Oxford Instruments Nanotechnology Tools Limited: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards

Large organisationCompanies House: Private Limited CompanyAbingdonSouth East EnglandMain market: Electrical domestic appliances

Companies House00704320 ↗ · Active

Procedures with an award3131 award records

Public authorities12named on published awards

Attributable award value£7.0mnet · on 12 of 14 award records · single-supplier, no ceilings

Last 12 months3awards · 7 in the prior 24 months · last 4 Nov 2026

Contracts ending ≤18 months3end date on 28 of 31 awards · 2 estimated

Buyer regions6most often South West England

Where they win
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14 awards (14 for a named lot, 100%, 0 for a whole procedure with no lot named) · top CPV classes, shares of all 14 awards. An award may cover more than one class.

3851 Microscopes2 awards · 14% · awards naming a lot

3971 Electrical domestic appliances2 awards · 14% · awards naming a lot

3122 Electrical circuit components1 award · 7% · awards naming a lot

3163 Magnets1 award · 7% · awards naming a lot

3512 Surveillance and security systems and devices1 award · 7% · awards naming a lot

3841 Metering instruments1 award · 7% · awards naming a lot

7311 Research services1 award · 7% · awards naming a lot

Attributable award value

£7.0mOn 12 of 14 award records; the five largest make 80%; a further 2 published a VAT-inclusive amount only (£143k inc. VAT, kept apart). Largest rows below.

Typical attributable award

£385k middle valuerobust · n=12

Award vs estimate

Based on 1 wins in its industry (CPV division 39). Small sample.

45% below estimateindicative · n=1compared within CPV division 39

Largest published awards i	Authority	Awarded	Term	Published value
PECVD System and Ion Beam Etching Tool	University Of Edinburgh	—	—	£1,899,495 †
UKRI-3028 NQCC Dilution Fridge Systems	UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)	—	—	£1,319,590 †
UKRI-4082 Design Supply Deliver and Commission of Split Pair 10Tesla Superconducting Magnetic System	UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)	—	—	£863,448 †
Supply of one off Reactive Ion Etcher (RIE) and/or a one off Inductively Coupled Plasma Reactive Ion Etcher (ICPRIE) in two lots.	The University of Sheffield	—	—	£765,400 †
Dilution Refrigerator and Magnet System	The University of Sheffield	—	—	£700,628 †

Where their buyers are
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ITL1 region of the buyer office · known for 31 of 31 awarded procedures · each procedure counts once

South West England18 procedures · 58%

Yorkshire and the Humber4 procedures · 13%

North East England3 procedures · 10%

West Midlands2 procedures · 6%

South East England2 procedures · 6%

Scotland2 procedures · 6%

Who they sell to
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Authorities named on this supplier’s published awards · ranked by distinct procedures · a framework or DPS adds one award record per appointed supplier

Authority type · official UK type when published, else name/id class, else not classified · by award records (a single panel can dominate)

Education64%(9 awards)
9 of 14 awards are Education (64%).
Type not classified21%(3 awards)
3 of 14 awards are Type not classified (21%).
Central government14%(2 awards)
2 of 14 awards are Central government (14%).

Authority	Procedures	Share	Award records	Last activity
UK Research and Innovation	7	22.6%	7	27 Apr 2025
UK Shared Business Services Ltd	7	22.6%	7	24 Feb 2025
University of Northumbria at Newcastle	3	9.7%	3	19 Dec 2025
The University of Sheffield	2	6.5%	2	25 Aug 2023
University Of York	2	6.5%	2	31 Mar 2023
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM	2	6.5%	2	19 Mar 2025
University of Bristol	2	6.5%	2	13 Sept 2022
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory	2	6.5%	2	9 Oct 2024

Share = of the 31 procedures with an award naming this supplier. Last activity = award date, or notice publication when no award date was published.

Contracts ending
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28 of 31 awards carry an end date, 4 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Contract	Ends	Published value
OXFORD INSTRUMENTS UK - TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF QUOTATION AND SALE FOR GOODS AND SERVICES - May 2020 onwards	3 Mar 2027 estimated	£290,000
UKRI-4082 Design Supply Deliver and Commission of Split Pair 10Tesla Superconducting Magnetic System	17 Mar 2027 estimated	£863,448
Annual Service Contract	30 May 2027	£94,080

Recent awards

Latest 14 of 14 award records naming this supplier

Contracts Finder adds 17 more procedures won by this supplier, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list.

Award / procedure	Authority	Awarded	Published value
PECVD System and Ion Beam Etching Tool	University Of Edinburgh	Not published	£1,899,495 † from the contract notice
Annual Service Contract	THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM	Not published	£94,080 † from the contract notice
Scratch Testing Module	University of Northumbria at Newcastle	Not published	Not published
Mira 3 SEM X-ray detection system upgrade	University of Northumbria at Newcastle	Not published	Not published
PURCH2523 Provision of Contract Agreement for a Scanning Probe Microscope	University of Glasgow	Not published	£191,100 † from the contract notice
GSS25313 - Rhodium-Iron Resistance Sensors	UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)	Not published	£18,153 † from the contract notice
UKRI-4082 Design Supply Deliver and Commission of Split Pair 10Tesla Superconducting Magnetic System	UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)	Not published	£863,448 † from the contract notice
OXFORD INSTRUMENTS UK - TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF QUOTATION AND SALE FOR GOODS AND SERVICES - May 2020 onwards	University of Northumbria at Newcastle	Not published	£290,000 † from the contract notice
UKRI-3642 Coax Insert	UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)	Not published	£98,987 † from the contract notice
TRANSFER OF EQUIPMENT AGREEMENT	UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)	Not published	£240,000 † from the contract notice

About this data

One profile per supplier. Built from award and contract notices that name this supplier; different spellings and registration numbers of the same company are merged into this profile.
Values are published values. The table mirrors what the notice published: framework ceilings and joint awards are labelled and never counted as this supplier's money, and † marks a value taken from the contract notice when the award published none. Only awards made to this supplier alone count towards its value, excluding VAT. It is not turnover.
Regions in the buyer chart describe the buyer office, not where the work is delivered or the supplier’s registered address.
Contract end dates. Published on 24 of 31 awards, estimated from the published duration on 4 more (marked “estimated”); those feed “Contracts ending”. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.