Mirrors: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 38620000Supplies · classin Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Open tenders in mirrors

1 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

NoticeAuthorityDeadlineDays leftPublished value
Sensory EquipmentFramework13 lotsBelfast Health & Social Care Trust21 Sept 20263d£2,510,994

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Central government 64% (21 notices)
  • Education & universities 9% (3 notices)
  • NHS & health 6% (2 notices)
  • Not classified 21% (7 notices)

15 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 26 of 33 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
South East England19 · 73%
East Midlands2 · 8%
Yorkshire and the Humber2 · 8%
West Midlands1 · 4%
Wales (Cymru)1 · 4%
Scotland1 · 4%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 73% (24 notices)
  • Framework 27% (9 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 82% (27 notices)
  • Route not published 12% (4 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 6% (2 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 93% (13 notices)
  • Below threshold 7% (1 notices)

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (14) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=12
  • 1 bid 0% (0)
  • 2–3 58% (7)
  • 4–6 42% (5)
  • 7 or more 0% (0)
Typical bids per lot3robust · n=12middle half 3–4
Competed100%robust · n=14open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs95%robust · n=39of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs90%robust · n=10single-supplier awards with a declared scale

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 169 awards to 71 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 4 of 33 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

SAP Ariba1 notices · 25%
eTendersNI1 notices · 25%
Sell2Wales1 notices · 25%

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 3862. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 2 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 3862. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.