CPV category
33696000: Reagents and contrast media
CPV code 33696000 is "Reagents and contrast media", a category in the Common Procurement Vocabulary used to classify UK public sector contracts. It, or a more specific code beneath it, was used on 129 UK public contracts since 2023, awarded by 46 buyers, most often UK Health Security Agency and UK Shared Business Services Ltd. The typical contract was worth about £108k.
UK public contracts since 2023
How buyers use 33696000
- Contracts
- 129
- Buyers
- 46
- Typical value
- £108k
- Ending in 18 months
- 19
By year of award: 2023 26 · 2024 42 · 2025 42 · 2026 19. Figures as of 23 September 2026. Typical value is the median of single-supplier contracts with a published value (116).
Buyers using this code most
Suppliers winning most often
- Life Technologies Limited6
- Illumina Cambridge LTD5
- Roche Diagnostics LTD5
- 10X Genomics, Inc.5
- Bracco UK LTD5
- Fisher Scientific UK LTD5
- Bayer PLC4
- Qiagen Limited3
Recent contracts under 33696000
| Contract | Buyer | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| YAS 147 2026_27 (DA FW) Point of Care Test Equipment and Associated Products | Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust | £140k | Sept 2026 |
| Cepheid Cov2/FLU/RSV/MRSA Reagents | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | £816k | Aug 2026 |
| AB Scientific Consumables Contract | UK Health Security Agency | £50k | Aug 2026 |
| ThermoFisher Workflow Consumables | UK Health Security Agency | £100k | Aug 2026 |
| Supply of Proprietary Consumables and Reagents for IDEXX Quanti Tray™ | Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency | £350k | Jul 2026 |
| ID 6310512 - DAERA - AFBI - PROCUREMENT OF NEW BENCHTOP GENOME SEQUENCER AND ALL CONSUMABLES AND SERVICING FOR TEN YEARS | Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) | £2.7m | Jul 2026 |
| LSL/MED/0212 - The Supply and Support of Blood Bank Centrifuge Devices | Leidos Supply Limited | £1.0m | Jul 2026 |
| BCU-FTS-59576 Cellular Pathology Reagent and Dleivery | Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board | £175k | Jun 2026 |
Where it sits
Codes above 33696000
- 33000000Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- 33600000Pharmaceutical products
- 33690000Various medicinal products
- 33696000Reagents and contrast media
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Questions
About CPV code 33696000
What is CPV code 33696000?
CPV code 33696000 is "Reagents and contrast media", a category in the Common Procurement Vocabulary used to classify UK public sector contracts. It, or a more specific code beneath it, was used on 129 UK public contracts since 2023, awarded by 46 buyers, most often UK Health Security Agency and UK Shared Business Services Ltd. The typical contract was worth about £108k.
Which codes sit above and below 33696000?
33696000 sits under 33000000 (Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products), then 33600000 (Pharmaceutical products), then 33690000 (Various medicinal products). It has 8 more specific codes beneath it, the most used being 33696500 (Laboratory reagents).
Who wins contracts under CPV code 33696000?
The suppliers named most often on UK public contracts under 33696000 since 2023 are Life Technologies Limited (6), Illumina Cambridge LTD (5), Roche Diagnostics LTD (5). 104 different suppliers have won work under this code.
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