BRUKER UK Limited3
- Building Design Partnership (BDP) Ltd1
- Calder Conferences Limited1
- Cambridge Bioscience Limited1
- Cambridge University Technical Services Limited1
- Camfil Limited1
- CapGemini UK PLC1
- Cardiff University4
- Carl ZEISS Ltd1
- CCL Forensics LTD1
- CGI IT UK Limited1
- City, University of London1
- Clarivate Analytics (UK) LTD1
- CODA Security Limited2
- Concept Building Services (Southern) LTD3
- Contained Air Solutions Limited5
- COPTRZ Limited2
- Corporate Document Services Limited1
- Coventry University1
- Cranfield University12
- Cranlea Human Performance Limited1
- Createc Ltd3
- CU Services Limited1
- DELL Corporation LTD3
- Deloitte LLP Ltd2
- E. W. Beard Limited1
- EBSCO International INC2
- EcoLab Ltd2
- Edinburgh Innovations Limited2
- Egress Software Technologies Limited1
- EMCOR Group (UK) PLC1
- Emergent Crown Contract Office Furnishings Limited2
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car Limited1
- Ernst Young LLP1
- Evident Europe GmbH – UK Branch1
- Facultatieve Technologies LTD1
- Fisher Scientific UK LTD11
- FlyForm Limited2
- Ford Motor Company Limited1
- Foster and Freeman Limited3
- Frazer-Nash Consultancy Limited30
- FuJitsu Services Ltd1
- Gartner UK LTD6
- Getinge LTD2
- Glider Technology Limited1
- GMV NSL Limited1
- Graitec Limited2
- Haemonetics Limited1
- Health and Safety Executive1
- Hendy Group Limited2
- Hitachi High-Tech Europe GmbH1
- HORIBA MIRA Ltd1
- Howorth Air Technology Limited1
- Ian Edgar (Liverpool) LTD2
- IBM UK Limited5
- IBM United Kingdom LTD1
- Ideagen Gael Limited1
- Ideagen Technology Limited1
- IFM Engage Limited1
- Igloo Vision Limited2
- Illumina Cambridge LTD1
- Imperial College London Limited6
- INSIGHT DIRECT UK Limited1
- Iron Mountain (UK) PLC1
- Jacobs Clean Energy Limited1
- Johnsons 1871 Limited1
- KAINOS Software Ltd1
- Keysight Technologies UK Limited8
- Kier Construction LTD4
- King's College, London3
- Knowledge Transfer Network Limited1
- kpmg LLP1
- Lambda Photometrics Ltd3
- Lancaster University1
- Leonardo UK LTD4
- Level Peaks Associates LTD4
- Life Technologies Limited7
- LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Ltd2
- Lockheed Martin UK Limited1
- Loughborough University9
- Lucideon LimitedSME5
- MEL Aviation Limited3
- Merck Life Science UK Limited1
- Methods Analytics Limited1
- Metrohm UK Limited3
- Mettler Toledo LTD4
- Micronclean Limited2
- Molecular Devices (UK) Limited3
- Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastucture Limited12
- Mosaic-Island Limited6
- Mozaic-Services Limited1
- National Instruments Corporation (UK) Ltd8
- National Oceanography CentreCharity1
- National Physical Laboratory Limited2
- Newport Spectra-Physics Limited3
- NG Bailey Limited1
- Oxford Instruments, Nanotechnology Tools Limited2
- PA Consulting LTD3
- PA CONSULTING Services LTD7
- PageOne Communications Limited1
- Penna PLC1
- Perfect Circle JV LTD25
- Phoenix Dosimetry LTD2
- Phoenix Software LTD1
- Photonic Solutions LTD6
- Portakabin LTD2
- Precision Technic Defence LTD1
- Pro-Lite Technology LLP2
- Promega UK LTD1
- Pure Data Solutions Limited1
- QINETIQ GROUP PLC13
- QINETIQ Limited58
- Qioptiq Limited4
- Qualtrics, LLC2
- Queen Mary University of London6
- Ramboll UK LTD1
- RAND Europe Community Interest CompanyCIC2
- Renishaw UK Sales LTD1
- Ridge And Partners LLP2
- RiskAware LtdSME4
- ROHDE & SCHWARZ U.K. LIMITED17
- Rohde and Schwarz UK Limited2
- Roke Manor Research Limited21
- Rowden Technologies LTD1
- Sartorius UK Limited2
- Scientific Laboratory Supplies Limited8
- SCiQuip Ltd1
- SecureCloud+ Limited1
- Shimadzu UK Limited1
- Siemens PLC2
- SME HCI LIMITED (T/A Vivup)1
- Smiths Detection – Watford Limited4
- SOFTCAT PlC3
- SoftwareONE UK LTD1
- Solent University2
- Sopra Steria Limited2
- Southern Scientific LTD2
- Specialist Computer Centres (SCC) PLC1
- STEATITE Ltd4
- STORM Technologies Limited1
- Sudlows LTD1
- Swansea UniversityCharity3
- Sychem Limited1
- Systems Engineering and Assessment Limited2
- T. H. White Limited1
- TECAN UK Ltd5
- Teesside University1
- Telespazio UK Limited1
- Thales UK Limited4
- The University Of Leeds1
- The University Of Liverpool6
- The University Of Manchester10
- The University Of Sheffield5
- Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited6
- Thorlabs Ltd1
- TOPTICA Photonics AG1
- Torton Bodies Limited1
- Trilateral Research Limited1
- TWI Limited1
- UCL Consultants LTD1
- United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) Ltd2
- University College London8
- University Of Bath2
- University Of Birmingham5
- University Of Bristol1
- University Of Cambridge4
- University Of Edinburgh9
- University Of Exeter11
- University Of GlasgowCharity5
- University Of Kent1
- University Of Leeds1
- University Of Leicester2
- University Of Lincoln2
- University of Liverpool4
- University Of Newcastle Upon Tyne2
- University of Nottingham4
- University of Oxford2
- University Of Portsmouth5
- University Of Southampton16
- University Of StrathclydeCharity20
- University Of Surrey4
- University Of Warwick3
- University Of Winchester2
- Viking Arms Limited2
- VOLKSWAGEN Group United Kingdom Limited1
- VWR International Limited3
- WATERS Limited6
- Wernick Buildings Limited1
- WILLIS Ltd1
- Willis Towers Watson Limited4
- Wolf Laboratories Limited2
- XMA LImited1
- XYZ Machine Tools LTD1
- Sheffield Hallam University1
- Staffordshire University1
- University of Huddersfield2
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Most active categories
The CPV codes on this work
The codes Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory classifies its contracts under. Each one shows who else buys that work, the typical value, and what is coming up for renewal.
- 73000000Research and development services and related consultancy services574
- 38000000Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)121
- 73110000Research services38
- 72000000IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support36
- 73400000Research and Development services on security and defence materials31
- 48000000Software package and information systems29
- 50000000Repair and maintenance services26
- 32000000Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment25
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Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory, in short
Who does Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory award contracts to?
Across 1,547 contracts recorded since 2021, Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory has used 776 different suppliers. The most frequent are QINETIQ Limited (58 contracts), BAE SYSTEMS (FARNBOROUGH 3) LIMITED (36 contracts), Frazer-Nash Consultancy Limited (30 contracts).
What does Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory buy?
Its most active procurement categories are research and development, laboratory and precision equipment, IT services. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.
When do Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory contracts come up for renewal?
91 contracts awarded by Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 11 Nov 2026. End dates come from the original award notices, so they are visible well before any re-tender is advertised.
How much does Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory spend on contracts?
The median published contract value is £85k, across the 1,544 contracts that state a value. Published values are not added up here: a framework's value is a ceiling shared by every supplier on it, and the same value is often repeated across lots, so adding them up would overstate what is spent.
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How these figures are worked out
- The last 12 months: award notices published from 9 November 2025 to 8 November 2026, each contract counted once however many suppliers or rows it has. The same window is used everywhere on this page.
- Year on year: Its published contract awards have fallen in each of the last two years. Contracts by publication date in the 12 months to 8 Nov 2026 and the two years before it, oldest first: 223, 159 and 117. A change of more than 15% counts as a rise or fall; each year needs at least 5 contracts.
- Most of its current contracts end in the next 12 months: 75 of its 125 contracts with an end date still to come end by 8 November 2027. Shown when that is more than half, with at least 5.
- Has awarded contracts every year since 2021: At least one contract in every calendar year from 2021 to 2026, by award date (or publication date where the award date is later). Our records begin in 2021.
- Took on 45 new suppliers in the last 12 months: Suppliers named on a contract it awarded and published since 9 November 2025, and on none before. Counted by organisation, not by spelling.
- Most recent award: recorded 28 Oct 2026 (11 days ago).
- Values: value figures cover the 1,544 of 1,547 contracts where a value was published. Values are never added up: framework ceilings and values repeated across lots would make a total meaningless.
- Since 2021: totals count contracts by award date from January 2021, and suppliers by organisation rather than by spelling.
Sources
Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear. Figures may lag the source portals. Relative dates (such as “in 6 days”) count from 8 November 2026, when this page was built.
How to cite this data
Tender Radar (2026) Public sector contracts from Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory [Dataset]. Professor AI. Available at: https://tender-radar.co.uk/buyers/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory (Accessed: 8 November 2026).
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